: "cog­ni­tion is linked to other con­cepts: emo­tion is the pro­cess­ing sys­tem that tells us how impor­tant some­thing is; atten­tion focuses us on the impor­tant and away from the unim­por­tant things; problem-solving deter­mines how to respond, partly on the basis of our mem­ory of prior related expe­ri­ences; and behav­ior car­ries out the deci­sion. The gen­eral term cog­ni­tion encom­passes these var­i­ous processes"