neuroscience
the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
Origin of neuroscience
1Other words from neuroscience
- neu·ro·sci·en·tif·ic, adjective
- neu·ro·sci·en·tist, noun
Words Nearby neuroscience
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How to use neuroscience in a sentence
The book is a deep dive into modern neuroscience, peppered with surprising explanations for how we think, dream, remember, and perceive.
More than 20 frameworks, guidelines, principles have been developed to handle neuroscience, she says.
New technology can get inside your head. Are you ready? | Laura Sanders | February 11, 2021 | Science News For StudentsFor instance, for more than a decade, Robert Sapolsky ran a neuroscience lab at Stanford University for half the year.
“We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.” (Ep. 446) | Steven D. Levitt | January 7, 2021 | FreakonomicsIt also destroyed our neuroscience research center, classrooms and student center.
In general, though, the film’s treatment of the psychology and neuroscience of the attention-extraction economy is compelling.
Does Social Media Poison Everything? - Facts So Romantic | Scott Koenig | October 6, 2020 | Nautilus
The son of Taiwanese immigrants, he grew up in California and earned his PhD in neuroscience at Stanford.
Meet the One Numbers-Cruncher Who Foresees Democrats Holding the Senate | Linda Killian | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Human Brain Project (HBP) is a massive neuroscience research endeavor funded in large part by the European Union.
The Science Community’s Fight Over an Artificial Brain | Elizabeth Picciuto | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the ad, they cite an article published by several Norwegian scientists in the journal Nutritional neuroscience.
One of the professors of neuroscience and neurotechnology I worked with is very optimistic.
How ‘Transcendence’ Director Wally Pfister Became Christopher Nolan’s Secret Weapon | Andrew Romano | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTom LeClair on a confusing mix of neuroscience, George W. Bush, and unreliability.
British Dictionary definitions for neuroscience
/ (ˈnjʊərəʊˌsaɪəns) /
the study of the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology of the nervous system
Derived forms of neuroscience
- neuroscientist, noun
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