Tor Wager's lab studies how brain networks are connected with pain and emotion.

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."

The Neukom Institute for Computational Science has awarded Assistant Professor Mark Thornton a 2022-2023 CompX Faculty Grant.

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.

Assistant Professor Emily Finn was awarded an R01 grant through the NIMH BRAINS (Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists) program.

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.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences wishes to congratulate its 2022 psychology and neuroscience majors and minors. We are very proud to announce our high achieving department award winners and honors students.

Our 2022 department awards have been announced. Congratulations graduate students!

The Faculty Mentoring Award is designed by the Graduate Student Council (GSC) to recognize outstanding commitment to fostering the...