Masanin ilimin jijiyoyi ƙwararre ne a fagen ilimin ƙwayoyin cuta wanda ke nazarin alakar da ke tsakanin kwakwalwa da ayyukan fahimi kamar fahimta, hankali, ƙwaƙwalwa, harshe, da yanke shawara. Mayar da hankali na ilimin kimiyyar kwakwalwa shine fahimtar yadda ayyukan kwakwalwa ke tallafawa tafiyar matakai da hali. Masana kimiyyar neuroscientists suna amfani da dabaru iri-iri, ciki har da hoton kwakwalwa (kamar aikin maganadisu na maganadisu ko fMRI), ilimin electrophysiology (kamar electroencephalography ko EEG), da nazarin halaye, don bincika tushen jijiya na hanyoyin fahimi.