Division 6 - Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology

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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.

Membership Application: www.apa.org/divisions/div6/mbrinfo.html

President: William D. Timberlake, PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Secretary-Treasurer: Chana K. Akins, PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Newsletter: The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist (three issues per year)
Editor: Eric P. Wiertelak, PhD, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN

Division Meeting: APA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 14-17, 2008

Awards: www.apa.org/about/division/div6awards.html

List of Presidents: www.apa.org/about/division/div6pres.html

For Additional Information Contact: Rick Bevins, PhD, Membership & Growth Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NB, Phone: 402-472-1189, Email

Homepage: www.apa.org/divisions/div6