Program Overview

The Neuroscience area offers a course of study in neuroanatomical, neurochemical, neurophysiological, and neurocomputational aspects of brain functions as they relate to various behavioral and cognitive processes. Specific faculty research interests include learning and memory (e.g., taste, fear, eyeblink conditioning; multiple memory systems), motivation (e.g., drinking, feeding, stress), spatial cognition (e.g., place, head direction cells), and sensory processing (e.g., audition, vision). Students may also supplement their training with resources from the Neurobiology & Behavior Program, other research centers (e.g., Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences) in the University, and affiliated institutions (e.g., Harborview Medical Center).