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.
Ten students served as the inaugural cohort of Bucci fellows, a program that honors the legacy of David Bucci, a Dartmouth neuroscientist and expert on memory and learning who died in 2019.
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track or tenured appointment (open rank) in Systems/Behavioral Neuroscience.
Assistant Professor Caroline Robertson has been awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her research on "The Neural Basis of Memory for Naturalistic Visual Environments."
Second year Psychological and Brain Sciences Graduate student Erica Townsend was named the '2022 Outstanding Graduate Woman in Learning' by the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society and Women in Learning.
Professor Thalia Wheatley was quoted earlier this month in the Discover article "We're Beginning to Understand the Power of Eye Contact," which highlighted recent research by Dr. Wheatley and by recently graduated PhD candidate Sophie Wohltjen.