ISSN 2360-7998
Conceptual integration is the underlying cognitive process through which man can join up individual ideas, solve contradictions and represent meaningful knowledge. This elaborate process involves several dimensions, including semantic integration, epistemic integration, and cognitive integration. This paper will not only review the existing literature to explain how conceptual integration works, its connection to understanding, and the conditions under which it may or may not take place, but it will also analyze the topic in depth. This study will delve into the subject of cognitive biases, look at the effects of context on concept integration, and investigate the relation between the process of conceptual integration itself and other higher cognitive functions viz. attention and motivation. Therefore, this study is expected to fill in the missing gaps in the knowledge theories and at the same time it will also pave the way for cognitive development by showing the students how they are constructing and polishing their mental models of the world.
Keywords. Conceptual meaning, understanding, meaning integration, artificial intelligence