neuroscience

[ noor-oh-sahy-uhns, nyoor- ]

/ ˌnʊər oʊˈsaɪ əns, ˌnyʊər- /

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noun

the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.

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Origin of neuroscience

First recorded in 1960–65; neuro- + science

OTHER WORDS FROM neuroscience

neu·ro·sci·en·tif·ic, adjectiveneu·ro·sci·en·tist, noun

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How to use neuroscience in a sentence

In the winter of 2011, Daniel Yamins, a postdoctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, would at times toil past midnight on his machine vision project.
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Scott Koenig is a doctoral student in neuroscience at CUNY, where he studies morality, emotion, and psychopathy.
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He works at Virginia Tech in Roanoke where he studies computational neuroscience.
Confidence can make you miss important information|Bethany Brookshire|October 1, 2020|Science News For Students
Since the beginning of modern neuroscience, this has been done using electrodes implanted into mice or other experimental animals.
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This fuzziness might explain the curious results that came back when Tye, before publishing her first scientific paper on the neuroscience of loneliness in 2016, ran a search for other papers on the topic.
Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers.|Amy Nordrum|September 4, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Kelly G. Lambert, a neuroscientist at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, studies parenting behavior in lab animals.
Do Hands-On Dads Raise Healthier Kids?|Andy Hinds|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In his new book, Ignorance, neuroscientist Stuart Firestein goes where most academics dare not venture.
Stuart Firestein, Author of ‘Ignorance,’ Says Not Knowing Is the Key to Science|Casey Schwartz|April 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Joy Hirsch, a neuroscientist at Columbia who was not involved in this research, remarked on the usefulness of its finding.
Depression Is Linked to Hyperconnectivity of Brain Regions, a New Study Shows|Casey Schwartz|February 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Joy Hirsch, a neuroscientist at Columbia University, weighed in over email.
Did Penn State's Sex-Abuse Case Bring On the Death of Joe Paterno?|Casey Schwartz|January 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A while after that, a neuroscientist from Princeton came to dinner.
A Widow's Tale|Jennie Yabroff|February 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for neuroscience

neuroscience

/ (ˈnjʊərəʊˌsaɪəns) /

noun

the study of the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology of the nervous system

Derived forms of neuroscience

neuroscientist, noun

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Medical definitions for neuroscience

neuroscience

[ nur′ō-sī′əns ]

Any of the sciences, such as neuroanatomy and neurobiology, that deal with the nervous system.