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The Study of Brain and Behavior: A Necessity of the Age of Brain Competition

Abstract: 

Recent advances in brain imaging techniques have enabled scientists to gain more insights into the brain-behavior relationship. This review paper is an attempt to gain understanding of the importance of brain-behavior research,-especially for a developing country like Bangladesh in the 21 Century. It analyzes briefly the major contributions of the brain-behavior scientists around the world and then evaluates the role of Bangladeshi psychologists within the global community. And finally it recommends a few courses of action to be taken to promote brain-behavior research in the country. Brain-behavior research is of great importance for the development of knowledge-based healthy society. Recently scientists around the world have become aware of this reality and their continuous effort has made tremendous progress in the study of brain mechanisms underlying the psychological processes of attention, perception, memory, learning etc, But, no effort has been made along this line in Bangladesh, as there has been a lack of skilled brain-behavior researcher and necessary research technologies even after half a century of the establishment of several psychology schools in the country. Although a couple of psychologists have attempted to contribute to the cognitive and visual Psychology they have made little or no direct effort to relate brain mechanisms to the behavioral aspects of their interest. As a result, brain behavior relationship has remained unexplored in the country for year after year. 'There should no longer be delay in taking appropriate courses of action, as it is an urgent need to survive in this age of brain competition.

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Year: 
Volume: 
64 & 65
Issue: 
01 & 02
Page: 
163-182
Article Identifier: 
502