American Psychological Association Division 6
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APA Div. 6: Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
Div. 6 members are devoted to studying the biology of behavior. Their focus is on behavior and its relation to perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, and emotion.
Div. 6 members are devoted to studying the biology of behavior. Their focus is on behavior and its relation to perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, and emotion.
Division 6 is SEEKING a Newsletter Editor!
The role serves for a three-year term and is responsible for the publication of the Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist (BNCP) in Spring, Summer, and Fall.
For more information contact Div6 Secretary Will Whitham, will.whitham@etamu.edu
The role serves for a three-year term and is responsible for the publication of the Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist (BNCP) in Spring, Summer, and Fall.
For more information contact Div6 Secretary Will Whitham, will.whitham@etamu.edu
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Division 6 is SEEKING a Newsletter Editor!
The role serves for a three-year term and is responsible for the publication of the Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist (BNCP) in Spring, Summer, and Fall.
For more information contact Div6 Secretary Will Whitham, will.whitham@etamu.edu
The role serves for a three-year term and is responsible for the publication of the Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist (BNCP) in Spring, Summer, and Fall.
For more information contact Div6 Secretary Will Whitham, will.whitham@etamu.edu
Gasalla et al. manipulated the dipper mechanism & found behavior that was aligned more with these associative accounts. The importance of the sucrose dipper in these kinds of studies suggests that the reward delivery mechanism should be included in a causal model. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Gasalla et al. manipulated the dipper mechanism & found behavior that was aligned more with these associative accounts. The importance of the sucrose dipper in these kinds of studies suggests that the reward delivery mechanism should be included in a causal model. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
The Journal of Comparative Psychology is offering one editorial fellowship for 2026. More details can be found in the link below.
Submissions due by November 1.
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Submissions due by November 1.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Journal of Comparative Psychology is offering one editorial fellowship for 2026. More details can be found in the link below.
Submissions due by November 1.
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Submissions due by November 1.
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Justin Yates, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University. Justin is interested in elucidating the neurobehavioral mechanisms that control risky choice and substance use disorders.
October 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Justin Yates, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University. Justin is interested in elucidating the neurobehavioral mechanisms that control risky choice and substance use disorders.
Skunks are an understudied but interesting species. As omnivorous generalists with food that is spread around and often in patches, it is perhaps the case that they must engage in various forms of cognition to thrive in their environment.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Skunks are an understudied but interesting species. As omnivorous generalists with food that is spread around and often in patches, it is perhaps the case that they must engage in various forms of cognition to thrive in their environment.
doi.org/10.1037/com0...
doi.org/10.1037/com0...
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Ellen Furlong, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Transylvania University. Ellen studies dog cognition and behavior.
Check out her lab website: transy.edu/dog-lab/
Check out her lab website: transy.edu/dog-lab/
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Ellen Furlong, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Transylvania University. Ellen studies dog cognition and behavior.
Check out her lab website: transy.edu/dog-lab/
Check out her lab website: transy.edu/dog-lab/
The origins of human musicality remain poorly understood. Cook tested four pigeons in three experiments for their capacity to discriminate the intervals of the chromatic scale. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
September 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The origins of human musicality remain poorly understood. Cook tested four pigeons in three experiments for their capacity to discriminate the intervals of the chromatic scale. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
Check out Caratti, N., et al., (2025). Naturalistic housing condition promotes behavioral flexibility and increases resilience to stress in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 139(2), 53–59. doi.org/10.1037/bne0...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Check out Caratti, N., et al., (2025). Naturalistic housing condition promotes behavioral flexibility and increases resilience to stress in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 139(2), 53–59. doi.org/10.1037/bne0...
When offered a simultaneous choice between a larger-later reward and a smaller-sooner reward blue jays, monkeys, humans, and rats often prefer the SS option. When choosing between staying at a location for a reward or leaving for a different reward, these same species tend to prefer the LL reward.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
When offered a simultaneous choice between a larger-later reward and a smaller-sooner reward blue jays, monkeys, humans, and rats often prefer the SS option. When choosing between staying at a location for a reward or leaving for a different reward, these same species tend to prefer the LL reward.
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Michael Beran, Professor of Psychology, Georgia State University. Michael studies comparative cognition with an emphasis on metacognition, self-control, prospective cognition, numerical cognition, perception, and decision making.
Check out his lab website: sites.gsu.edu/comic-lab/
Check out his lab website: sites.gsu.edu/comic-lab/
August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Michael Beran, Professor of Psychology, Georgia State University. Michael studies comparative cognition with an emphasis on metacognition, self-control, prospective cognition, numerical cognition, perception, and decision making.
Check out his lab website: sites.gsu.edu/comic-lab/
Check out his lab website: sites.gsu.edu/comic-lab/
Check out the August Issue of the Behavioral Neuroscience Journal!
The August issue of Behavioral Neuroscience is out!!!
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with exciting new work by Thorsten Kahnt and colleagues on the anatomical parcellation of the orbitofrontal cortex!
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with exciting new work by Thorsten Kahnt and colleagues on the anatomical parcellation of the orbitofrontal cortex!
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August 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Check out the August Issue of the Behavioral Neuroscience Journal!
Colbert-White et al. assessed the influence of a high, rising, positive “Oooh!” sound on dogs’ choice of differing quantities of food. The idea behind this experiment is that dogs may use human-delivered cues to aid them in making choices. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
August 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Colbert-White et al. assessed the influence of a high, rising, positive “Oooh!” sound on dogs’ choice of differing quantities of food. The idea behind this experiment is that dogs may use human-delivered cues to aid them in making choices. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel, PhD, UNSW Sydney School of Psychology. Philip is interested in the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of motivated learning and decision-making.
Learn more: unsw.edu.au/staff/philip-jean-richard-dit-bressel
Learn more: unsw.edu.au/staff/philip-jean-richard-dit-bressel
August 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel, PhD, UNSW Sydney School of Psychology. Philip is interested in the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of motivated learning and decision-making.
Learn more: unsw.edu.au/staff/philip-jean-richard-dit-bressel
Learn more: unsw.edu.au/staff/philip-jean-richard-dit-bressel
Minshall et al., (2025) study examined an adaptation of stress-enhanced fear learning, or SEFL, in which rats were exposed to footshock stress early in life (17-days old) and later as adults (around 90 days old) received footshock paired with a novel context.
doi.org/10.1037/bne0000608
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August 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Minshall et al., (2025) study examined an adaptation of stress-enhanced fear learning, or SEFL, in which rats were exposed to footshock stress early in life (17-days old) and later as adults (around 90 days old) received footshock paired with a novel context.
doi.org/10.1037/bne0000608
doi.org/10.1037/bne0000608
Steckley et al. assessed play behavior in adolescent female rats. Their interest was in the role that such play has in social relationships. They used an “isolation versus separation” protocol to identify behaviors that reflected relationship renewal.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Steckley et al. assessed play behavior in adolescent female rats. Their interest was in the role that such play has in social relationships. They used an “isolation versus separation” protocol to identify behaviors that reflected relationship renewal.
doi.org/10.1037/com0...
doi.org/10.1037/com0...
Want to learn about the ins and outs of the roles of animals in psychological practice?
Join us for APA convention – DIV 6 program in Denver (+ Virtual) August 7-9.
Join us for APA convention – DIV 6 program in Denver (+ Virtual) August 7-9.
July 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Want to learn about the ins and outs of the roles of animals in psychological practice?
Join us for APA convention – DIV 6 program in Denver (+ Virtual) August 7-9.
Join us for APA convention – DIV 6 program in Denver (+ Virtual) August 7-9.
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Chris Krupenye, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Chris studies how humans and other animals think and navigate their social worlds. Check out his lab website: www.social-cognitive-origins.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Chris Krupenye, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Chris studies how humans and other animals think and navigate their social worlds. Check out his lab website: www.social-cognitive-origins.com
Div. 6 was established by APA in 1944 originally named the Physiological Psychology and Comparative Psychology. In 2015 the name was changed to the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology.
Learn more about our history, apadivisions.org/division-6/about/history.pdf
Learn more about our history, apadivisions.org/division-6/about/history.pdf
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July 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Div. 6 was established by APA in 1944 originally named the Physiological Psychology and Comparative Psychology. In 2015 the name was changed to the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology.
Learn more about our history, apadivisions.org/division-6/about/history.pdf
Learn more about our history, apadivisions.org/division-6/about/history.pdf
The August issue’s featured article, Caldicott et al. assessed the best way to train dogs to detect scents and then generalize that training effectively to other scents. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
The editor’s feature essay about this paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1037/com0...
The editor’s feature essay about this paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1037/com0...
July 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The August issue’s featured article, Caldicott et al. assessed the best way to train dogs to detect scents and then generalize that training effectively to other scents. doi.org/10.1037/com0...
The editor’s feature essay about this paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1037/com0...
The editor’s feature essay about this paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1037/com0...
Join us!
Div. 6 membership is open to professionals and students with an interest in the goals of the society.
Div. 6 currently has four membership categories: Fellow, Member, Affiliate and Student Affiliate.
Learn More: apadivisions.org/division-6/membership
Div. 6 membership is open to professionals and students with an interest in the goals of the society.
Div. 6 currently has four membership categories: Fellow, Member, Affiliate and Student Affiliate.
Learn More: apadivisions.org/division-6/membership
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July 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Join us!
Div. 6 membership is open to professionals and students with an interest in the goals of the society.
Div. 6 currently has four membership categories: Fellow, Member, Affiliate and Student Affiliate.
Learn More: apadivisions.org/division-6/membership
Div. 6 membership is open to professionals and students with an interest in the goals of the society.
Div. 6 currently has four membership categories: Fellow, Member, Affiliate and Student Affiliate.
Learn More: apadivisions.org/division-6/membership
We're excited to feature articles from the APA Division 6 journals: Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative Psychology. From groundbreaking neuroscience to animal behavior research, stay tuned for the latest findings and discussions!
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We're excited to feature articles from the APA Division 6 journals: Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative Psychology. From groundbreaking neuroscience to animal behavior research, stay tuned for the latest findings and discussions!
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA
Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology members are devoted to studying the biology of behavior. Our focus is on behavior and its relation to perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, and emotion.
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA
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July 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology members are devoted to studying the biology of behavior. Our focus is on behavior and its relation to perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, and emotion.
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA
#BehavioralNeuroscience #ComparativePsychology #APA