neuroscience

noun

neu·​ro·​sci·​ence ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 

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: 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

neuroscientific

ˌnu̇r-ō-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik 

ˌnyu̇r-

adjective

neuroscientist

ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən-tist 

ˌnyu̇r-

noun

Examples of neuroscience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The startup is combining technology from mathematics, neuroscience and machine learning in the training of AI models that can solve very complex puzzles like Sudoku. —Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025

Researchers in the burgeoning subfield of mechanistic interpretability, inspired by neuroscience, instead try to understand models by opening them up and poking around inside. —Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025

The center is a research institute that studies the psychology, sociology and neuroscience of well-being. —Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025

Reinforcement learning has also had an unexpected impact on neuroscience. —Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for neuroscience

• geoscience
• noncompliance
• pseudoscience
• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance
• science

Medical Definition

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

neuroscientific

-ˌsī-ən-ˈtif-ik 

adjective