Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

• 42. - Psychology
• 42.27 - Research and experimental psychology

42.2706 - Behavioural neuroscience

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the biological bases of behaviour and psychological functioning, and their application to experimental and therapeutic research problems. These programs include courses in functional neuroanatomy, neural system development, biochemical neural regulatory mechanisms, neurological biophysics, memory storage and retrieval, physiology of cognition and perception, physiological bases of psychopathology and behavioural disorders, psychopharmacology, comparative psychobiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, and specialized experimental design and research methods.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • behavioural neuroscience
  • physiological psychology
  • psychobiology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • biopsychology(30.1001)
  • clinical neuropsychology(42.2801)
  • human physiology(26.0901)
  • neurobiology and behaviour(26.1504)
  • neurophysiology(26.1503)
  • neuropsychology(42.9999)
  • neuroscience(26.1501)