mental processes

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One view, known as the cognitivist approach, argues that conscious experience depends on higher-level mental processes such as reasoning, reflection, and the integration of information across the brain.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

My executive function, the set of mental processes that help order the day-to-day — like organization, working memory, time management and focus — was in shambles.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2025

Tests designed to mimic the mental processes involved in team sports assessed 241 women's reaction time, attention, accuracy, and spatial cognition - 14 days apart.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

While current technological limitations prevent the decoder from being widely used, for good or ill, the authors emphasize the need to enact proactive policies that protect the privacy of one’s internal mental processes.

From Scientific American • May 1, 2023

As if a peculiar and malign abstractness pervaded their mental processes.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick