神经科学与动物行为（NAB）计划将神经科学，生理心理学，获得性行为和道德学作为一个统一的实体来处理主题。因此，重点是作为生物现象的行为。神经科学和生理心理学方面的研究探索了大脑与行为之间的关系，后天行为研究了影响个体适应的持续和进化因素，而行为学研究则关注了解动物在自然环境中的功能。这些问题在NAB计划中的综合体现了我们的信念，即对行为的全面理解需要了解自然行为的原因和方式，当前环境对行为的影响方式以及这两者背后的神经和生理过程。我们的研究主要针对动物对象，尽管我们的一些教职员工也进行了人类研究，我们力求
The program in Neuroscience and Animal Behavior (NAB) approaches topics within the areas of neuroscience, physiological psychology, acquired behavior, and ethology as a unified entity. Thus, the emphasis is on behavior as a biological phenomenon. Research in neuroscience and physiological psychology explores brain-behavior relationships, research on acquired behavior studies the on-going and evolutionary factors influencing individual adaptations, and ethological studies are concerned with understanding how animals function in their natural environment. The blend of these concerns in the NAB program represents our conviction that a comprehensive understanding of behavior requires knowledge of the why and how of natural behavior, the manner in which the current environment influences behavior, and the neural and physiological processes underlying both. Our research is conducted primarily with animal subjects, although human studies are also performed by some of our faculty, and we seek to apply findings to understanding human as well as animal behavior and cognition.