How to Use neurophysiology in a Sentence

neurophysiology

noun
  • Bergen-Cico: When a person is physically dependent on or addicted to a drug, that drug changes the neurophysiology and functioning of the person’s brain and body, which adapt to function with the presence of that drug in the system.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The team wondered if differences might come down to the animals’ neurophysiology.
    Max G. Levy, Wired, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Assaneo and Poeppel took a fresh approach with a hypothesis that tied the real-world behavior of language to the observed neurophysiology.
    Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2018
  • NuCalm uses biochemistry, physics and neurophysiology to quickly put you into a deeply relaxed state.
    Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 9 July 2018
  • The neurophysiology and neurochemistry that is ideal for strengthening one kind of memory might be different than that needed for other types.
    Daniel J. Levitin, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Living in the Present This illusion cries out for explanation, and that explanation is to be sought in psychology, neurophysiology, and maybe linguistics or culture.
    Paul Davies, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2014
  • Bach-y-Rita began his medical career in visual rehabilitation, gaining a reputation as a specialist in the neurophysiology of eye muscles.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
  • Interestingly, studies in micro-mapping and neurophysiology support the idea of a system-level explanation of complex mental functions.
    Daniel Fallmann, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Her laboratory studies olfactory perception and neurophysiology.
    Leslie Kay, Scientific American, 13 June 2020

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