Behavioral endocrinology

Behavioral endocrinology is a branch of endocrinology that studies the Neuroendocrine system and its effects on behavior.[1] Behavioral endocrinology studies the biological mechanisms that produce behaviors, this gives insight into the evolutionary past.[2] The field has roots in ethology, endocrinology and psychology.[3]

  1. ^ Becker, Jill B.; Breedlove, S. Marc; Crews, David. (1992). Behavioral endocrinology. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 0262023423. OCLC 24247523.
  2. ^ Welling, Lisa L. M.; Shackelford, Todd K. (2019-05-09), "Future Directions in Human Behavioral Endocrinology", The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology, Oxford University Press, pp. 432–441, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190649739.013.22, ISBN 9780190649739
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