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{{Short description|Study of biological and neural mechanisma in behaviour}} {{Redirect|Biological psychology|the journals|Behavioral Neuroscience (journal)|and|Biological Psychology (journal)|and|Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience}} {{For|related topics|Affective neuroscience|Behavioral neurology|Cognitive neuroscience|Neuropsychiatry|Neuropsychology|Social neuroscience}} {{Psychology sidebar|basic}}'''Behavioral neuroscience''', also known as '''biological psychology''',<ref>[[Marc Breedlove|Breedlove]], Watson, [[Mark Rosenzweig (psychologist)|Rosenzweig]], ''Biological Psychology: An Introduction to Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience'', 6/e, {{ISBN|978-0-87893-705-9}}, p. 2</ref> '''biopsychology''', or '''psychobiology''',<ref name="webby">[http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?&va=psychobiology Psychobiology], Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary</ref> is part of the broad, interdisciplinary field of [[neuroscience]], with its primary focus being on the biological and neural substrates underlying human [[Experience|experiences]] and [[Behavior|behaviors]], as in our [[psychology]]. Derived from an earlier field known as [[physiological psychology]],<ref name=":04">{{Citation |last=Thompson |first=R. F. |title=Behavioral Neuroscience |date=2001-01-01 |work=International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences |pages=1118β1125 |editor-last=Smelser |editor-first=Neil J. |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B0080430767034057 |access-date=2024-10-11 |place=Oxford |publisher=Pergamon |doi=10.1016/b0-08-043076-7/03405-7 |isbn=978-0-08-043076-8 |editor2-last=Baltes |editor2-first=Paul B.|url-access=subscription }}</ref> behavioral neuroscience applies the principles of [[biology]] to study the [[physiological]], [[Genetics|genetic]], and [[Developmental biology|developmental mechanisms]] of behavior in humans and other animals.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Thomas |first=R.K. |year=1993 |title=INTRODUCTION: A Biopsychology Festschrift in Honor of Lelon J. Peacock |journal=Journal of General Psychology |volume=120 |issue=1 |page=5}}</ref> Behavioral neuroscientists examine the [[Biology|biological]] bases of behavior through research that involves [[Neuroanatomy|neuroanatomical]] substrates, environmental and [[Genetics|genetic]] factors, effects of [[Lesion|lesions]] and electrical stimulation, developmental processes, recording electrical activity, [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]], [[Hormone|hormonal]] influences, chemical components, and the effects of [[Drug|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. Subdivisions of behavioral neuroscience include the field of [[cognitive neuroscience]], which emphasizes the biological processes underlying human cognition. Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience are both concerned with the [[Neuron|neuronal]] and biological bases of psychology, with a particular emphasis on either [[cognition]] or behavior depending on the field.<ref name=":04" />
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