BEHAVIOURAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does behavioural mean? 

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

1. of or relating to behavior

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEHAVIOURAL (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 

People who show heightened impulsivity are more likely to experience a number of mental health issues, including substance and behavioural addictions, eating disorders, and ADHD.

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

Expectant parents’ emotional struggles predict emotional and behavioural problems in 2-year-olds, new research shows.

(Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers, University of Cambridge)

It is also possible that GPs with empathic, patient-centred skills may be more likely to succeed in promoting positive behavioural change such as medication adherence or physical activity.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

The work by Dr Kiyoko Gotanda, a zoologist at the University of Cambridge, is one of the first studies to look at behavioural adaptations in a species following the eradication of invasive predators.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)

What’s remarkable about the honeyguide-human relationship is that it involves free-living wild animals whose interactions with humans have probably evolved through natural selection, probably over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, says Spottiswoode, a specialist in bird behavioural ecology in Africa.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The brain changes we detected following IFN-α treatment might be associated with cognitive and behavioural disturbances reported in patients with high levels of inflammation, including those that receive IFN-α as a therapy for viral infections or cancer.

(Scientists Reveal How Inflammation Affects The Life of Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Interventions need not be costly, they stress; for example, cheap, scalable technologies (e.g. environmentally-friendly water filters) or behavioural interventions (e.g. rinsing practices of rice and vegetables prior to cooking) are currently being tested to reduce exposures at the household level.

(Experts warn of cardiovascular risk from heavy metal pollution, University of Cambridge)

Mothers who suffered from stress and anxiety in the prenatal period were more likely to see their child display behavioural problems such as temper tantrums, restlessness and spitefulness.

(Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers, University of Cambridge)

The team found that those young adults who displayed higher measures of behavioural impulsivity also had lower levels of myelin in the putamen.

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

While most people occasionally act impulsively, people affected by disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance and behavioural addictions, and mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, show much greater levels of impulsivity.

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