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- noun The
jargon used byneuroscientists .
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Examples
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The neurobabble used to obfuscate the fact that she wrote quite well is astounding.
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The neurobabble used to obfuscate the fact that she wrote quite well is astounding.
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He tuned out the neurobabble and looked deeply into Robby's mind.
Prayers To Broken Stones Simmons, Dan 1990
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He was lousy at small talk, and the psychic tension and neurobabble always left him with a headache from maintaining his mindshield tightly for hours.
Prayers To Broken Stones Simmons, Dan 1990
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The curious thing is that the article is generally full of quite sensible advice for managing employees but its just wrapped up in this bizarre alternative universe neurobabble.
Improbable Research 2008
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In crowded places like this, it was dangerous for her to widen her sensory range too far because she could quickly become overwhelmed by the constant tidal waves of neurobabble and psychic background noise issuing from everyone’s minds-not that it put her in any physical danger; it simply was likely to distract her, and she couldn’t allow herself to be distracted tonight.
Time Was Perry, Steve 1998
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