abstract thought

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The tumour is in the right frontal lobe of Weronika's brain – the area responsible for abstract thought, creativity and concentration.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025

These regions are involved in other high-level cognitive functions and are important for abstract thought and long-term representations of the future.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

By practicing metacognitive behaviors, you are preparing yourself to engage in the kind of rational, abstract thought that will be required for philosophy.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Did they use language or engage in abstract thought?

From Nature • Aug. 17, 2020

In most cases, setting aside quite insignificant actions, we are determined by abstract, thought motives, not present impressions.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur