Kristina Rapuano, a PBS graduate student, was recently awarded a Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) fellowship from the National Science Foundation to conduct research with Morten Kringelbach at Aarhus University in Denmark. The fellowship is awarded to active recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program to enhance professional development through research at world-leading science institutions overseas

Carolyn Parkinson, who completed her PhD with Thalia Wheatley this past year, has been selected as this year's recipient of the Hannah T. Croasdale Award. This award is made to a graduating PhD student at Dartmouth who “best exemplifies the qualities of a scholar, possessing intellectual curiosity, a dedicated commitment to the pursuit of new knowledge, a strong interest in teaching, and a sense of social responsibility to the academic community.”...

Dartmouth’s Jeremy Manning led a study about how one can deliberately “forget” unpleasant memories.

Thinking about drawing to an inside straight or playing another longshot? Just remember that while human decision-making is biased by potential rewards, what we know about individual cues that help us to make those decisions is biased toward failure, a Dartmouth College study finds.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Meghan Meyer to the faculty. Meghan completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Princeton University. Meghan will be moving to Hanover in July, 2017 to assume her position as an assistant professor.

People vary greatly in their ability to recognize faces, and this variation has important implications for law enforcement, the courts, and security personnel.

Heidi Meyer received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. This award will allow Heidi to pursue research related to the mechanisms underlying the development of inhibitory behavior.

Todd F. Heatherton is one of twelve inaugural Fellows selected by Society for Social Neuroscience for their outstanding contribution to the field of social neuroscience.

Dave Bucci was awarded the Pavlovian Research Award at the annual meeting of the Pavlovian Society (2014), held this year in Seattle, WA. The Pavlovian Research Award is highly prestigious, and awarded for significant research accomplishments. Photo credit: W. J. Wilson.