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I don't think that brain=behavior is a solid equation for the relationship between the two.  When I see this equation (being a math major) i see brain is behavior and I completely disagree.  I believe the brain enables behavior and that behavior is a function that uses the brain as an operator or i guess the way i am thinking of it would be more similar to a calculator or pencil and paper, something that can compute.  Its a larger equation that maps thoughts (input) onto actions/feelings/etc. (output).  However these inputs do not necessarily have only one output or even different outputs for any given situation.  I think these combinations are what make the brain wider than the sky because no matter what values are put in we recieve a calculation and have the ability to manipulate those calculations.  I also have been thinking about active changes in behavior, and maybe i to my last sentence it is just a manipulation, but if one makes an active effort to change a behavior and suceeds in doing so then does that also cause a change in the brain?  This question I think makes more sense if you think of the brain and mind as seperate things because it's hard to think of an actual change in the brain on a material level as if rewiring the calculator.  Or is it that people can't actually change their behavior and we have no control over it because brain=behavior and you have what you are born with although in many other areas one being learning you can most certainly posses more knowledge.  So is behavior learned?