cognificating 

The act of being cognitive, or in plain english, the act of thinking.

there are also cognification, and cognicated.

I'm cognificating that there must be a door somewhere around here...

cognificating by Reaverblade July 23, 2009

Cognification

The reduction of all mental and social phenomena to cognitive processes—information processing, memory, attention, reasoning, problem‑solving. Cognification is common in AI, cognitive science, and some branches of psychology. It treats emotions as appraisals, culture as shared schemas, and society as distributed cognition. While less reductionist than neurofication, cognification still tends to ignore embodied, affective, and material dimensions. It also often assumes a universal model of cognition based on Western educated subjects. Critics call for situated, embodied, and extended approaches.

Cognification Example: “The cognification of love treats it as a set of cognitive appraisals, memory associations, and attachment schemas. It misses the sweaty palms, the butterflies, and the cultural scripts.”

Cognification by Abzugal June 5, 2026