1
: of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
2
: situated in the region of or on the same side of the body as the brain and spinal cord : dorsal
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
When most students handed a question to the AI and submitted the answer, their gamma wave activity — the neural signature of cognitive engagement — dropped by roughly 40%.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
In a 2022 neuroimaging meta-analysis in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, researchers confirmed that both core (physical) and social disgust consistently engage the anterior insular and fusiform regions as a common neural basis.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The unconscious brain was learning to tell the tones apart, continuously reorganizing its neural responses to better detect the anomaly over the course of the 10-minute playback.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
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“Neural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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neural
adjective
neu·ral
ˈn(y)u̇r-əl 
: of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
Medical Definition
neural
adjective
neu·ral
ˈn(y)u̇r-əl
1
: of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
2
: situated in the region of or on the same side of the body as the brain and spinal cord : dorsal compare hemal sense 2
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