cognitive.

Relating to thinking, understanding, memory, or information processing.

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Words that belong together

• cognitive process
• cognitive load

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The instructions reduced the task's cognitive load.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.