biobehavioral
adjective
bio·be·hav·ior·al
ˌbī-(ˌ)ō-bi-ˈhā-vyə-rəl 
: of, relating to, or involving the interaction of behavior and biological processes
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Review the sources used below for this article: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews.
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
Increasingly, the phenomenon is called Munchausen by proxy (MBP) abuse to emphasize the negative effects on the victim or a type of medical child abuse, says Brenda Bursch, a professor of clinical psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Cultural, and perhaps biobehavioral, dispositions are hard to transmit.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2012
The environmental component does exist, and is substantial (explaining the majority of the variance in outcome for many biobehavioral traits).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2013
So what exactly does biobehavioral intervention mean?
—Carly Vandergriendt, SELF, 19 May 2022
Cole, who works in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine, looked at the blood samples of 72 men over an eight-year period.
—Florence Williams, Wired, 14 Feb. 2022
Steve Cole, a professor of medicine, psychiatry, and biobehavioral sciences at U.C.L.A., has done pioneering work on the subject.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2020
At Penn State, Holmes plans to major in biobehavioral health and minor in African-American studies.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 12 July 2018
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
Increasingly, the phenomenon is called Munchausen by proxy (MBP) abuse to emphasize the negative effects on the victim or a type of medical child abuse, says Brenda Bursch, a professor of clinical psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Cultural, and perhaps biobehavioral, dispositions are hard to transmit.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2012
The environmental component does exist, and is substantial (explaining the majority of the variance in outcome for many biobehavioral traits).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2013
So what exactly does biobehavioral intervention mean?
—Carly Vandergriendt, SELF, 19 May 2022
Cole, who works in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine, looked at the blood samples of 72 men over an eight-year period.
—Florence Williams, Wired, 14 Feb. 2022
Steve Cole, a professor of medicine, psychiatry, and biobehavioral sciences at U.C.L.A., has done pioneering work on the subject.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2020
At Penn State, Holmes plans to major in biobehavioral health and minor in African-American studies.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 12 July 2018
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biobehavioral
adjective
bio·be·hav·ior·al
-bi-ˈhā-vyə-rəl
: of, relating to, or involving the interaction of behavior and biological processes
a biobehavioral approach to health
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