WordNet
n. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering" [syn: process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation]
Usage examples of "cognitive process".
He insisted that animals were entirely mechanistic, that their behaviour was entirely stimulus-response based, with no space for any cognitive process.
The learner--animal or human--is involved in a complex cognitive process of calculating the relationships between stimuli in the environment and behavioral reactions.
It was nothing but faith, really, but if she had understood her Academy philosophy courses, what cognitive process wasn't?
It is our most complex cognitive process and, at the same time, the simplest.