Brenda Rapp has been awarded the Society of Neurobiology of Language Distinguished Career Award for her groundbreaking work on aphasia! Our sincerest congratulations go out to her for this richly […]
Dedicated to Research
The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences has been investigating the most fundamental questions of behavior, mind, and brain since 1883, when the first psychological laboratory in America was founded at Johns Hopkins University.
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- Major Psychology
- Minor Psychology
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Our MS and PhD programs emphasize training and experience in the research methods essential to developing new knowledge.
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Each faculty member has a state-of-the-art laboratory for research.
Major in Psychology
The undergraduate program provides students with a sound background in psychological and brain sciences.
News & Announcements
Behavioral Neuroscientists Identify Attention Control Neurons in Brainstem
Shreesh Mysore and Ninad Kothari’s work on an evolutionarily ancient circuit for attentional control has appeared in Nature Communications and the Hub!
Postdoctoral Fellow in Kuchibhotla Lab published in Nature Communications & The Hub!
Congrats to Sharlen and other members of the Kuchibhotla lab for their publication in Nature Communications, and feature in the HUB! Their research supports the conclusion that habits can form more […]