physiological explanation

collocation in English

meaningsofphysiologicalandexplanation

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physiological
adjective
uk
/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the way in which the bodies of living ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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By employing thephysiologicalexplanationof the dream that dominated the era's research, the film was supporting its use of the dream in two ways.
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This provides aphysiologicalexplanationfor the differences in daily activity patterns of butterfly models and mimics found in this study.
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As these statements indicate, thephysiologicalexplanationof memory obviously involved an unconscious.
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Thephysiologicalexplanationof senescence in relation to submergence tolerance of rice is, however, lacking.
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Thephysiologicalexplanationfor why few adults emerged is unclear.
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Aphysiologicalexplanationdependent on pressurisation of the body is required.
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The theory offered aphysiologicalexplanationfor the previously observed effect of psychology on pain perception.
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That is to say, the index of the truth of the physiological explanations resides solely in the explanatory power of physics.
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Goethes model and theory was anchored in aphysiologicalexplanationof the phenomenon.
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Skinner argued that behavioral explanations of psychological phenomena are just as true as physiological explanations.
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