neuroscience
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Definition of neuroscience
: a branch (such as neurophysiology) of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially with their relation to behavior and learning
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neuroscientist
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Examples of neuroscience in a Sentence
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The process was developed by Dr. Howard Gendelman, chair of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the study’s other lead author. — Alice Park, Time, "For the First Time, Researchers Eliminated HIV From the Genomes of Living Animals," 2 July 2019 Diane Kelly, a senior research fellow in behavioral neuroscience at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who was not involved in this research, echoed Heinen-Kay’s view. — Quanta Magazine, "Why Evolution Reversed These Insects’ Sex Organs," 30 Jan. 2019 How can these conflicts be overcome—and may recent findings in cognitive neuroscience play a role? — K.n.c., The Economist, "Societies are tearing apart, but they can be brought together," 14 Aug. 2019 Among the estimated 35,000 people in attendance this year were school principals, neuroscience lab workers, postal carriers and college sweethearts. — Currie Engel, Time, "Why a Hot Dog Eating Contest Became a Fourth of July Tradition for So Many Americans," 6 July 2019 Late-stage drug programs built on familiar targets produce headline-making failures with high frequency, leading global pharmaceutical companies to step away from neuroscience research altogether. — Amar Dhand, STAT, "It’s time to find new targets for brain diseases instead of just pursuing old ones," 26 June 2019 Hakwan Lau, a psychologist who studies behavioral neuroscience at the University of California at Los Angeles, is not convinced IIT is even a truly scientific theory. — Quanta Magazine, "Neuroscience Readies for a Showdown Over Consciousness Ideas," 6 Mar. 2019 The audience applauded when Crystal Watkins Johansson revealed she was being promoted to associate professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University and head of the new Sheppard Pratt Memory Clinic in Baltimore, Maryland. — Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, "A vaunted program for boosting the diversity of U.S. academic scientists is starting to spread," 24 July 2019 Poeppel is more than a gadfly attacking the status quo: Recently, his laboratory used real-world behavior to guide the design of a brain-activity study that led to a surprising discovery in the neuroscience of speech. — Quanta Magazine, "How Brain Waves Surf Sound Waves to Process Speech," 22 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'neuroscience.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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neuroscience
noun
English Language Learners Definition of neuroscience
: the scientific study of nerves and especially of how nerves affect learning and behavior
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neuroscience
noun
neu·ro·sci·ence
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Medical Definition of neuroscience
: a branch (as neurophysiology) of science that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially their relation to behavior and learning
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neuroscientific
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