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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

Padgett is studying neuroscience with plans to eventually pursue a master's degree in psychology or neuropsychology.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2024

Even those that they do witness can be eliminated; neuropsychology has shown that short-term memory lasts 15 to 30 seconds, after which it either has to be encoded as a long-term memory or it decays.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

A slender, dark-haired woman, she is a doctor of neuropsychology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and a devoted opera fan.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

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