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neuropsychology

British  
/ ˌnjʊərəʊsaɪˈkɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of the effects of brain damage on behaviour and the mind

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Dr Dorothy Bishop, emeritus professor of development neuropsychology at Oxford University and the first fellow to resign over the issue, told BBC News that she complained to the Royal Society twice last year.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

Booysen posted in November about fulfilling her dream and graduating with a master’s degree in human cognitive neuropsychology from the University of Edinburgh.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

This is especially true in the field of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, where environmental stressors can unexpectedly influence how humans think and react.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

“Those folks that underwent training improved in two-thirds of hazards in the simulated drive,” said Hodges, a clinical associate professor in the University of Michigan’s neuropsychology program.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Now we know from neuropsychology that burning ambition in later years represents a reaction formation to infantile bed wetting.

From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.

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