行为神经科学小组研究了神经活动和组织如何引起行为，特别是着重于了解行为变化与边缘系统解剖结构和生理变化之间的关系（边缘可塑性）。当前的教师兴趣包括：使用捕食者应激作为动物模型的创伤后应激障碍的神经基础，脑干惊吓电路的调节，大鼠活动性厌食症，学习基础的海马生理变化，性激素如何影响大脑发育和行为，以及空间学习和记忆的神经基础。
The Department of Psychology has approximately 30 faculty members and 60 graduate students. Faculty have active research programs in many areas of psychology, many of which rely on volunteers from the community. Psychology is also part of the interdisciplinary Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology (CABE) program, which offers both the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Interested students should apply directly to the CABE program.<br><br>The Behavioural Neuroscience group examines how neural activity and organization give rise to behavior, especially focusing on understanding the relation between changes in behavior and changes in limbic system anatomy and physiology (limbic plasticity).<br><br>Current faculty interests include investigation of: the neural basis of post-traumatic stress disorder using predator stress as an animal model, modulation of brain stem startle circuitry, activity anorexia in rats, changes in hippocampal physiology that underlie learning, how sex hormones influence brain development and behavior, and the neural basis of spatial learning and memory.<br><br>Duration (Full-time students):<br>PsyD, PhD: 4 years<br><br>Campus: St. John's<br><br>Application Deadline:<br>February 1 (MSc, MAPS, PhD) for Fall admission