Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of psychology that studies the biological foundations of behavior, emotions, and mental processes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of biological science which treats of the interrelations or interactions between body and mind, or between states or changes in the body and states or changes in consciousness.
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- noun psychology, biology The study of the
biological basis forcognition and othermental processes - noun psychology The branch of
psychology that interpretspsychological phenomena in terms ofadaptation tobiological ,environmental etc factors
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Examples
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The author of the educational "Improbable Antics" is Dario Maestripieri, holder of a doctorate in psychobiology and someone who specializes in primate behavior.
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This work reinforces another lesson of developmental psychobiology, which is that the relevant aspects of the ontogenetic niche are
The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics Griffiths, Paul 2009
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• Schumann resonances have gone beyond the boundaries of physics, invading medicine, raising interest in artists and musicians, and gaining interest from fringe fields such as psychobiology and yoga.
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Stoller's attraction to feminism eventually landed her in grad school for psychobiology and social psychology, but she was acutely aware of straddling two different cultures. ...
Gerit Quealy: Forgotten Women: Knitters and the National Women's Hall of Fame Gerit Quealy 2011
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The theory of psychobiology implicates natural and innate instincts as the culprit stating that everything we do is to get sex, and then sometimes, as in this case, more sex and procreation then we need.
Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011
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The theory of psychobiology implicates natural and innate instincts as the culprit stating that everything we do is to get sex, and then sometimes, as in this case, more sex and procreation then we need.
Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011
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Our frivolity reminded me of the recent research by Jaak Panksepp, a professor of psychobiology who documented that animals laughed before humans.
Brenda Peterson: What We Learn from Animals: How to Play Brenda Peterson 2011
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The theory of psychobiology implicates natural and innate instincts as the culprit stating that everything we do is to get sex, and then sometimes, as in this case, more sex and procreation then we need.
Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011
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The theory of psychobiology implicates natural and innate instincts as the culprit stating that everything we do is to get sex, and then sometimes, as in this case, more sex and procreation then we need.
Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011
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“There is increasing evidence that perinatal stress and pain can have long-term effects—and the most stressful thing that happens to any baby is being born,” says Vivette Glover, professor of perinatal psychobiology at Imperial College London.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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