The FAU Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) links the Colleges of Science, Medicine, Engineering and Computer Science, Education, the Wilkes Honors College, and the Max Planck 吃瓜网 Institute for Neuroscience to achieve a one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary research and training experience. Study in Sensorimotor, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience addresses challenging questions using systems level approaches to illuminate how the brain controls complex behaviors.
Training focuses on the development and physiology of neural systems that mediate perception, motor functions and cognition, as well as how the brain integrates these. Human and animal subjects are used. Research tracks the development of language and visual perception, and examines how aging, brain injury and neurodegeneration impact cognitive abilities. Students elucidate the neural substrates of learning, memory, attention, and brain wave patterns using modern approaches in neurophysiology, behavioral assays, EEG, and computational modeling, as well as advanced methods in human fMRI and fNIRS brain imaging.