neuroimaging
nounUK /ˌnjʊəɹəʊˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/
Etymology From neuro- + imaging.
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Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity.
- Adrian Raine [...] recently carried out a neuroimaging experiment that supports the idea that violence arises from an imbalance between impulses from the limbic system and self-control from the frontal lobes.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 722:
- Related terms
- neuroimager
- Hyponyms
- MRI of head, CT of head, brain imaging
- Coordinate terms
- neurodiagnosis, neuroexamination, neuroprognosis