Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
Division 6: Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology members are devoted to studying the biology of behavior. Their focus is on behavior and its relation to perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, and emotion. Behavioral neuroscientists study the brain in relation to behavior, its evolution, functions, abnormalities, and repair, as well as its interactions with the immune system, cardiovascular system, and energy regulation systems. Comparative psychologists study the behavior of humans and other animals, with a special eye on similarities and differences that may shed light on evolutionary and developmental processes.
Leadership
President
Chana K. Akins, PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
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Secretary-Treasurer
Rachel N. Matthews, PhD, Purcell, Okla.
Publications
Newsletter
The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist (three issues per year)
Editor: Alan M. Daniel, PhD, Glenville, W. Va.
Read about Division 6 in the Monitor
Division Meetings
Contact Information
Cynthia A. Crawford, PhD
Department of Psychology
California State University
5500 University Pkwy
San Bernardino, CA 92407
