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neuropsychology

noun

  1. 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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Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English psychology English neuropsychology From neuro- + psychology.

  1. A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes.
  2. The facts uncovered thereby, or the body of knowledge thus produced.

    “the neuropsychology of culpability comprises the neurology of competence and indeed all neuroscience of the neural correlates of consciousness”