Many psychological theories, on the other hand, hypothesize that cognitive mechanisms, responsible for much of human learning, process language.
Can awareness of these cognitive mechanisms make us happier, or at least less deluded?
It is likely that damage to any of several cognitive mechanisms could result in simultanagnosia.
The cognitive mechanism involved in the Stroop task is referred to as directed attention.
No less than half the book is in fact the answer, as it discusses the cognitive mechanisms behind people's desire to be fooled by certainties.
There is evidence to support different cognitive mechanisms for provoked and spontaneous confabulation.
Neuroscientists have learned a lot about the role of the brain in numerous cognitive mechanisms by understanding corresponding disorders.
Another concern is identifying which cognitive mechanisms are shared with reading.
Three cognitive mechanisms for explaining the hostile media effect have been suggested:
Pitch processing normally depends on the cognitive mechanisms that are usually used to process spatial representations.