What is Behavioral Neuroscience?
Behavioral neuroscience investigates the relationship between biological processes and behavior. It is subdivided into the areas of physiological psychology, neuropsychology (in particular, the analysis of patients with brain function disorders) and psychophysiology (non-invasive indexing and measurement techniques in healthy subjects). Here, the vital functions of all internal organs, including the brain, are monitored. The findings from behavioral neuroscience significantly inform our understanding of behavioral activities.
An alternate title for this section, more popular in general English language usage, is cognitive neurosciences. This title has only established itself over the past 15 years, and distinguishes itself from behavioral neurosciences, which relate more to animal testing.
Cognitive neurosciences:
The cognitive neurosciences cover the interdisciplinary research of cognitive activities such as perception, recognition, visualization, knowledge, thought, communication and action planning with neuroscientific methods. However, this also extends to include underlying topics such as fundamental neuronal issues related to learning, feeling and motivation.
