Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

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The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is home to undergraduate and graduate programs and world-class research in the family of sciences concerned with behavior, thought and experience.

At the core of our programs and activities is a scientific approach to understanding human nature and human experience. Our community of students, scholars and researchers includes Psychology majors (either a BA or BS track), majors in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, graduate students in our research-focused MS program, approximately twenty full-time faculty members, and additional faculty expertise in a wide range of psychological science and practice. We work together in the classroom and on our research projects at the forefront of Psychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience..

NEWS & EVENTS

Ingeborg L. and O. Byron Ward Outstanding Thesis Award - 2024

The 无码专区 Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is pleased to announce Kerry Buckhaults '23 MS as this year's Ingeborg L. and O. Byron Ward Outstanding Thesis Award winner. This award honors one Psychology master's student each year for a particularly excellent thesis and thesis project, Buckhaults conducted her thesis project, "Examining Estrogen Withdrawal Following Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy as a Model of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in C57BL/6 Mice," under the direction of Benjamin Sachs, PhD. MORE...

Psychological and Brain Sciences 2024 Medallion Winners

The 2024 PBS medallion winners. Congratulations! To Natalee Torre (left) for being awarded the Bernard L. Bonniwell Award (BA), Isabella Lentini (center) the Thomas C. Toppino Award (BS), and Matthew Domanico (right) the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Medallion Award (CBN). MORE...

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