cerebration

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of cerebrating; reflection, thinking, thought.

   “We shall erelong hear still more remarkable illustrations of subconsciously maturing processes eventuating in results of which we suddenly grow conscious. […] Dr. Carpenter first, unless I am mistaken, introduced the term ‘unconscious cerebration’, which has since then been a popular phrase of explanation.”

   “To get at the very root of religion we must lay bare the first notions or thoughts that actuated mankind. We must go far beyond the beginnings of civilization. We must deal with the cerebration of primitive and savage man. We must consider in some detail the origin and evolution of reason and knowledge apart from and in addition to the origin of instinct.”

   “Duncan himself, however, seems to have alpine cerebrations embedded in his very molecules.”