What is "psychonomics"

n. (context psychology English) The branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the mind, especially by means of experiment

n. the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues [syn: experimental psychology]

Psychonomics describes an approach to psychology that aims at discovering the laws (Greek: ' nomos') that govern the workings of the mind (Greek: ' psyche'). The field is directly related to experimental psychology. The word is used most prominently by the Psychonomic Society, a society of experimental psychologists in the United States and around the world.