thought process(n = noun.cognition) cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
is a kind of higher cognitive process
has particulars: free association, construction, mental synthesis, abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning, line of thought, thread, train of thought, mysticism, ideation, consideration, excogitation, explanation, planning, preparation, provision, problem solving, convergent thinking, divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking

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