Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience Faculty
Learn more about this group by contacting Dr. Lisa Renzi-Hammond (lrenzi@uga.edu).
Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system at the systems, organismic, and cognitive levels. Behavioral neuroscience focuses on the neurobiological bases of behavior. Research topics include neurotransmitter systems in discrete neural circuits and how plasticity in these systems mediates complex behavior, motivation, emotion, learning, and memory. Cognitive neuroscience focuses on the neural correlates of higher cognitive functions. This area typically employs neuroimaging techniques to examine neural activity associated with cognitive, perceptual, and emotional processes.
Professor, John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair, and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Director, Center for Neurological Disease
Physiology & Pharmacology
Franklin Professor of Psychology
Neuroscience, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
Associate Professor
Physiology & Pharmacology; Center for Neurological Diseases Research