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psychobiology
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psy·cho·bi·ol·o·gy  (sk-b-l-j)
n.
1. The study of the effects of cognition, emotions, and experience on animal physiology.
2. The school of psychology that interprets personality, behavior, and mental illness in terms of responses to interrelated biological, social, cultural, and environmental factors.

psycho·bio·logic (-b-ljk), psycho·bio·logi·cal (--kl) adj.
psycho·bio·logi·cal·ly adv.
psycho·bi·olo·gist n.

psychobiology [ˌsaɪkəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Psychology) Psychol the attempt to understand the psychology of organisms in terms of their biological functions and structures
psychobiological  [ˌsaɪkəʊˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] adj
psychobiologically  adv
psychobiologist  n

psychobiology
1. the branch of biology that studies the interactions of body and mind, especially as exhibited in the nervous system.
2. psychology as studied in terms of biology. — psychobiologist, n.psychobiologic, psychobiological, adj.
See also: Biology
the study of the relations or interrelations between body and mind, especially as exhibited in the nervous system. — psychobiologist, n.psychobiologic, psychobiological, adj.
See also: Psychology


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We don't yet know if these interactions contribute to the mother-infant bond and to the infant's emotional and cognitive development," cautions Dario Maestripieri, a psychobiologist at the University of Chicago.
Breslin, a sensory psychobiologist at the Monell Center.
Vivette Glover, a perinatal psychobiologist at Imperial College London, said: "People looking after pregnant women should pay much more attention to their emotional health and employers should be open to flexible working hours.
 
 
 
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