cognitive
adj.adj. related to how your brain works, including how you think, learn, and remember things.
adj. relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
Reading helps improve your cognitive skills.
The doctor performed several tests to check the patient's cognitive function after the head injury.
Research suggests that bilingualism may provide a cognitive reserve that delays the onset of symptoms in patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
From Medieval Latin cognitīvus, from Latin cognitus, perfect passive participle of cognōscō (“I get to know”) + -īvus (adjective suffix).
Typically used in academic or medical contexts; frequently modifies nouns like 'ability', 'development', or 'impairment'.