What’s the difference between a neurologist, a neurosurgeon, a neuroscientist, and a neuropsychiatrist? And how is it different from encephalology?

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I’ve looked it up, but all of them essentially sound like the same thing to me. I’m aware that there’s probably some nuance, so that’s what I’m posting it here for.

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Neuroscientist: a science person that studies nerves and brain in general.

Neurologist: a neuroscientist who is also a doctor and studies how your nerves affect your body. Unlike some other neuroscientists he doesn’t care how your brain activity links to your movie preferences, but he can check if your nausea comes from some nerve pathology.

Neuropsichiatrist: more brain- and behavior-oriented than the neurologist, he studies psychic illnesses specifically and how they are linked to the processes in the brain. He can tell you that your seizures and hallucinations are caused by your brain lobes being weirdly formed.

Neurosurgeon: a guy with a scalpel who will remove your brain tumor or sew your spine after you fracture it. Basically, a surgeon who specializes in nerve tissue.