neuropsychology
noun
neu·ro·psy·chol·o·gy
ˌnu̇r-ō-sī-ˈkä-lə-jē 
ˌnyu̇r-
: a science concerned with the integration of psychological observations on behavior and the mind with neurological observations on the brain and nervous system
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Members on the committee assembled by the National Academies included physicians specializing in infectious diseases, neuropsychology and pediatrics; the chief medical officer of Kaiser Permanente; and the former global medical director for ExxonMobil.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
That work suggested that people taking notes by computer were typing without thinking, says van der Meer, a professor of neuropsychology at NTNU.
—Charlotte Hu, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
To understand more, STAT spoke with Joel Kramer, a professor of neuropsychology at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, who focuses on the relationship between the central nervous system and behaviors and directs the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 9 Feb. 2024
Marlene Oscar Berman, a professor emeritus in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine, has spent her career studying the relationship between alcohol use disorder and its impact on neurobiology and neuropsychology.
—Alexandra Becker, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2022
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
That work suggested that people taking notes by computer were typing without thinking, says van der Meer, a professor of neuropsychology at NTNU.
—Charlotte Hu, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
To understand more, STAT spoke with Joel Kramer, a professor of neuropsychology at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, who focuses on the relationship between the central nervous system and behaviors and directs the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 9 Feb. 2024
Marlene Oscar Berman, a professor emeritus in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine, has spent her career studying the relationship between alcohol use disorder and its impact on neurobiology and neuropsychology.
—Alexandra Becker, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2022
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neuropsychology
noun
neu·ro·psy·chol·o·gy
-sī-ˈkäl-ə-jē
plural neuropsychologies
: a science concerned with the integration of psychological observations on behavior and the mind with neurological observations on the brain and nervous system
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