Training in the specialization “Animal Psychology and Psychological Support for Preclinical Animal Studies” is aimed at the systematic study of the fundamental concepts of animal psychology and the psychology of animal behavior, the prerequisites and criteria for differences between the mental and emotional processes of humans and animals; methods of research and analysis of current psychological problems of behavioral and cognitive ethology; and specific features of conducting preclinical studies on animals.
Training in this specialization involves the integration of a number of basic scientific fields: psychology, ethology, ecology, physiology, biology, psychogenetics, etc. The graduate will be able to navigate various classical and modern scientific fields in the study of the psychology and behavior of animals; to analyze the behavior and mental activity of test subjects; to develop and implement psychological support for preclinical studies on animals to understand the biological basis of their mental processes and behavior, as well as to solve various problems related to human life.