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Psychophysiology is an interdisciplinary science concerned with the impact of psychological exposures and behavioral challenges on physiological systems. The adjective “psychophysiological” describes this impact. For example, the effect on blood pressure of exposure to a mental stress task would be described as a psychophysiological effect.
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Carroll, D. (2013). Psychophysiological. In: Gellman, M.D., Turner, J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_483
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