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
Mauricio Papini, PhD, Fort Worth, TX
View a list of past presidents
Secretary-Treasurer
Mary E. Cain, PhD, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Publications
Newsletter
The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist (three issues per year)
Editor: David J. Bucci, PhD, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Read about Division 6 in the Monitor
Division Meetings
APA Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, August 2-5, 2012
Contact Information
Kenneth J. Leising, PhD
Texas Christian University
Department of Psychology (298920)
2950 W. Bowie St.
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Telephone: (817) 257-6139
Fax: (817) 257-7681
