cognitive psychology

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(Psychology) the psychological study of higher mental processes, including thinking and perception

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cognitive psychology - an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes

psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life

memory - the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"

problem solving - the area of cognitive psychology that studies the processes involved in solving problems

psycholinguistics - the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance

cognitive science - the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind

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