Higher cognitive process and Mental process

Higher cognitive process noun - Cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use.

Mental process and higher cognitive process are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mental process" instead a noun phrase "Higher cognitive process".

Mental process noun - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents.

Higher cognitive process and mental process are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Higher cognitive process" with "Mental process", this phrases are similar.