psychoneuroendocrinology

n. the study of the relations among psychological factors, the nervous system, and the endocrine system in determining behavior and health. It focuses on the effects of psychological stress on these neuroendocrine systems (see neuroendocrinology) and the effects that changes in these systems have on behavior in normal and psychopathological states.

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Psychology term of the day

December 23rd 2024

DET

diethyltryptamine: a synthetic hallucinogen belonging to the indolealkylamine family, to which LSD, psilocin, and DMT also belong.