The definition of "reflex" is an action that is not voluntary - ie, not mediated by cognition. From [Wikipedia][1]: > ... sensory neurons do not pass directly into the brain, but synapse > in the spinal cord. This characteristic allows reflex actions to occur > relatively quickly by activating spinal motor neurons without the > delay of routing signals through the brain ... So asking if there are any mental or cognitive reflexes is like asking if there are any non-reflex reflexes. Perhaps you are more interested in other types of involuntary processes that do go through the brain, but that would be a different question, and I recommend being careful about the definition, because the entire field of "perception" (just as a simple example) could be considered "involuntary" processing depending on the definition used. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflex_arc