Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Each year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences recognizes exemplary members of the faculty for their contributions as scholars, teachers, and mentors.

The 5-year grant, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health, will involve studies related to brain circuit mechanisms for reward cue attraction.

MIT neuroscientist Pawan Sinha will speak at Dartmouth next week about his work in India with the Prakash Foundation, which combines scientific inquiry and social service.

PBS seeks applications for up to two tenure/tenure-track appointments (open rank).

People with developmental prosopagnosia (DP) have extremely poor face recognition and even have problems recognizing the faces of family and close friends. We carried out a comprehensive investigation of the neural basis of DP by comparing brain responses to multiple visual categories in DPs and people with normal face processing.

PBS Professor Meghan Meyer's recent paper published in Cerebral Cortex was highlighted in Scientific American.

This day-long event highlights neuroscience research contributions at Dartmouth and features expert talks, a poster session, a panel discussion, and a keynote lecture.

A new study by Caroline Parkinson and Thalia Wheatley shows the similarities between friends and was recently featured in The New York Times.

On January 26, 2018 the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences welcomed Dr. Sheena Josselyn as this year’s Leaton Lecturer in Behavioral Neuroscience.

The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning has awarded PBS Adjunct Assistant Professor William Hudenko the 2017 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching.