Ohlsson ([2011], p.29) states that the central elements of cognition are mental representations, and that differences in mental representations explain differences in behavior.
Logical atomism focussed on the atomic elements of cognition (sense data, simple propositional judgments, protocol sentences, etc)., rather than on how these elements are tied together to form a mind.
The striatum is the input region of the basal ganglia, a collection of functionally linked subcortical nuclei, and previous investigations suggest that individual segments of the striatum mediate different elements of cognition.
In particular, while a degree of modularity is accepted for some elements of cognition (Fodor, 1983; Zeki and Bartels, 1998; Pylyshyn, 1999), metacognition and awareness are often considered global phenomena linked to frontal lobe function (Dehaene et al., 1998; Shimamura, 2000).
One constitutive element of social cognition is social knowledge, that is, the recognition of individuals and their classification according to different social attributes, including their relationships with third parties (Cheney and Seyfarth 2007; Fischer 2012).
Yet beyond design artifices, the study of translational and rotational motions in everyday agents' navigating behaviors is today considered a critical element of the cognition of spatial environments, for urban planning and design aims.
Studies have shown that MTT is an important aspect of spontaneous thought, yet we lack a clear understanding of how the neurocognitive architecture of the brain constrains this element of human cognition.
This view of how raters perceive and judge performance can be cast in theoretical frameworks of social perception as an element of social cognition.
A crucial component of cognition is memory.
