As neuroscience increasingly recognizes that understanding the brain requires studying natural behavior, it has begun to adopt more naturalistic experimental environments as a means to that end — an ...

The field of neuroscience and behavior deals with many subjects, all of which relate to the study of the brain and nervous system. Students learn about topics including molecular psychiatry, neuronal ...

The Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience group includes students and faculty from diverse fields whose fundamental goal is to understand the biological basis of behavior. This multidisciplinary group ...

The cognitive neuroscience of deceptive behaviour examines how the brain enables individuals to withhold, distort or fabricate information in social interactions. At its core, deception engages a ...

A new computer program allows scientists to observe the behavior of multiple animals simultaneously and over extended periods, while automatically analyzing their motion. What may seem obvious marks a ...

Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies ...

“Considering everything, it seems we are dealing here with a special illness… There are certainly more psychiatric illnesses than are listed in our textbooks.” —Alois Alzheimer (In: Benjamin, 2018) ...

“Brain-based learning” is everywhere. From TED Talks to professional development workshops, educators are told that neuroscience holds the key to unlocking student potential. We hear about prefrontal ...

Young businesswoman having a discussion with her colleagues in a boardroom. Creative young businesswoman sharing her ideas during a meeting in a modern office. Conversations are more than just words ...

A new study demonstrates that managing Alzheimer's-related psychosis requires a customized, person-centered framework ...

And yet we know surprisingly little about them. While the cellular biology of this critical organ has been mapped out, ...