"the act of thinking" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It typically refers to the process of using one's mind to form thoughts, ideas, or opinions. Examples: - The act of thinking is a fundamental human ability that distinguishes us from other creatures. - I paused to consider my next move, engaging in the act of thinking. - The philosopher's theories revolve around the nature of the act of thinking. - In order to make a big decision, one must engage in critical thinking - the act of thinking deeply and logically. - I was so lost in the act of thinking that I didn't even hear my phone ring.
It amply fulfils his claim to be "a report on the act of thinking".
Mr. Castle, now a soft-spoken 80-year-old, equated the act of drawing to the act of thinking.
Now, thanks to new technologies, it was finally possible to create pictures, however crude, of the brain in the act of thinking.
The act of thinking about Worm's jawbone has raised several questions that I have not been able to answer to my satisfaction.
He says that philosophy requires a certain rare and innate ability — the ability to step outside yourself and observe your own mind in the act of thinking.
Portraits by Eakins often hinge on this razor's-edge difference between lifelessness and mental absorption, on the depiction of the act of thinking.
So although "person" is a noun, it is one whose reference is fixed by verbs: the acts of thinking, remembering, feeling, acting.
The very act of thinking the words "wearing", "learning" and "lightly" into a coherent sentence makes you one.
A group of researchers led by Richard Davidson, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, published a study in a March 2008 edition of the Public Library of Science One, showing that the mere act of thinking compassionate thoughts caused significant activity and physical changes in the brain's empathic pathways.
Is there an open-water swimmer alive who hasn't at some point found his/her mind thinking, "What the hell is underneath me at this precise moment?" and by the very act of thinking it, opened the floodgates to a self-generated vision of some great monster of the deep rising up underneath to take you SCHWOMP in one great bite, exactly like that Jaws poster?
Making decisions takes work, says Barry Schwartz, a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College and author of the 2004 book, "The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less". "The mere act of thinking about whether you prefer A or B tires you out," Schwartz says.
