Behavioral and Brain Sciences (​BBS) is an internationally renowned journal with an innovative format known as Open Peer Commentary. Particularly significant and controversial pieces of work are published from researchers in any area of psychology, neuroscience, behavioral biology or cognitive science, together with 20-40 commentaries on each article from specialists within and across these disciplines, plus the author's response to them. The result is a fascinating and unique forum for the communication, criticism, stimulation, and particularly the unification of research in behavioral and brain sciences from molecular neurobiology to artificial intelligence and the philosophy of the mind.

Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Cognitive Neuroscience Section
Developmental Neuroscience Section
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Section
Neural Engineering Section
Neuroimaging Section
Neurolinguistics Section
Clinical Neuroscience Section
Systems Neuroscience Section
Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Section
Neuroglia Section
Editors (11)
Prof. Dr. Stephen D. Meriney E-Mail Website 
Editor-in-Chief
Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Tel. 14126248283; Fax: +1 412 6249198 
Interests: neurotransmitter release; calcium channels; presynaptic mechanisms
Prof. Dr. Sergey Kasparov * E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


School of Physiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Interests: astrocyte; receptor; signalling; noradrenaline; G-protein coupled receptors; glioblastoma; imaging; patch clamp; neuroprotection; optogenetics; Ca2+; cAMP; brainstem; cardio-respiratory control
* Neuroglia 
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Dr. Caterina Cinel * E-Mail Website1 Website2 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Brain-Computer Interfaces and Neural Engineering Laboratory, School of Computer Science and Electonic Engineering, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
Interests: multisensory integration; visual feature integration; attention; EEG; brain-computer interfaces; decision making; transcranial current stimulation; autobiographical memory
* Neural Engineering 
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Prof. Dr. Heather Bortfeld * E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Psychological Sciences, University of California-Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA
Tel. 979-587-1011 
Interests: infant speech perception; language learning; language development; audiovisual speech perception; audiovisual integration; near-infrared spectroscopy
* Neurolinguistics 
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Dr. Evanthia Bernitsas * E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Multiple Sclerosis Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA
Tel. 7342234224 
Interests: demyelinating disorders; clinical trials; therapeutic neuroimaging; OCT
* Neuroimaging 
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Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Zoccolotti * E-Mail 
Section Editor-in-Chief


1. Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy2. Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy3. ISTC Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome, Italy
Tel. +39.3393403043 
Interests: disorders of reading; model dyslexia; eye movements in reading
* Clinical Neuroscience 
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Dr. Jose Lujan * E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Interests: neuromodulation; control strategies; optimization; neural function; neuroprostheses; computational modeling; deep brain stimulation
* Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience 
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Prof. Konstantin V. Slavin * E-Mail Website1 Website2 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 60612, USA
Tel. 3124936735 
Interests: neuromodulation; facial pain; peripheral nerve stimulation; deep brain stimulation
* Systems Neuroscience 
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Prof. Jason Brandt * E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Meyer 218 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tel. 410-955-2619 
Interests: executive function, memory disorders, dementia, neuropsychology, cognitive assessment
* Cognitive Neuroscience 
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Dr. Andrew Clarkson * E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Interests: Stroke, Ageing, Drug delivery, Neuroprotection, Neurorepair, Learning and Memory, Behavioural Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology, CNS diseases, Neuroinflammation, Epsilepsy, Extracellular matrix, Glial Biology
* Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 
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Dr. Mark Burke * E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
Tel. 2028067959 
Interests: neurodevelopment, neurogenesis; HIV; fetal alcohol exposure; hippocampus; cognitive impairment
* Developmental Neuroscience 
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Editorial Board Members (122)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Agorastos Agorastos E-Mail Website 


1. II Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece;
2. VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health (CESAMH), San Diego, CA, USA
Interests: stress; PTSD; trauma; depression; anxiety; panic; psychoneuroendocrinology; heart rate variability; autonomic nervous system; HPA-axis; stress-related disorders; psychoneuroimmunology
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Neurobiological Trajectories of Psychological Trauma—Implications for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Prof. Dr. Bruno Aouizerate E-Mail Website 


Regional reference center for the management and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders, Expert center for resistant depression (Foundation FondaMental), Charles Perrens Hospital, F-33076 Bordeaux, France
Interests: immuno-inflammation; frontal-subcortical loops; cognition; motivation; major depression; obsessive–compulsive disorder
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: New Research in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Major Depression
Prof. Dr. Paul Ashwood E-Mail Website 


Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, USA
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Special Issue in Brain Sciences: From Behavior to Pathology: The Underlying Mechanisms in Children with ASD
Dr. Giovanni Assenza E-Mail Website 


Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, 00179 Rome, Italy
Interests: epilepsy; electroencephalography; evoked potentials; neuromodulation; vagal nerve; stroke
Dr. Samar S. Ayache E-Mail Website 


EA4391 Excitabilité Nerveuse & Therapeutique, Université Paris Est Créteil, 94010, Creteil, France; Neurophysiology department, Henri Mondor Hospital, 94010, Créteil, France
Interests: Multiple sclerosis; MS fatigue; MS pain; neurophysiology; evoked potentials; electroencephalography; Non-invasive brain stimulation
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Current Concepts and Future Challenges
Prof. Dr. Hasan Ayaz E-Mail Website 


School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Interests: Neuroergonomics; functional neuroimaging, biomedical signal processing; neuroengineering; functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS); electroencephalogram (EEG); brain computer interfaces (BCI); mobile brain/body imaging (MoBI); cognitive workload; working memory; attention
Prof. Dr. Tipu Aziz E-Mail Website 


Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Interests: Parkinson’s disease; movement disorders; pain; functional neurosurgery
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Applications
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Neuromodulation for Intractable Pain
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Basavaraj S. Balapal E-Mail Website 


Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA
Faculty at Columbia University Medical Center, Scientist, Division of Analytical Psychopharmacology, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, USA
Interests: cannabinoid receptors; synaptic plasticity; learning and memory; developmental disorders; neurodegeneration; drugs of abuse and psychiatric disorders
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Neurodegeneration in Developmental and Neoplastic Disorders of the Nervous System
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Pathogenesis and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Special Issue in Diseases: Neuro-psychiatric Disorders - Feature Paper

Prof. Dr. Célyne H. Bastien E-Mail Website 


School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Interests: insomnia; phasic events in sleep; cognitions; sleep perception
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: New Research in Insomnia
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Insomnia: Beyond Hyperarousal
Dr. Andrea Carmine Belin E-Mail Website 


Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: cluster headache; neurology; genetics; circadian rhythm; migraine; chronotherapy; gwas; neuropeptides
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Recent Advances and New Insights in Cluster Headache