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Psychobiology
(Redirected from Biopsychology)
Psychobiology, also called biopsychology, is the scientific study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes, or put another way, of the effects of cognition, emotions, and experience on animal physiology. Psychobiology also studies the biology of behavior and mental processes.
Divisions of psychobiology:
- Physiological psychology
- Psychopharmacology
- Neuropsychology
- Psychophysiology (also Physiopsychology )
- Cognitive neuroscience and Behavioral neuroscience
- Comparative psychology
Related areas of scientific study that deal with the same fundamental area but have different emphases include:
- Biological psychology
- Biology of psychology
- Behavioral biology
- Neurobiology
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