Our department is committed to fostering critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills in an inclusive and collaborative environment that encourages creative exploration and discovery. 学生 learn in the classroom and through hands-on research experiences, and they are tasked with sharing their knowledge with others at the University and beyond. 学生 have the option to declare a 心理学 degree (B.A. 或B.S. tracks) or a Neuroscience degree (B.S.).
We study the basic processes that enable us to learn about our environment and to learn from our mistakes, with implications for everything from student performance to affective disorders.
We seek to understand what knowledge structures are innate, how learned knowledge is acquired over a lifetime, and how the accumulation of knowledge is affected by developmental disorders, 神经系统疾病, and early-life stress or exposures to environmental toxicants.
We examine when and why individuals cooperate with or trust one another and investigate how we come to hold moral beliefs and understand social norms. We aim to understand how social change happens, and to lever this knowledge to address real-world problems including climate change.
Our faculty study each of these areas from multiple perspectives: from animal models and computational models, to systems and cognitive neuroscience, to behavioral and psychophysiological measurements from individuals or groups. This work involves studying basic processes with translational impact—including affective disorders, such as anxiety and depression; developmental disorders; and ethics and law.
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本科s are integrated into our department through coursework, participation in independent research and honors theses, inclusion in departmental colloquia and workshops, and the 心理学 本科 电子游戏正规平台 Conference. They become critical thinkers as they reflect on topics at the core of the human experience: how we learn through experiences; how brain cells give rise to thought; how context influences everything; and which aspects of human behavior are easily controlled and which proceed without conscious awareness.
Each year the department welcomes into our Ph.D. program a select group of outstanding students. 注重原创电子游戏正规平台, this program is aimed at students who intend to become research psychologists and neuroscientists, participating in the search for knowledge about the human mind and brain. Working in close collaboration with a primary and secondary faculty mentor, 学生设计电子游戏正规平台, 发表论文, 申请资助, and attend professional conferences. Our program is designed to help you acquire the professional skills and scientific knowledge needed to pursue your intellectual interests and to become our fields' leaders.
助理教授
副教授
Behavioral Scientist/Epidemiologist
科学项目经理
高级电子游戏正规平台助理
项目总监
讲师
博士后
助理教授
