Regarding Majors: is there a difference between behavioral neuroscience and regular neuroscience?
I’ve figured out my minor as English, but going into pre-med I want to major in something that studies the concept of the mind which is to say the least fascinating although I don’t want to be a psychologist of psychiatrist – but once in med school go into pediatric oncology.
Anyway, psychobiology is offered at a lot of universities but not the one I’m really set on going to, but they do offer a major in neuroscience. And psychobiology is also known as behavioral neuroscience, so are they different?
I really want to major in either psychology or psychobiology (behavioral neuroscience) but do you know if there’s a difference in behavioral neuroscience and the regular neuroscience offered at this university?
Thanks in advance.
Sandy Bagelstein said,
Wrote on July 25, 2010 @ 9:47 pm
You will not study the concept of the mind if you want to study neuroscience, you will end up in a world of biology, chemistry, and math. A lot of the behavioral neuroscience involves non-human experimentation, which is why the university I attend has a lot of Rhesus monkeys in captivity, other small rodents including hundreds of rats and mice.
You will learn more about the mind if you become a psychiatrist or psychologist in my opinion. Psychology involves work with real people where you apply skills that are constructed by the PhD’s of the university world.
If you are going into med school anyway to be a pediatric oncologist, just take psychology. Learning about addiction and sensation in rats would have little application in your job while diagnosing young adults with cancer.