Psychiatry and Psychology

Behavioral Sciences

Disciplines concerned with the study of human and animal behavior.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Disciplines concerned with the study of human and animal behavior.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Behavioral Science
  • Science, Behavioral
  • Sciences, Behavioral
  • Proxemics
  • Proxemic

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the specialty only

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History Note

1969; PROXEMICS was heading 1975-96 (see under SPATIAL BEHAVIOR 1975-90 and 1997-2014)

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Previous Indexing

  • Behavior (1966-1969)
  • specific discipline

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  1. F04.096w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Behavioral Sciences. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001525. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001525
  2. Behavioral Sciences. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioural_sciences
  3. Behavioral Sciences. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3919817