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'''Mental functions''' and '''cognitive processes''' are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term ''cognitive'' tends to have specific implications - see [[cognitive]] and [[cognitivism]]) to mean such functions or processes as [[perception]], [[introspection]], [[memory]], [[imagination]], [[conception]], [[belief]], [[reasoning]], [[volition]], and [[emotion]]--in other words, all the different things that we can do with our minds.  A specific instance of engaging in a cognitive process is a [[mental event]].  The event of perceiving City Hall is, of course, different from the entire process, or faculty, of perception--one's ability to perceive things.  In other words, in instance of perceiving is different from the ability that makes it possible.

==See also==
* [[cognitive]]
* [[cognitivism]]
* [[neurocognitive]]

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* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "Mental_function" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_function http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_function], used under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]