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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Rights & Permissions Carrie E Bearden is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and psychology at UCLA.
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Carrie E. Bearden,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2025
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.
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Florence Williams,
Wired,
14 Feb. 2022
The environmental component does exist, and is substantial (explaining the majority of the variance in outcome for many biobehavioral traits).
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Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2013
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Carrie E. Bearden,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2025
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.
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Florence Williams,
Wired,
14 Feb. 2022
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
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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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