PhD in Psychology - Mechanisms of Behavior in Bloomington United States | Indiana University Bloomington

Our Mechanisms of Behavior (MoB) research domain examines the neural, evolutionary, and developmental processes underlying behavior. Researchers investigate both immediate and evolutionary causes for diverse behaviors such as mating patterns, gender differences, partner selection, reproductive activities, social communication, parent-child dynamics, feeding strategies, and neurological disorder models. A key unifying theme explores behavior's functional (or dysfunctional) roles in individual and group survival, its development within biological frameworks, and how nervous systems interact with bodily processes. The MoB program emphasizes evidence-based behavioral applications, integrating systems-level, cellular, and molecular perspectives to study behavior's influence on neurobiology and vice versa.