neuroscientist
- noun
- /ˌnjʊəroʊˈsaɪəntɪst/
- As a neuroscientist, she studies the connections between brain activity and behavior.
- neuroscientists and psychologists
- cognitive neuroscientist
- neuroscientists explore
They work with neuroscientists to keep you there longer.
- They work with neuroscientists to keep you there longer.
- I had a, a sleep neuroscientist on my podcast.
- I'm just, we've had several neuroscientists on the show now.
- So I would say this is also something that neuroscientists talk about.
- And to me, again, I can't help but put my neuroscientist lens on this.
- He is a neuroscientist based in Tokyo.
- He is a best selling author, a philosopher, A neuroscientist, and host of the Making Sense podcast.
- Raul Jandial is a dual trained brain surgeon and neuroscientist at City of Hope in Los Angeles.
- And I mentioned that I've spoken to some other philosophers and some other neuroscientists about these topics.
- So there's a book called A General Theory of Love by a neuroscientist in San Francisco.
Examples
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For example, philosophers have thought about the nature of musical experiences for several thousand years, but recently neuroscientists have joined the discussion.
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Between these presentations, however, the audience hears a brief talk given by a psychologist and a neuroscientist.
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Every single neuroscientist that I have spoken to.
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I had a, a sleep neuroscientist on my podcast.
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So I would say this is also something that neuroscientists talk about.
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I recently read that some neuroscientists have found a place in the brain.
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And that creative seed is something that's very difficult for a neuroscientist to understand.
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If you talk to actual brain researchers and neuroscientists, they say we're nowhere close.
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In recent years, neuroscientists have been examining the effects of meditation on the brain.
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Prof. Heather Bradshaw is a distinguished neuroscientist with the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University.
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Synonyms
A person who studies science and does experiments to find new facts
A scientist who studies the brain and nerves
A doctor or scientist who studies how the brain affects thinking and helps people with brain problems
A person who studies how the brain makes thoughts, feelings, and memory
A scientist who studies the parts of the brain and nerves
A doctor or scientist who studies the nervous system by checking its electrical signals
A scientist who studies the chemicals and reactions in the brain and nerves
A scientist who studies how medicines change the brain and nerves
Compounds
- Specialized
A person who studies how the brain makes thoughts, feelings, and memory
How Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
neuroscientist = neuroscience (semi-transparent) = neuro + science + ist
The word is built transparently from a specialized base, but the combining form 'neuro-' is less immediately accessible to many learners.
Etymology
Neuroscientist begins with neuro-, a root that means 'nerve', and ends with scientist, meaning 'a person who studies'. So a neuroscientist is a scientist who studies the nerves and the brain.