Psychological science is traditionally defined as the study of behavior; neuroscience as the study of the nervous system. As a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences we are focused on understanding mind and behavior in terms of underlying psychological processes that have their genesis in neural activity in the brain.
With two new books on the neural basis of free will, professor Peter Tse '84 builds on his years-long work to champion the uniquely human capacity for self-transformation.
Graduate student Clara Sava-Segal was recently awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award through the NIMH. This prestigious award will fund Clara's final two years of her PhD dissertation research advised by PBS Assistant Professor Emily Finn.
Tommy Botch, a PBS graduate student in Assistant Professor Emily Finn's lab, was awarded second prize for Outstanding Graduate Research in Computational Science by the Neukom Institute.