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<p>Cognition refers to the broad set of mental processes that relate to acquiring <a href="/facts/Knowledge/joozoaup">knowledge</a> and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. It encompasses all aspects of <a href="/facts/Intellect/oqUql3bD">intellectual</a> functions and processes such as: <a href="/facts/Perception/xLK0n2q4">perception</a>, <a href="/facts/Attention/pleJPaeQ">attention</a>, <a href="/facts/Thought/loD3aFv9">thought</a>, <a href="/facts/Imagination/FD85g9cD">imagination</a>, <a href="/facts/Intelligence/gwEhdLnp">intelligence</a>, the formation of <a href="/facts/Knowledge/joozoaup">knowledge</a>, <a href="/facts/Memory/a1QSEJhj">memory</a> and <a href="/facts/Working_memory/kzeDD3KQ">working memory</a>, <a href="/facts/Value_judgment/kmCIGPNG">judgment</a> and <a href="/facts/Evaluation/AygKGGVo">evaluation</a>, <a href="/facts/Reason/tcBImN8J">reasoning</a> and <a href="/facts/Computation/qLsELosq">computation</a>, <a href="/facts/Problem_solving/9cuLz5pH">problem-solving</a> and <a href="/facts/Decision_making/NbJYprSw">decision-making</a>, <a href="/facts/Comprehension_(logic)/66mwmru3">comprehension</a> and production of <a href="/facts/Language/IRcTok2q">language</a>. Cognitive processes use existing knowledge to discover new knowledge. </p><p>Cognitive processes are analyzed from very different perspectives within different contexts, notably in the fields of <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguistics</a>, <a href="/facts/Musicology/jaapApYh">musicology</a>, <a href="/facts/Anesthesia/b3MKVn8E">anesthesia</a>, <a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">neuroscience</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychiatry/uzS7vEo0">psychiatry</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a>, <a href="/facts/Education/WIwsQKF9">education</a>, <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophy</a>, <a href="/facts/Anthropology/W6WK1C3a">anthropology</a>, <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a>, <a href="/facts/Systemics/fngtAHSB">systemics</a>, <a href="/facts/Logic/8JnpJLtt">logic</a>, and <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a>. These and other approaches to the analysis of cognition (such as <a href="/facts/Embodied_cognition/zgewISTW">embodied cognition</a>) are synthesized in the developing field of <a href="/facts/Cognitive_science/8qoggl7r">cognitive science</a>, a progressively autonomous <a href="/facts/Discipline_(academia)/pKoQHpYL">academic discipline</a>. </p>