neuroscientist

/ˈnjʊroʊˌsaɪəntɪst/

Other forms: neuroscientists

If you are fascinated by brains, you might want to be a neuroscientist — a scientist who studies the way the brain and the nervous system work.

There are many different areas of neuroscience that a neuroscientist can focus on, including behavioral studies and research into disorders and diseases that affect the nervous system. As a neuroscientist, you might work for a university, a government agency, or a private business like a pharmaceutical company. The word neuroscientist takes scientist, a hybrid of scientia, "knowledge," and artist, and adds neuro, "pertaining to the nervous system."

Definitions of neuroscientist

1. noun

   a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
   examples:

   David Hubel

   United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926)

   types:

   neurolinguist

   someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception

   type of:

   neurobiologist

   a specialist in neurobiology