Sentences with phrase «complex cognition»
"Complex cognition" refers to the advanced mental processes or thinking abilities that involve solving problems, making decisions, and understanding complex concepts. It involves activities such as logical reasoning, critical thinking, memory, and information processing. Basically, it encompasses the higher-level thinking skills that we use to analyze, evaluate, and interpret information. Full definition
That makes sense, he adds, because jet lag tends to affect actions that require complex cognition and fine motor skills.
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As she waded into the study of complex cognition, Clayton found herself in a field that was full of intriguing but poorly documented research.
- The similarities could help to explain why cetaceans, humans, non-human primates and elephants all have such big brains along with complex cognition.
«What is clear is that the multi-layered mammalian cortex is not required for complex cognition,» concludes Güntürkün.
Mushroom bodies are the insect equivalent of the human neocortex, the outer layer of our brain, which handles complex cognition.
Scans of preserved Tasmanian tiger brains suggest that these extinct predators devoted more of the cortex to complex cognition associated with predation compared to modern Tasmanian devils, according to a study published January 18, 2017 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Gregory Berns from Emory University, US, and Ken Ashwell from University of New South Wales, Australia.
The new study, published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests that certain genetic features have led to the convergent evolution of large brains and complex cognition in a handful of species, including dolphins and humans.
Inspiration and ideas often arise seemingly out of nowhere and then fail to show up when we most need them, and creative thinking requires complex cognition yet is completely distinct from the thinking process.
It turns out that psychosis may be an unfortunate cost of having a big brain that is capable of complex cognition.
Invertebrates have been largely ignored when it comes to complex cognition, although some recent studies have shown that honeybees can recognize and memorize patterns.
This suggests that thylacines devoted more of their cortex to complex cognition, particularly action planning and possibly even decision making.
Boeckle said that the determinations advance «our understanding of complex cognition, as we did not have evidence in any (non-human) animal that future planning is flexibly used across behaviors.»