COGNITIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cognitively mean? 

• COGNITIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb COGNITIVELY has 1 sense:

1. with regard to cognition

  Familiarity information: COGNITIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COGNITIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With regard to cognition

Context example:

cognitively skillful

Pertainym:

cognitive (of or being or relating to or involving cognition)

 Context examples 

A series of analyses pinpointed 10 lipids, or fats, that differed between those who were cognitively impaired, healthy people who later “converted,” and participants who remained healthy.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

All but 10 of the participants were cognitively normal, and each provided at least one blood sample and underwent one PET brain scan.

(New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Could Detect Signs of Symptoms Decades Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers conclude that promoting a physically active lifestyle could be one of the main strategies to improve vital prognosis among cognitively frail older adults.

(Engaging in physical activity could reduce long-term mortality, University of Granada)

However, it is equally as likely that the frequent use of the brain for cognitively challenging tasks may positively influence the development of brain networks.

(Smart People Have Better Connected Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers also studied 53 cognitively normal age- and sex-matched participants for comparison.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

Colleagues from the University of Granada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IMDEA Food Institute, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health and Northeastern provide the first empirical evidence about the impact of physical activity on mortality in cognitively frail individuals.

(Engaging in physical activity could reduce long-term mortality, University of Granada)

The test could distinguish with 90% accuracy between cognitively normal participants who remained healthy and those who became impaired within 2 to 3 years.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

These novel results showed that cognitive frailty was associated with increased mortality more markedly in the inactive older adults and, more importantly, being physically active may reduce the mortality risk among cognitively frail individuals by 36%.

(Engaging in physical activity could reduce long-term mortality, University of Granada)