Human Cognition

A Human Cognition is a mental process that is involved in acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

AKA: Human Cognitive Process, Human Cognitive Function.
Context:
- It can be executed by a Human Cognitive System.
- It can (typically) encompass processes such as perception, memory, attention, language, problem-solving, and decision-making.
- It can (often) be studied within various fields including psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, to understand how people think, learn, and remember.
- It can involve both conscious and unconscious processes, affecting everything from daily activities to complex problem-solving and creative thinking.
- It can be measured using various methods including cognitive assessments and brain imaging techniques to study the underlying neural mechanisms.
Example(s):
- Perception,
- Attention,
- Imagination,
- Memory Formation,
- Language Comprehension,
- ...
Counter-Example(s):
See: Human Cognition Theory, Cognitive Model, Human Brain, Human Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Anesthesia, Neuroscience, Neural Network, Machine Learning , Cognitive Disorder, Human Behavior.

References

(Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition Retrieved:2024-7-10.
- Cognition is the "mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses". It encompasses all aspects of intellectual functions and processes such as: perception, attention, thought, imagination, intelligence, the formation of knowledge, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and computation, problem-solving and decision-making, comprehension and production of language. Cognitive processes use existing knowledge to discover new knowledge. Cognitive processes are analyzed from different perspectives within different contexts, notably in the fields of linguistics, musicology, anesthesia, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, education, philosophy, anthropology, biology, systemics, logic, and computer science. These and other approaches to the analysis of cognition (such as embodied cognition) are synthesized in the developing field of cognitive science, a progressively autonomous academic discipline.

(ChatGPT-OpenAI, 2024) ⇒ Prompt: Summarize the concept Human Cognition in 1- 2 paragraphs. ChatGPT (model:gpt-4o). Retrieved: 2024-07-10.
- QUOTE: Human cognition refers to the range of mental processes and activities associated with understanding, processing, and storing information. This encompasses various functions such as perception, memory, problem-solving, language comprehension, and decision-making. Human cognition is central to how individuals interact with their environment, reason, and learn from experience. Cognitive processes are influenced by both internal factors, such as biology and mental structures, and external factors, including culture and social context.
  The study of human cognition is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from psychology, neuroscience, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy, among other fields. Cognitive scientists aim to uncover the underlying mechanisms of these mental processes, often using experimental methods and cognitive models. The advancements in this field have profound implications for understanding human behavior, improving educational practices, developing artificial intelligence, and treating cognitive disorders.

(Cherry, 2024) ⇒ Kendra Cherry (2024). What Is Cognitive Psychology? The Science of How We Think". In: VeryWellMind.
- QUOTE: Cognitive psychology is the study of internal mental processes—all of the workings inside your brain, including perception, thinking, memory, attention, language, problem-solving, and learning. Learning about how people think and process information helps researchers and psychologists understand the human brain and assist people with psychological difficulties.

(Musser, 2024) ⇒ George Musser (2024). "Building Intelligent Machines Helps Us Learn How Our Brain Works" (This article was originally published with the title "A Truly Intelligent Machine"). In: Scientific American Magazine Vol. 330 No. 4.
- QUOTE: The dream of artificial intelligence has never been just to make a grandmaster-beating chess engine or a chatbot that tries to break up a marriage. It has been to hold a mirror to our own intelligence, that we might understand ourselves better. Researchers seek not simply artificial intelligence but artificial general intelligence, or AGI—a system with humanlike adaptability and creativity.