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Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology,[1] biopsychology, or psychobiology,[2] is part of the broad, interdisciplinary field of neuroscience, with its primary focus being on the biological and neural mechanisms underlying behavior. Cognitive neuroscience is similar to behavioral neuroscience, in that both fields study the neurobiological functions related to psychology, as in experiences and behaviors. Behavioral neuroscientists examine the biological bases of behavior through research that involves neuroanatomical substrates, environmental and genetic factors, effects of lesions and electrical stimulation, developmental processes, recording electrical activity, neurotransmitters, hormonal influences, chemical components, and the effects of drugs. Important topics of consideration for neuroscientific research in behavior include learning and memory, sensory processes, motivation and emotion, as well as genetic and molecular substrates concerning the biological bases of behavior.[3]
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- ^ Psychobiology, Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary
- ^ Thompson, R. F. (2001-01-01), "Behavioral Neuroscience", in Smelser, Neil J.; Baltes, Paul B. (eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Oxford: Pergamon, pp. 1118–1125, doi:10.1016/b0-08-043076-7/03405-7, ISBN 978-0-08-043076-8, retrieved 2024-10-11