BEHAVIORAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does behavioral mean? 

• BEHAVIORAL (adjective)
  The adjective BEHAVIORAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to behavior

  Familiarity information: BEHAVIORAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEHAVIORAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to behavior

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

behavioral; behavioural

Context example:

behavioral sciences

Pertainym:

behavior (manner of acting or controlling yourself)

 Context examples 

This is a general term that encompasses the medical, social, behavioral, and environmental acts that can have preventive, therapeutic, or palliative effects.

(Appropriate Treatment, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

This enhances motor function, suppresses prolactin release, and causes vasodilation and behavioral effects.

(Apomorphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

These facilities must demonstrate expertise in each of three areas: laboratory, clinical, and behavioral and population-based research.

(NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by behavioral changes, sleep disturbances and mental developmental delays.

(Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIID, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized series of measurements that assesses the cognitive, motor, and behavioral development in infants and babies from one to twenty-four months of age.

(Bayley Scale of Infant Development, NCI Thesaurus)

Most antipsychotic agents interfere with various neurotransmitter functions, often blocking dopamine receptors, and induce diverse behavioral, endocrine, motor-kinetic effects.

(Antipsychotic agent, NCI Thesaurus)

A psychologist who diagnoses and treats behavioral and other problems related to the way the brain works.

(Neuropsychologist, NCI Dictionary)

This can also be the time that parents or teachers recognize learning disabilities or behavioral problems in children.

(Child Development, NIH)

Thia study revealed a role of the BNST GABAergic system in sleep/wakefulness control, especially in shifting animals' behavioral states from NREM sleep to wakefulness.

(The Secret Connection between Anxiety, Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The mice also spontaneously moved to a colder part of the chamber, suggesting that activation of these neurons can induce both nervous system and behavioral changes that reduce the body’s temperature.

(Brain cells that cool the body, NIH)