新英格兰中心侧重于比较病理学、传染病、心理学和生理学研究。该中心距波士顿约30哩,挂靠哈瓦尔德大学,饲养1000多只20种灵长类动物,主要为恒河猴、食蟹猴、夜猴和松鼠猴,有微生物学、病理学、生理学、细胞遗传学和心理学实验室。人类成瘾行为的研究常被个性失调、社会经济状况和同辈组压力等影响因素混淆。为了在实验室条件下研究这种行为,新英格兰中心的心理学家发展了一些灵长类模型。某些选择性反应在松鼠猴身 The New England Center focuses on comparative pathology, infectious diseases, psychology and physiology. The center is about 30 miles from Boston and is affiliated with the University of Hawald and hosts more than 1,000 primates, of more than 1000 species, including rhesus monkeys, cynomolgus monkeys, cynomolgus monkeys and squirrel monkeys, with microbiology, pathology, physiology, Cytogenetics and Psychology Lab. Studies of human addiction behavior are often confused by factors such as personality disorders, socio-economic conditions and peer group pressure. To study this behavior under laboratory conditions, psychologists at the New England Center developed a number of primates models. Some selective reactions are in squirrel monkeys