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mental ability

noun as in brainpower

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"Ableism involves discriminating against people based on disabilities, so focusing on his mental abilities can reinforce negative stereotypes about disabled individuals."

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Just as Blood’s Elizabeth releases in song all that she cannot convey in speech, Wharton’s Elias gives vent in soaring lyrics to what he hasn’t the mental ability to put into words.

Co-author Kay Tye, Professor at The Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego, said mixed selectivity among neurons particularly in the medial prefrontal cortex is key to enabling many mental abilities.

In the survey, 59% of Republicans are extremely or very confident that Trump has the mental abilities to be president.

Dementia is a term used to describe the weakening of mental abilities due to illness in the brain.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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