Neuroscience plays a starring role in a two-part series Brains on Trial With Alan Alda, airing on PBS Wednesday, September 11, and Wednesday, September 18, from 10 to 11 p.m., a project that Dartmouth Professor Thalia Wheatley, an expert in brain science and social intelligence, worked on as a consultant. Read more about Alda’s ‘Brains on Trial’ Tapped Dartmouth’s Expertise
In a story about “super recognizers”—people who have an exceptional ability to remember faces—ScienceNews turns for comment to Dartmouth’s Bradley Duchaine. Read more about Familiar Faces (ScienceNews)
Assistant Professor Kyle Smith, who joined the faculty of Dartmouth’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in July, has identified brain cells involved in habit formation and inhibition. Read more about Scientists Identify an Off Switch for Bad Habits
Rachel Abendroth '13 says of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, “I’ve appreciated the breadth of courses offered by some wonderfully talented professors.” Read more about Meet a Neuroscience Major
In a story about a rare disorder that makes it difficult for people to recognize even familiar places, NBC’s The Today Show interviews Dartmouth’s Jeffrey Taube, who studies the navigational processes used by rats Read more about Rare Disorder Leaves Woman Lost in Familiar Places
Two Dartmouth students have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, including Eshin Jolly, who will pursue graduate studies in cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth. Read more about Students Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Dartmouth’s Peter Tse ’84, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, says he has identified a neurological basis for free will in the human brain, challenging a majority opinion that has dominated neuroscience for the last 40 years. Read more about Neuroscientist Says Humans Are Wired for Free Will
Thalia Wheatley, an associate professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (PBS) at Dartmouth, is leading a study about the way humans respond to both music and movement. Read more about How Music and Movement Communicate Emotion
