psychobiology
noun
psy·cho·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌsī-kō-bī-ˈä-lə-jē 
: the study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes
psychobiological
adjective
or less commonly psychobiologic
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But modern advances in brain scans and other more objective measures of understanding animal psychobiology continue to show more similarities.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
Antonia Ypsilanti is an associate professor in cognitive psychology/ psychobiology at Sheffield Hallam University.
—Andrea Wigfield, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
Ramneet Sandhu, a UCLA psychobiology student, said her professors have taken a mixed approach to handling finals.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
His specialty is mitochondrial psychobiology.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
In a video interview attached to the study, Daisy Fancourt, an associate professor of psychobiology and epidemiology at the University of Central London, discusses the role the arts can play in medical treatment.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2020
Not so long ago, the Sackler name was stamped across the most rarified perches in Manhattan—in the psychobiology department at Columbia University, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and at the Museum of Natural History.
—Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2019
This happens for several reasons, says Bertha Madras, a professor of psychobiology at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
—Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2018
Meanwhile, the Sackler institutes at Cornell, Columbia, McGill, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sussex, and King’s College London tackle psychobiology, with an emphasis on early childhood development.
—Christopher Glazek, Esquire, 16 Oct. 2017
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
Antonia Ypsilanti is an associate professor in cognitive psychology/ psychobiology at Sheffield Hallam University.
—Andrea Wigfield, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
Ramneet Sandhu, a UCLA psychobiology student, said her professors have taken a mixed approach to handling finals.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
His specialty is mitochondrial psychobiology.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
In a video interview attached to the study, Daisy Fancourt, an associate professor of psychobiology and epidemiology at the University of Central London, discusses the role the arts can play in medical treatment.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2020
Not so long ago, the Sackler name was stamped across the most rarified perches in Manhattan—in the psychobiology department at Columbia University, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and at the Museum of Natural History.
—Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2019
This happens for several reasons, says Bertha Madras, a professor of psychobiology at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
—Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2018
Meanwhile, the Sackler institutes at Cornell, Columbia, McGill, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sussex, and King’s College London tackle psychobiology, with an emphasis on early childhood development.
—Christopher Glazek, Esquire, 16 Oct. 2017
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psychobiology
noun
psy·cho·bi·ol·o·gy
-bī-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural psychobiologies
: the study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes
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