adjective
cerebral
suh-REE-bruhl/səˈriːbrəl/
Relating to the brain.
Cerebral activity helps the player analyze the chess position.
Etymology
Cerebral first meant “pertaining to the brain” and later came to mean “intellectual.” The selected sense emphasizes thought and understanding rather than emotional or physical responses.
In context
there is a greater emphasis may be on the physical and then we have Shelley who talks about the physical but he always talks about it in a very intellectual cerebral way
More examples
- The scan reveals changes in cerebral tissue.
- The novel is admired for its cerebral humor.
- Researchers monitor cerebral activity during the task.
Similar words
- intellectual
- Specifically emphasizes thought rather than a physical brain connection.
- cortical
- More specifically relates to an outer layer, often the cerebral cortex.