Assistant Professor Kyle Smith, who joined the faculty of Dartmouth’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in July, has identified brain cells involved in habit formation and inhibition.

In a story about a rare disorder that makes it difficult for people to recognize even familiar places, NBC’s The Today Show interviews Dartmouth’s Jeffrey Taube , who studies the navigational processes used by rats

Dartmouth’s Peter Tse ’84, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, says he has identified a neurological basis for free will in the human brain, challenging a majority opinion that has dominated neuroscience for the last 40 years.

Thalia Whea tley, an associate professor in the D epartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences (PBS) at Dartmouth, is leading a study about the way humans respond to both music and movement.