Cognitive Function Words

noun an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity

• The brain is the most complex organ in the human body.
• I need to use my brain to solve this puzzle.
• I totally fried my brain studying for that exam.
• She has a sharp brain for business.

noun a lack of intelligence or understanding

• The professor criticized the student's unintelligence in the research paper.
• She was embarrassed by her own unintelligence during the debate.
• He always acts like he's got some kind of unintelligence superpower.
• The dark cloud of unintelligence seemed to follow him wherever he went.

noun the quality or state of being forgetful or preoccupied

adjective describing someone who is forgetful or preoccupied

• His absent-mindedness often led to forgetting important appointments.
• I can't believe I left my keys at home again, my absent-mindedness strikes once more.
• My friend's absent-mindedness is next level, he's always losing his phone.
• The artist's absent-mindedness allowed his creativity to flow freely without overthinking.