该集中精力研究行为的生物学底物。核心和附属学院的研究领域包括行为发展的神经控制，滥用药物的大脑系统，学习和记忆的动物模型及其障碍（例如阿尔茨海默氏病），参与认知，感知，人为错误的人脑系统，决策和运动，神经活动与人类绩效的关系以及认知老化。该计划的重点是对人类和动物神经系统进行转化神经科学的补充研究，包括将动物研究应用于人类行为。该计划的核心设施包括设备完善的行为测试和组织学/组织化学设施。该计划与克拉斯诺高级研究所以及生物医学基因组和信息学中心的紧密联系为组织切片制备和分子遗传学等多种多样的合作工作提供了
This concentration focuses on studying biological substrates of behavior. Core and affiliated faculty study areas as diverse as neural control of behavioral development, brain systems in substance abuse, animal models of learning and memory and their disorders (such as Alzheimer?s), human brain systems involved in cognition, perception, human error, decision making, and movement, the relation of neural activity to human performance, and cognitive aging. A focus of the program is on translational neuroscience-complementary study of neural systems in humans and animals, including application of animal research to human behavior.The program?s core facilities have well-equipped behavioral testing and histological/histochemical facilities. The program?s strong links to the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and the Center for Biomedical Genomics and Informatics allows opportunities for collaborative work as diverse as tissue slice preparations and molecular genetics. The doctoral program prepares students for research-based careers in academics, government, or industry.