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: Nancy K. Dess, PhD, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

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, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 6-9, 2009, Website: www.apa.org/convention/

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

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

For Additional Information Contact: Bernard Balleine, PhD, Membership & Growth Committee, Department of Psychology, UCLA, Box 951563, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, Phone: 310-825-7560, Fax: 310-206-5895, Email

Homepage: www.apa.org/divisions/div6