person working on cell cultures on table covered in tools

Brain Initiative

Learning, Behavior & Cognitive Function

Researchers studying behavioral neuroscience often focus on learning, memory, emotion, motivation, communication, homeostasis, sleep and circadian rhythms, reproduction, cognition, and social behavior.

Several faculty at UM study learning, behavior & cognitive function: 
boxing fruit flies

  • , School of Business
  • , Division of Biological Sciences
  • , Division of Biological Sciences
  • , Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • , Department of Psychology
  • , Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • , Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders
  • , Department of Health and Human Performance
  • , English
  • , Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders
  • , Psychology
  • Department of Economics

Photo credit: Dr. Sarah Certel, two adult male Drosophila fighting over a food-filled territory and access to the female.