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BEHAVIOURAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to behavior

Example:

behavioral sciences

Synonyms:

behavioral; behavioural

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

behavior (manner of acting or controlling yourself)

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 Context examples: 

This suggests that impulsivity is an ‘endophenotype’, say the researchers; in other words, a set of behavioural and brain changes that increases people’s general risk for developing a group of psychiatric and neurological disorders.

(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)

In a study, a team of researchers at Cambridge’s Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with a group at Aarhus University in Denmark, has shown a strong association between increased behavioural impulsivity in young adults and abnormalities in nerve cells in the putamen, a key brain region involved in addictive disorders.

(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)