Understanding how the brain influences behavior is important in psychology. Different regions of the brain are associated with different aspects of mental functioning. The brains neurons and the neurotransmitters that transmit information can also influence mental health.

Mind, Brain, & Behavior A key learning objective is for students to have a deeper understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive science, and develop the ability to think and write critically about scientific research addressing mind-brain relationships.

The relationship between brain and behavior seems to be the successor of the famous Cartesian mind-body dualism, where the brain is the physical or biological component and behavior the mental or psychological aspect.

Mind is in some sense reflected in such occurrences as sensations, perceptions, emotions, memory, desires, various types of reasoning, motives, choices, traits of personality, and the unconscious.