COGNITIVE

[adjective] [before noun] [formal or specialized] - connected with thinking or conscious mental processesThe accident has significantly impaired several of her cognitive functions/abilities. [before noun](specialized) Cognitive psychology is the study of how people perform mental operations.(specialized) Cognitive therapy is a form of treatment used to change someone's habitual patterns of thinking when these thoughts are damaging that person.She used cognitive therapy on her client to try to inhibit those negative thoughts which were damaging his self-esteem.