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
Neuroscientists typically ascribe consciousness and abstract thought to the cerebral cortex, which evolved later in human evolution and wraps around the brain's outer layer in folded gray matter.
From Science Daily • Dec. 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
It is a profession that thrives on abstract thought and, often, an other-worldly detachment from reality.
From Nature • Apr. 5, 2020
A careful analysis of the meaning of this will show that it begins and ends in the domain of abstract thought.
From Beyond by Hubbard, Henry Seward
