cognitive capabilities

collocation in English

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cognitive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkɒɡ.nə.tɪv/
us
/ˈkɑːɡ.nə.t̬ɪv/
connected with thinking or conscious ...
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capability
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/
us
/ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the ability to ...
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(Definition ofcognitiveandcapabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Much attention has focused on increased cranial capacity in humans and the expanded cognitive capabilities this allowed.
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First, the original test battery was simplified to fit the cognitive capabilities of younger children.
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In order to analyze a decision problem, it assumes perfect cognitive capabilities.
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Evolutionary-oriented arguments provide an attractive point of view and shepard's genes that shape perceptual and cognitive capabilities have inspired great experiments.
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An agent is situated in an environment for which it is able to build representations if it possesses cognitive capabilities.
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These field reports were paralleled by five decades of experimental research on chimpanzee cognitive capabilities.
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Agents typically lack the cognitive capabilities to derive fully optimal actions.
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Furthermore, wheeled walkers seem to require fewer cognitive capabilities, which may be a crucial factor in some cases.
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Neither conventional nor electronic dictionaries treat lexical-level translation as a difficult problem in which rich cognitive capabilities are necessary.
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This contrasts with our theory, which focuses on processing mechanisms that more selectively involve dopamine interactions with prefrontal cortex, and on the cognitive capabilities that depend on such interactions.
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Beyond effects of experience, advanced cognitive capabilities of adult humans would facilitate cognitive perspective taking that is not stimulus driven.
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With respect to a semi-autonomous service robotic system, this means that the user's cognitive capabilities are taken into account, whenever a robust and reliable technical solution is unavailable.
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The result was a more favorable venue for social learning and imitation, a joint product of improved cognitive capabilities and an extended period of postnatal dependence.
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The search for the underlying biological basis for this disorder is providing new opportunities for understanding how brain structure and function relate to cognitive capabilities.
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Recent studies have shown that knowing a second language extends semantic memory and other cognitive capabilities as they recruit different cognitive operations.
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It differs from cognitive robotics because it focuses on the processes that allow the formation of cognitive capabilities rather than these capabilities themselves.
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Nonetheless, both of them generate limitations on the computational and cognitive capabilities of the agents to pursue unambiguously their objectives.
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