neuroscientist

American  

[nyoo-roh-sahy-uhnt-ist] / ˈnjʊ roʊˈsaɪ ənt ɪst /

noun

1. a person who studies neuroscience.

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Explanation

If you are fascinated by brains, you might want to be a neuroscientist — a scientist who studies the way the brain and the nervous system work. There are many different areas of neuroscience that a neuroscientist can focus on, including behavioral studies and research into disorders and diseases that affect the nervous system. As a neuroscientist, you might work for a university, a government agency, or a private business like a pharmaceutical company. The word neuroscientist takes scientist, a hybrid of scientia, "knowledge," and artist, and adds neuro, "pertaining to the nervous system."

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neuroscientist

Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Kent Berridge, a University of Michigan neuroscientist who developed the theory of "wanting" and "liking", says they are separate processes.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I grew up to be a cognitive neuroscientist, and these memories resurfaced recently during my research on the transmission of trauma across generations.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Salk neuroscientist John Reynolds, PhD, was the first to identify traveling brain waves in the visual systems of awake animals back in 2020.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

“The research shows you can take older people who aren’t functioning well and make them cognitively younger through this training,” Earl Miller, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told me.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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