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Definition of "psychophysiology" []

  • The branch of physiology dealing with the relationship between physiological processes and thoughts, emotions, and behavior. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "psychophysiology" in a sentence
  • "As a biofeedback software developer, and developer of related applied psychophysiology software, part of my job was to figure out what my customers -- clinicians and researchers -- needed, in the way of filtering."
  • "So, with my assumption 1, this isn't humanist essentialism any more than phonetics is, but it is rooted in a more physical approach to affect which takes it away from pure neuroscience and grounds it in psychophysiology."
  • "“Our findings lead us to believe that by seeking out positive lifestyle experiences that make us laugh, we can do a lot with our psychophysiology to help us stay well,” says Dr. Berk."