Psychophysiology
Psychophysiology is the branch of psychology that studies the relationship between physiological processes and psychological phenomena. It seeks to understand how bodily systems such as the nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, and autonomic systems reflect, support, or influence cognition, emotion, perception, and behavior. Researchers examine how mental states are associated with measurable physiological signals and how these signals change under different tasks or states.
Common methods include central measures like electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs), which track brain activity
Historically, psychophysiology emerged from late 19th and early 20th century interest in linking physiology to mental
Applications span cognitive science, emotion research, sleep, psychopharmacology, and clinical assessment. While psychophysiology offers objective measures,