abstract thinking
abstract thought

He is a man without any impulse toward abstract thinking or large questions.

Often, such people are creative and have developed abstract thinking.

One's capacity for abstract thinking is quite limited until a certain age.

Students at this level are also considered to be developing greater ability for abstract thinking.

It's a way for them to test and practice their new skills at abstract thinking."

Lessons which develop abstract thinking directly have the following structure.

He defined intelligence as "the ability to carry on abstract thinking".

Therefore, it requires some abstract thinking, and a certain amount of special insight.

They have little use for theory or abstract thinking, unless the practical application is clear.

Over the years, social scientists have found that abstract thinking leads to greater creativity.

And abstract thinking was reserved for only one species on earth: humankind.

Preschoolers and children in early elementary school are beginning to master abstract thinking.

Isn't abstract thinking involved in a thing like that?

It's the abstract thinking that makes him so good."

Pretending that blocks are people, they practice abstract thinking.

The child can't yet perform the abstract thinking operations.

The mind in medieval times was seen as something that could not be expressed in any abstract thinking.

"Dramatic play" centers promote social interaction, role exploration, and abstract thinking.

(I understand this as a form of abstract thinking made concrete.)

It measured not only basic literal comprehension but also abstract thinking, organization and spelling.

I despise the absence of risks, madness, and passion in abstract thinking.

Self-awareness is seen, by some, to be a sign of highly-developed, abstract thinking.

Another test showed deficits in recent memory, orientation, abstract thinking, drawing, and verbal fluency.

His academic training led to the fascination with abstract thinking that pervades much of his writing.

'Abstract thinking is not a major aspect of the barbarian mental process.

One needs the capacity for abstract thought or, at the very least, suffering.

They may also be hard to solve, and involve abstract thought.

Together they faced a situation accessible only to abstract thought.

Less is left for the mysterious functions of reason and abstract thought.

Abstract thought is a new thing in the world.

Instead he appeared to spend most of his life staring straight ahead as if in abstract thought.

That was his last abstract thought for a while.

But she had no more time for abstract thoughts.

Could abstract thought be a matter not of kind but of degree?

The roles of body and mind in abstract thought.

His discussion begins with an analysis of a natural man who has not yet acquired language or abstract thought.

The sheriff would have liked a mind that could deal with abstract thoughts and ideas.

They used their intellect to build philosophies and abstract thought.

If they have abstract thoughts we're not going to get them through reading these molecules."

Abstract thought began only tens of thousands of years ago.

They have little time for abstract thought and contemplation.

But remember, we fins aren't yet so good at abstract thought while fighting.

Abstract thought takes a poor second place to berry pies when you're only thirteen.

Errant and abstract thought: a noise like this could bring the sky down.

Could other animals be capable of abstract thought but more rarely or less deeply than humans?

Not at anything in particular, just in abstract thought.

It requires concentration and practice and a lot of abstract thought.

It is here that perceptions are converted into abstract thoughts and memories.

Abstract thought developed only very recently, and consequently, we should not expect its implementation to be particularly efficient.

The ability to theorize returned a few months later, when she suddenly "noticed" herself thinking an abstract thought.