Experimental analyses of gene–brain–behavior relations: Some notes on their application.

Kennedy, C. H., Caruso, M., & Thompson, T. (2001). Experimental analyses of gene–brain–behavior relations: Some notes on their application. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 539-549.

The fields of genetics and neuroscience are yielding findings useful in understanding complex behavior– environment relations. We believe that these developments in interdisciplinary basic research are of interest to applied behavior analysts because of the long history of basic findings being used by the readership of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis to improve everyday human activities. An awareness of contemporary developments in a range of basic research disciplines may facilitate the systematic replication of those functional relations in applied settings. In this context, we selectively review papers published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and other basic research journals that relate to gene–brain–behavior relations.

DESCRIPTORS: _genetics, neuroscience, neuroimaging, neuropharmacology, psychopharmacology, drugs