neuroscience
noun
neu·ro·sci·ence
ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 
ˌnyu̇r-
: a branch (such as neurophysiology) of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially with their relation to behavior and learning
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Modern neuroscience has discovered that a similar course of action, again counterintuitive, is a beginning point to reduce reactions to the threat and going with, instead of against it.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
This effort is ongoing: Research on the vagus nerve is at the forefront of neuroscience today.
—R. Douglas Fields, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
Stephen has done tremendous work in the field of flow neuroscience, even finding in his book, The Art of Impossible, that a daily gratitude practice can alter the brain’s negativity bias by changing the amygdala’s filter, essentially training it to take in more positive information.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
Reye is an Arizona native but worked in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, researching schizophrenia by demonstrating its genetic basis in lab mice.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
This effort is ongoing: Research on the vagus nerve is at the forefront of neuroscience today.
—R. Douglas Fields, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
Stephen has done tremendous work in the field of flow neuroscience, even finding in his book, The Art of Impossible, that a daily gratitude practice can alter the brain’s negativity bias by changing the amygdala’s filter, essentially training it to take in more positive information.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
Reye is an Arizona native but worked in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, researching schizophrenia by demonstrating its genetic basis in lab mice.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
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neuroscience
noun
neu·ro·sci·ence
ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s
: a branch (as neurophysiology) of science that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially their relation to behavior and learning
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