The relationships between brain and behavior: Are there possibilities of communication?

Abstract

The discussion on the contributions of neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience specifically, to the understanding of animal and human behavior remains an issue on the agenda of Psychology in general, and also a particular issue for the experimental behavior analysis. The notable increase in the neuroscience research in recent years has displaced the interest outside behavioral research. However, different philosophical, conceptual and methodological aspects are involved in this discussion, so it marks the distance between both domains. At same time, paradoxically, if we are really interested in acquiring a more complete understanding of behavior, those aspects could be considered to establish possible
interactions between neuroscience and behavior analysis.