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psychophysiological

psychophysiological

1 9.3
About how the mind and body affect each other
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaɪkoʊˌfɪziəˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/
  • Specialized
: psicofisiológico
  • The researcher studied the psychophysiological effects of stress on the body's immune response.
  • psychophysiological symptoms

And so you burn off a lot of psychophysiological resources in anger.

Examples

  • His research interests include teacher effectiveness, perception and cognition, affective response, and psychophysiological responses to music.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The results provide support for the expectation that perceived exertion and perceived fatigue constitute two distinct psychophysiological variables, each of which has utility in explaining athletes' perceptions of their effort at high levels of physical demand.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I have already adduced the psychophysiological aspects of such states.

    Blog text (2)
  • The second component, "Getting a Feel," which emerged late in the data collection and analysis, refers to psychophysiological aspects of a player's preparation.

    Academic text (1995)
  • For both men and women, the level of alcohol consumption varied directly with the severity of psychophysiological symptoms and community and health problems.

    Academic text (1995)
  • However, the above-mentioned studies have concentrated only on the psychophysiological aspects of bio-informational theory.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Results demonstrate that women self-reported significantly more psychophysiological distress and family pathology, and men reported more community problems and health concerns.

    Academic text (1995)
  • SE/TRM treatment focuses on identifying the psychophysiological patterns that underlie a wide variety of traumatic responses.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Emotions such as depression, anger, fear, tension, disgust, anxiety, and panic have been shown to create psychophysiological reactions that contribute to and exacerbate the pain of the injury (Lynch, 1988; Smith et al., 1990).

    Academic text (1994)
  • On the basis of the foregoing discussion, this article examines the use of drawing as a way for social workers to engage in self-reflection on their signs of stress and as a way to bolster resilience and coping to counter intense psychophysiological reactions to a crisis situation such as war.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

psychophysical
vspsychophysiological
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Relating to how the mind and body affect each other

refers specifically to mental interaction with bodily physiological processes

Surface Forms

Morphology

psychophysiological = physiological (semi-transparent) = psycho + physiolog + ical

The word is clearly built on the recognizable adjective 'physiological' with the technical prefix 'psycho-', but the full sense is specialized and not fully inferable for all learners.

Etymology

Psychophysiological combines psycho- 'mind' as in psychology and physio- 'body' as in physical. So, it describes the link between a person's mental state and the body's reactions.