Editing Neurocognition (section)

== Etymology ==
The term neurocognitive is a recent addition to the [[nosology]] of clinical [[Psychiatry]] and [[Psychology]]. It was  rarely used before the publication of the [[DSM-5]], which updated the psychiatric classification of disorders listed in the "Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders" chapter of the DSM-IV.<ref name="pmid25266297">{{cite journal | last1 = Sachdev | first1 = PS | last2 = Blacker | first2 = D | last3 = Blazer | first3 = DG | last4 = Ganguli | first4 = M | last5 = Jeste | first5 = DV | last6 = Paulsen | first6 = JS |display-authors=etal | year = 2014 | title = Classifying neurocognitive disorders: the DSM-5 approach | journal = Nat Rev Neurol | volume = 10 | issue = 11| pages = 634–42 | pmid = 25266297 | doi=10.1038/nrneurol.2014.181| s2cid = 20635070 | url = https://escholarship.org/content/qt77g8t63q/qt77g8t63q.pdf?t=qiico5 }}</ref> Following the 2013 publication of the DSM-5, the use of the term "neurocognitive" − increased steadily.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore/TIMESERIES/1555462200?hl=en-US&tz=300&date=all&geo=US&q=neurocognitive,dsm-5&sni=3 | title=neurocognitive, dsm-5 |website=Google Trends |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240330235207/https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=neurocognitive,dsm-5&geo=US&date=all%23TIMESERIES |archive-date= 30 Mar 2024}}</ref>

Adding the prefix "neuro-" to the word "cognitive" is an example of [[pleonasm]] because analogous to expressions like "burning fire" and "black darkness", the prefix "neuro-" adds no further useful information to the term "cognitive". In the field of clinical [[neurology]], clinicians continue using the simpler term "cognitive", due to the absence of evidence for human cognitive processes that do not involve the nervous system.{{cn|date=February 2024}}