noun
an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes
• Hypernyms: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science
• Hyponyms: ↑memory, ↑problem solving, ↑psycholinguistics
• Part Holonyms: ↑cognitive science
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noun : a branch of psychology concerned with mental processes (as perception, thinking, learning, and memory) especially with respect to the internal events occurring between sensory stimulation and the overt expression of behavior — compare behaviorism in the Dict
• cognitive psychologist noun
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the branch of psychology studying the mental processes involved in perception, learning, memory, and reasoning.
[1945-50]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.