PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience in Boston United States | Boston University

The Behavioral Neurosciences PhD Program aims to equip students with a solid grounding in Experimental Neuropsychology's core principles and methodologies, preparing them for professional roles as experimental neuropsychologists and behavioral neuroscientists in academic or industrial settings. This interdisciplinary program, overseen by Graduate Medical Sciences at BUSM, primarily involves faculty from Neurology, Psychiatry, and Anatomy & Neurobiology departments (with many holding joint appointments at the VA Boston Healthcare System).

Program highlights include:

Identifying and examining perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, and behavioral disturbances in neurological conditions, as these contribute to understanding normal brain function and its alteration by disease.
The curriculum focuses mainly on clinical populations with neurological disorders affecting higher cognitive functions, particularly studying syndromes that involve specific impairments in systems like memory, language, attention, executive function, and/or voluntary movement.

PhD candidates must complete at least sixteen graduate-level semester courses (64 credits). Up to half these credits may be fulfilled through an MA degree or equivalent, with the remaining half completed through Behavioral Neuroscience Department courses and other graduate offerings at the School of Medicine.