neuropsychologyn.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)sʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/ Psychology.
The relationship between neural and mental or behavioural processes; a branch of psychology dealing with this.
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1875 S. S. Laws in Archives Electrol. & Neurol. Nov. (title) Dual constitution of man, or neuro-psychology.
1955 Sci. Amer. 72/2 Neuropsychology is Lashley's specialty, and..its studies of cerebral function and neurological structure have been conducted under his personal direction.
1963 Neuropsychologia 1 1 Under the term ‘neuropsychology’, we have in mind a particular area of neurology of common interest to neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and neurophysiologists. This interest is focused mainly..on the cerebral cortex. Among topics of particular concern to us are disorders of language, perception and action.
1964 R. L. Isaacson Basic Readings Neuropsychol. p. vii Since the work of Lashley, neuropsychology has become a major branch of physiological psychology.
1973 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. 7/1 A high degree of specialisation by each of man's ‘two brains’—the cerebral hemispheres—have [sic] been shown by recent work in neuro-psychology.
1989 Contemp. Psychol. 34 1108/1 Over the past decade, neurologists with special interest in behavioral symptomatology have begun to rename large parts of traditional neuropsychology as ‘behavioral neurology’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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