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Neuropsychologist

💰 Earn $78K-$169K

📚 Doctoral or Professional Degree

⏱️ 48 Month Training

📈 4.3% Job Growth

Explore the brain's mysteries and impact lives through diagnosis and treatment.
Make a difference by understanding and improving cognitive and behavioral health.
Dive into the fascinating world of brain-behavior relationships and innovative research.

What Neuropsychologists DoApply theories and principles of neuropsychology to evaluate and diagnose disorders of higher cerebral functioning, often in research and medical settings. Study the human brain and the effect of physiological states on human cognition and behavior. May formulate and administer programs of treatment.

Conduct neuropsychological evaluations such as assessments of intelligence, academic ability, attention, concentration, sensorimotor function, language, learning, and memory.
Conduct research on neuropsychological disorders.
Consult with other professionals about patients' neurological conditions.
Design or implement rehabilitation plans for patients with cognitive dysfunction.
Diagnose and treat conditions involving injury to the central nervous system, such as cerebrovascular accidents, neoplasms, infectious or inflammatory diseases, degenerative diseases, head traumas, demyelinating diseases, and various forms of dementing illnesses.

Neuropsychologists Education, Salary, and Growth

Minimum EducationDoctoral or Professional Degree

Career ProspectsGood (Increasing by 1-5%)

Training TimeOver 4 years

Job Openings3,900 Annually

Median Earnings

$147,650 in California

$117,580 Nationally

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