Neuroimaging

//ˌnjʊəɹəʊˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity. uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of neuroimage form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From neuro- + imaging.

Etymology 2

From neuroimage + -ing.

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