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Psychophysiology (from Greek , psȳkhē, "breath, life, soul"; , physis, "nature, origin"; and , -logia) is the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes. While psychophysiology was a general, broad field of research in the 1960s and 1970s, it has now become quite specialized, based on methods, topic of studies, and scientific traditions. Methods vary as combinations of electrophysiological methods (such as EEG), neuroimaging (MRI, PET), and neurochemistry. Topics have branched into subspecializations such as social, sport, cognitive, cardiova

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Contents
  • Background
  • Measures
  • Uses
  • Emotions as example of psychophysiological studies
  • Psychophysiological inference and physiological computer games
  • See also
  • References
  • Citations
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Psychophysiology (from Greek , psȳkhē, "breath, life, soul"; , physis, "nature, origin"; and , -logia) is the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes. While psychophysiology was a general, broad field of research in the 1960s and 1970s, it has now become quite specialized, based on methods, topic of studies, and scientific traditions. Methods vary as combinations of electrophysiological methods (such as EEG), neuroimaging (MRI, PET), and neurochemistry. Topics have branched into subspecializations such as social, sport, cognitive, cardiovascular, clinical, and other branches of psychophysiology.

== Background ==

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