The Scientist magazine featured PBS Assistant Professor Kyle Smith as a Scientist to Watch in their November 2017 edition. Professor Smith joined the faculty at Dartmouth in 2013, and research in his lab focuses on reward response and habit formation.
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September 27, 2017
A Dartmouth-led study published in Neuron reveals that there's not a single rate of learning for everything we do, as the brain can self-adjust its learning rates using a synaptic mechanism called metaplasticity....
September 21, 2017
Professor Luke Chang's research links cortical thinning over time to the ability to consider others’ intentions.
June 28, 2017
A one-day symposium bringing together researchers for talks and discussion on the developing brain.
April 28, 2017
Professor Thalia Wheatley's study of pupil dilation has found patterns that can reveal when two minds connect.
April 28, 2017
Congratulations to Jin Hyung Cheong from the Chang Lab in PBS, one of five students to receive an award for his poster at the annual Dartmouth Graduate Poster Session.
March 31, 2017
Congratulations to PBS graduate students Sarah Herald and Nicole DeAngeli who both received 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards. Sarah and Nicole are two of the three Dartmouth recipients.
February 27, 2017
The 31st Annual Neuroscience Day at Dartmouth College will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2017 in the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center. Events include a poster session, panel discussion, and expert talks.
January 12, 2017
PBS Department Chair, Professor David Bucci, flips the neural switches to replicate an “adolescent brain.”...
November 29, 2016
Professor Thalia Wheatley and Professor Peter Tse tackle this question in an episode of Closer to Truth, a program that airs on many PBS stations. The episode is one in a series entitled Big Questions in Free Will.