mentation

[ men-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. mental activity.

mentation

/ mɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the process or result of mental activity

Word History and Origins

Origin of mentation¹

1840–50; < Latin ment- (stem of mēns ) mind + -ation

Example Sentences

Most broadly, Neubauer said, dreams are a type of mentation, or mental activity, that occurs when people are asleep and generally consists of vivid, hallucinatory visual content that is often bizarre or has irregular narratives.

From Washington Post

Scientists don’t actually know why humans experience sleep mentation, a fancy name for dreaming.

From Washington Post

Their somber conclusion by the end of March: “No mentation.”

From New York Times

The world measured, modeled and ultimately predicted by physics is the world of perceptions, a category of mentation.

From Scientific American

The voids in my mentation pattern move strangely, as if they have heard these words before.

From Nature