Kognitivne

Kognitivne is an adjective used in several South Slavic languages, notably Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Slovenian, to indicate relation to cognition—the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge, perceiving, remembering, thinking, and problem solving. The term is derived from the noun kognicija (cognition) and is part of a broader cognitiv- adjective family that agrees with gender and number in a sentence.

The form kognitivne is one of the inflected endings used before feminine plural nouns or in common compound phrases. Other related forms include kognitivan (masculine singular), kognitivna (feminine singular), and kognitivno (neuter singular), with plural forms such as kognitivni and kognitivne depending on gender and case. In practice, kognitivne commonly appears in phrases like kognitivne funkcije (cognitive functions) or kognitivne sposobnosti (cognitive abilities).

Usage and scope: In psychology and cognitive science, kognitivne processes refer to the mental activities that underlie perception, attention, memory, language, reasoning, and decision making. The term also appears in education, neuropsychology, linguistics, and philosophy to describe cognitive aspects of behavior, development, or theory. While the word is primarily used in these languages, its meaning aligns with the English term cognitive and appears in academic and clinical contexts, sometimes integrated into multidisciplinary discussions about how people think and learn.

See also: cognition; cognitive psychology; cognitive science; cognitive neuroscience.