Neuroscience and Animal Behavior (Psychology)

The program in Neuroscience and Animal Behavior (NAB) studies behavior as a biological phenomenon, approaching topics within the areas of neuroscience, physiological psychology, acquired behavior, and ethology as a unified entity. Our program integrates:

• research in neuroscience and physiological psychology exploring brain-behavior relationships;
• research on acquired behavior studying the ongoing and evolutionary factors influencing individual adaptations; and
• ethological studies investigating how animals function in their natural environment.

Although our students and faculty are diverse, our shared interest in the mechanisms of behavior sets us apart from other graduate programs of comparable scope. Our research is conducted primarily with animal subjects, although human studies are also performed by some of our faculty, and we seek to apply findings to understanding human as well as animal behavior and cognition.