'Mental physiology' definitions:

Definition of 'Mental physiology'

From: GCIDE
  • physiology \phys`i*ol"o*gy\ (f[i^]z`[i^]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n.; pl. Physiologies. [L. physiologia, Gr. fysiologi`a; fy`sis nature + lo`gos discourse: cf. F. physiologie.]
  • 1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: It is divided into animal and vegetable physiology, dealing with animal and vegetable life respectively. When applied especially to a study of the functions of the organs and tissues in man, it is called human physiology. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A treatise on physiology. [1913 Webster]
  • Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same. [1913 Webster]