kognitivni

Kognitivni is an adjective used in several South Slavic languages, including Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian, to mean related to cognition. It describes mental processes by which information is perceived, learned, remembered, reasoned about, and used to solve problems. The term appears in both everyday language and scientific discourse to refer to cognition and mental functioning.

Etymology and usage: the word derives from Latin cognitivus, passing into European languages through French cognitif or English cognitive. In these languages the adjective inflects for gender and number; for example, masculine nominative singular forms is kognitivni, with feminine and neuter variants such as kognitivna and kognitivno. The related noun kognicija or cognition denotes the concept of mental processes in various contexts.

Common compounds and phrases include kognitivni procesi (cognitive processes), kognitivne funkcije (cognitive functions), and kognitivna znanost or kognitivna psihologija (cognitive science or cognitive psychology). The term also appears in discussions of learning, perception, memory, decision making, and problem solving, reflecting its broad applicability across disciplines.

In technology, kognitivni or cognitive concepts inform fields such as cognitive computing and artificial intelligence, where models aim to simulate aspects of human thought and learning.

See also: cognitive science, cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence.