What's the line between neurology and psychology?

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What's the line between neurology and psychology? #8

Open ruixue-li opened 5 years ago

ruixue-li commented 5 years ago

This might be a silly question but I'd sort of expect to see this study in a medical journal (not that I read medical journals). So I'm wondering what's the key difference between what neurologists study and what psychologists study?

edawh commented 5 years ago

Neurologists are focused mainly on brain disorders, while psychologists like me are mostly focused on developing details models of normal function. Of course, both efforts interact with and help each other. We can learn a lot about normal function by learning about how things can go wrong in various neurological disorders.