Neuroscience
noun
The scientific study of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
She decided to pursue a PhD in neuroscience because she was interested in studying how the brain works.
Often appears as...
- cognitive neuroscience
- computational neuroscience
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noun
The scientific study of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
She decided to pursue a PhD in neuroscience because she was interested in studying how the brain works.
Often appears as...
- cognitive neuroscience
- computational neuroscience
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Neuroscience is a subject studied at universities and used in professional research.
She majored in neuroscience at the university.
Pro Tip 2/3Brain Research
Neuroscience often relates to discovering new things about how our brain functions.
Neuroscience has revealed new methods to improve memory.
Pro Tip 3/3Interdisciplinary
Neuroscience combines knowledge from biology, chemistry, psychology, and more.
Her neuroscience work is at the intersection of psychology and biology.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Neuroscience is a subject studied at universities and used in professional research.
She majored in neuroscience at the university.
Pro Tip 2/3Brain Research
Neuroscience often relates to discovering new things about how our brain functions.
Neuroscience has revealed new methods to improve memory.
Pro Tip 3/3Interdisciplinary
Neuroscience combines knowledge from biology, chemistry, psychology, and more.
Her neuroscience work is at the intersection of psychology and biology.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Neuroscience is a subject studied at universities and used in professional research.
She majored in neuroscience at the university.
Pro Tip 2/3Brain Research
Neuroscience often relates to discovering new things about how our brain functions.
Neuroscience has revealed new methods to improve memory.
Pro Tip 3/3Interdisciplinary
Neuroscience combines knowledge from biology, chemistry, psychology, and more.
Her neuroscience work is at the intersection of psychology and biology.
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How to control someone...
about the properties about how the brain works because we don't teach neuroscience in schools. And one of the reasons why is that the equipment is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student
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Mind Blown - Hangout to...
through that kind of feeling of just wow what you see is not always what you get hopefully it serves as a hook to make you want to learn about your brain and about neuroscience you know what I mean because I mean on the one hand the brain is the most complicated object in the known universe right we haven't found
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Are you a body with a...
With the development of psychology and neuroscience, scientists have weighed in, as well. Many modern scientists reject the idea that there's any distinction between the mind and body. Neuroscience suggests that our bodies, along with their physical senses, are deeply integrated with the activity in our brains
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
and he says "We have a deep intuition that there is a core, an essence there, and it's hard to shake off, probably impossible to shake off, I suspect. But it's true that neuroscience shows that there is no centre in the brain where things do all come together." So when you look at the brain,
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The science of...
spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow. This synchronous firing strengthens the connections between that set of neurons, linking them together into what's known as a neuronal ensemble, in this case the one for pineapple. In neuroscience, this is called the Hebbian principle,
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Wendy Suzuki: The...
has immediate, long-lasting and protective benefits for your brain. And that can last for the rest of your life. So what I want to do today is tell you a story about how I used my deep understanding of neuroscience, as a professor of neuroscience,
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3 tips to boost your...
But if you have a growth mindset and think your abilities can improve, a challenge is an opportunity to learn and grow. Neuroscience supports the growth mindset. The connections in your brain do get stronger and grow with study and practice.
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The great brain debate -...
in a special type of language loss, now known as receptive aphasia. Wernicke's connectionist model helped explain disorders that didn't result from the dysfunction of just one area. Modern neuroscience tools reveal a brain more complex than
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How DARPA is creating...
neuroscience and algorithms are coming together to enable a new kind of seamless symbiosis between people and technology it's going to exhilarate us it's going to make us deeply uncomfortable and it could even cause us
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How do you explain...
And you might say, let's just give neuroscience a few years. It'll turn out to be another emergent phenomenon like traffic jams, like hurricanes, like life, and we'll figure it out. The classical cases of emergence
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How to control someone...
about the properties about how the brain works because we don't teach neuroscience in schools. And one of the reasons why is that the equipment is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student
Video examples
Mind Blown - Hangout to...
through that kind of feeling of just wow what you see is not always what you get hopefully it serves as a hook to make you want to learn about your brain and about neuroscience you know what I mean because I mean on the one hand the brain is the most complicated object in the known universe right we haven't found
Video examples
Are you a body with a...
With the development of psychology and neuroscience, scientists have weighed in, as well. Many modern scientists reject the idea that there's any distinction between the mind and body. Neuroscience suggests that our bodies, along with their physical senses, are deeply integrated with the activity in our brains
Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
and he says "We have a deep intuition that there is a core, an essence there, and it's hard to shake off, probably impossible to shake off, I suspect. But it's true that neuroscience shows that there is no centre in the brain where things do all come together." So when you look at the brain,
Video examples
The science of...
spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow. This synchronous firing strengthens the connections between that set of neurons, linking them together into what's known as a neuronal ensemble, in this case the one for pineapple. In neuroscience, this is called the Hebbian principle,
Video examples
Wendy Suzuki: The...
has immediate, long-lasting and protective benefits for your brain. And that can last for the rest of your life. So what I want to do today is tell you a story about how I used my deep understanding of neuroscience, as a professor of neuroscience,
Video examples
3 tips to boost your...
But if you have a growth mindset and think your abilities can improve, a challenge is an opportunity to learn and grow. Neuroscience supports the growth mindset. The connections in your brain do get stronger and grow with study and practice.
Video examples
The great brain debate -...
in a special type of language loss, now known as receptive aphasia. Wernicke's connectionist model helped explain disorders that didn't result from the dysfunction of just one area. Modern neuroscience tools reveal a brain more complex than
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How DARPA is creating...
neuroscience and algorithms are coming together to enable a new kind of seamless symbiosis between people and technology it's going to exhilarate us it's going to make us deeply uncomfortable and it could even cause us
Video examples
How do you explain...
And you might say, let's just give neuroscience a few years. It'll turn out to be another emergent phenomenon like traffic jams, like hurricanes, like life, and we'll figure it out. The classical cases of emergence
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John O'Keefe
American Scientist
Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis of cognition, perception, memory and emotion at the level of networks of interacting neurons, the level at which we believe many of the important operations of the brain take place.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
When it comes to how neuroscience could help the wider public, the worst thing is when we make advances in, say, mindfulness, and then decide that everybody can potentially think their way to curing themselves or develop their own psycho-neuro-immune mechanisms for boosting cancer defenses.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect.
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Sean M. Carroll
American Scientist
I've loved physics from a young age, but I've also been interested in all sorts of big questions, from philosophy to evolution and neuroscience. And what those fields have in common is that they all aim to capture certain aspects of the same underlying universe.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
I don't doubt that the explanation for consciousness will arise from the mercilessly scientific account of psychology and neuroscience, but, still, isn't it neat that the universe is such that it gave rise to conscious beings like you and me?
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Stanley B. Prusiner
American Scientist
Neuroscience is by far the most exciting branch of science because the brain is the most fascinating object in the universe. Every human brain is different - the brain makes each human unique and defines who he or she is.
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David Chalmers
American Philosopher
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century.
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Robert Winston
British Scientist
Neuroscience is now a very important research area in biology. We are now understanding a lot more about brains in babies, as well as children and adults.
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Aloe Blacc
American Musician
In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.
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Leon Kass
American Educator
The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics.
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John O'Keefe
American Scientist
Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis of cognition, perception, memory and emotion at the level of networks of interacting neurons, the level at which we believe many of the important operations of the brain take place.
Quote examples
Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
When it comes to how neuroscience could help the wider public, the worst thing is when we make advances in, say, mindfulness, and then decide that everybody can potentially think their way to curing themselves or develop their own psycho-neuro-immune mechanisms for boosting cancer defenses.
Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect.
Quote examples
Sean M. Carroll
American Scientist
I've loved physics from a young age, but I've also been interested in all sorts of big questions, from philosophy to evolution and neuroscience. And what those fields have in common is that they all aim to capture certain aspects of the same underlying universe.
Quote examples
Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
I don't doubt that the explanation for consciousness will arise from the mercilessly scientific account of psychology and neuroscience, but, still, isn't it neat that the universe is such that it gave rise to conscious beings like you and me?
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Stanley B. Prusiner
American Scientist
Neuroscience is by far the most exciting branch of science because the brain is the most fascinating object in the universe. Every human brain is different - the brain makes each human unique and defines who he or she is.
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David Chalmers
American Philosopher
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century.
Quote examples
Robert Winston
British Scientist
Neuroscience is now a very important research area in biology. We are now understanding a lot more about brains in babies, as well as children and adults.
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Aloe Blacc
American Musician
In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.
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Leon Kass
American Educator
The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics.
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