Mental function
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Mental functions and
cognitive processes are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term
cognitive tends to have specific implications - see
cognitive and
cognitivism) to mean such functions or processes as
perception,
introspection,
memory,
creativity,
imagination,
conception,
belief,
reasoning,
volition, and
emotion — in other words, all the different things that we can do with our
minds. A specific instance of engaging in a cognitive process is a
mental event. The
event of perceiving something is, of course, different from the entire process, or
faculty, of perception — one's ability to perceive things. In other words, an instance of perceiving is different from the ability that makes those instances possible.
See also
Psüühiline funktsioonFunção mentalПсихические процессы
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