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Cognition is severely damaged in dementia.

 

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For every individual, the social context in which he's embedded provides the symbols of his representation and linguistic expression. The human society sets the environment where the newborn will be socialized and develop his cognition. For example, [[face perception]] in human babies emerges by the age of two months: young children at a playground or swimming pool develop their social recognition by being exposed to multiple faces and associating the experiences to those faces. [[Education]] has the explicit task in [[society]] of developing cognition. Choices are made regarding the [[social environment|environment]] and permitted [[action (philosophy)|action]] that lead to a formed [[experience]].