All posts filed under: cognition

Mind’s eye

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cognition / cognitive development

No one starts out knowing how cognitive functions, cognitive development and life experience affect what we are able to see and how it is seen. However, you can learn how cognition affects what you can and can’t see, and how you understand what you see. That is its own step along the path of cognitive development. Once you have learned that, you can see more, see farther, and see more clearly. There is no other […]

Dog cognition

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cognition / Dogs

I noticed that early in the morning my dog does not look out the window to see if it is still dark. Instead, she goes to the top of the stairs and looks down the stairwell. Apparently, if it is dark “down there” then it must be dark outside. However, this morning at first light she looked down the stairs and was apparently unsure whether it was morning yet. So, then she looked outside and confirmed […]