Psychiatry and Psychology

Neuropsychology

A branch of psychology which investigates the correlation between experience or behavior and the basic neurophysiological processes. The term neuropsychology stresses the dominant role of the nervous system. It is a more narrowly defined field than physiological psychology or psychophysiology.

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A branch of psychology which investigates the correlation between experience or behavior and the basic neurophysiological processes. The term neuropsychology stresses the dominant role of the nervous system. It is a more narrowly defined field than physiological psychology or psychophysiology.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Neuropsychologies

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty: not a coordinate with NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES /psychol

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85

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  1. F04.096w.795w.600w
  2. H01w.158w.782w.795w.110w

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NLM Classification

WL 103.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neuropsychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009484. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009484
  2. Neuropsychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropsychology
  3. Neuropsychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3872