Occupation or Discipline
neuropsychology Audio
neu·ro·psy·chol·o·gy [ noor-oh-sy-kah-loh-jee ]
Subclass of:
Psychophysiology
Definitions related to neuropsychology:
  • A branch of psychology which investigates the correlation between experience or behavior and the basic neurophysiological processes. The term neuropsychology stresses the dominant role of the nervous system. It is a more narrowly defined field than physiological psychology or psychophysiology.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Study of the relationships between behavior, experience, and neurophysiological processes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The study of how the brain and central nervous system are related to behavior.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The study of how the physiology of the brain and central nervous system are related to behavior.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Neuropsychology, science concerned with the integration of psychological observations on behaviour with neurological observations on the central nervous system (CNS), including the brain. The field emerged through the work of Paul Broca and Carl Wernicke (1848-1905), both of whom identified sites...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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