neuroscience
scientific study of the nervous system
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Summary
neuroscience is an academic discipline[1]. neuroscience ranks in the top 8% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,730 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: academic major[3]
- Subclass of: science[4], life sciences[5]
- Part of: medicine[6], psychology[7], biology[8]
- Commons category: Neuroscience[9]
- Said to be the same as: brain science[10], neurology[11]
- Has part(s): neurophysiology[12], cognitive neuroscience[13], neuroanatomy[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Neuroscience[15]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Neuroscience[16]
- Partially coincident with: robotics[17], computer science[18], information technology[19]
- Topic has template: Template:Neuroscience[20]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://psychology.stackexchange.com/tags/neuroscience[21], https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/neuroscience[22]
- Is the study of: brain[23], central nervous system[24]
- Practiced by: neuroscientist[25]
- Wikimedia outline: outline of neuroscience[26]
- Model item: neurology[27]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Neuroscience[28]
Why It Matters
neuroscience has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] neuroscience is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]