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

Studies show ravens are intelligent and capable of abstract thought.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

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

And even if the lesson is impersonal, we must dramatize it, we must invent situations and persons to illustrate the abstract thought, or we must draw illustrations from real history.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.