Areas of Interest

• Biological basis of behavior
• Brain morphology and behavioral specializations
• Social/Cultural Neuroscience
• Brain evolution
• Animal cognition
• Neuroimaging and cytoarchitecture

Courses Taught

• Psyc 211W - Research Methods and Design
• Psyc 321 - Introduction to Brain and Behavior
• Psyc 358 - Introduction to Cultural Psychology
• Psyc 414 - Learning
• Psyc 421 - Behavioral Neuroscience

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Sakai, S.T. and Arsznov, B.M. (2017). carnivoran Brains: Effects of Sociality on Inter-and Intraspecific Comparisons of Regional Brain Volumes. In: Kaas, J (ed.), Evolution of Nervous Systems 2e. vol. 2, pp. 413-428. Oxford: Elsevier.
• Sakai, S.T., Arsznov, B.M., Hristova, A.E., Yoon, E.J., Lundrigan, B.L. (2016) Big Cat Coalitions: A comparative analysis of regional brain volumes in Felidae. Front. Neuroant. vol. 10 (99)
• Arsznov, B.M. and Sakai, S.T. (2013). The Procyonid Social Club: Comparison of brain volumes in the coatimundi (Nasua nasua, N. narica), kinkajou (Potos flavus), and raccoon (Procyon lotor). Brain Behav Evol DOI: 10.1159/000354639 (Featured on Science Daily)