psychophysiology

noun

psy·​cho·​phys·​i·​ol·​o·​gy ˌsī-kō-ˌfi-zē-ˈä-lə-jē 

: physiological psychology

psychophysiologist

ˌsī-kō-ˌfi-zē-ˈä-lə-jist 

noun

Examples of psychophysiology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Human impersonators struggle more with the psychophysiology. —Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024

Over time, dealing with fires is something that combines art, science and the deepest psychophysiology of human performance under stress. —ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2020

Credit where credit is due, though: America invented the 3D-printable anal pneumatic base for psychophysiology research. —Matt Simon, WIRED, 11 July 2019

At the University of Oregon, Hare began a Ph.D. program in psychophysiology, a branch of biological psychology that studies the interplay between emotions, behavior and the nervous system. —Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2016

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for psychophysiology

• anesthesiology
• epidemiology
• ethnomethodology
• ethnomusicology
• gastroenterology
• immunobiology
• immunopathology
• neuropharmacology
• neurophysiology
• neuroradiology
• otolaryngology
• paleobiology

Medical Definition

psychophysiology

noun

psy·​cho·​phys·​i·​ol·​o·​gy -ē-ˈäl-ə-jē 

plural psychophysiologies

: a branch of psychology that deals with the effects of normal and pathological physiological processes on mental functioning

called also physiological psychology, physiopsychology