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P&N Professors Receive 2019 Award for Outstanding Postdoc Mentors at Duke

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Drs. Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi of the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience have been named the 2019 Outstanding Postdoc Mentors at... read more »

P&N Faculty Member Gregory Samanez-Larkin Recognized for Research at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Gregory Samanez-Larkin, assistant professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke, received an Early Career Award this October from the Society for... read more »

Congratulations to P&N's 2019-2020 Graduate Research Grant Award Recipients

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Due to generous support from the Charles Lafitte Foundation Program for Research in Psychology & Neuroscience, 10 P&N graduate students have... read more »

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Non-invasive brain stimulation for addiction medicine: hopes and challenges

12:00 PM @ LSRC - DIBS B035 Multipurpose Room

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Undergraduate Psychology Major Open House

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Dementia and Caring: Arts Performance and Panel Discussion

7:00 PM @ White 107 (White Lecture Hall)

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Research

P&N Faculty Member Gregory Samanez-Larkin...

October 10, 2019

Gregory... read more »

2019-2020 P&N Faculty Seed Grant Recipients

11 P&N Faculty Members Selected for 2019-2020...

September 10, 2019

11 faculty members from the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience have... read more »

Julia Nicholas wins 2019 Zener award

May 3, 2019

Congratulations to Julia Nicholas, winner of the 2019 Karl E. Zener Award. This... read more »

Duke Digital Health Moves to Sociology-Psychology...

February 12, 2019

The Duke Global Digital Health Science Center (Duke Digital Health), which is... read more »

Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists...

November 5, 2018

The Duke Identity and Diversity Lab... read more »

P&N Graduate Students and Postdocs Receive...

October 30, 2018

Psychology & Neuroscience is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the... read more »

Moral Reasoning: Why it's hard to change...

August 4, 2018

What makes it so difficult to change our minds about moral issues, despite new... read more »

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescent...

June 25, 2018

Professor John Curry has recorded a DVD, ... read more »

2018 Summer Vertical Integration Program, May 15-...

May 16, 2018

This week P&N kicked off their summer Vertical Integration program (VIP).... read more »

The Eardrums Move When the Eyes Move

January 23, 2018

Duke Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience Jennifer Groh and a team of... read more »

Babies Understand When Words are Related

November 21, 2017

A new study by lead author Elika Bergelson is being reported in a number of... read more »

Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness

July 19, 2017

Sooner or later, almost everyone has an experience that could be diagnosed as a... read more »

Children understand cooperative concepts earlier...

May 25, 2017

The ability to engage in joint actions is a critical step toward becoming a... read more »

Is "Abnormal Psychology" Really all...

April 17, 2017

P&N Clinical Graduate Student Jonathan Schaefer recently wrote a blog post... read more »

Do Beliefs about Biology Matter for Mental Health?

April 3, 2017

For P&N doctoral students, the Major Area Paper (MAP) is the first major... read more »

P&N researchers pinpoint brain structure that...

January 27, 2017

New research from the Tobias Egner Lab ... read more »

Undergraduate Program

We are now supporting two majors: Psychology and Neuroscience. Consequently, this website is under construction. Feedback welcomed!

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Undergraduate News

Monday, May 13, 2019

Neuroscience Major Julie Uchitel Addresses...

In high school, Julie Uchitel recalls being interested in biology... read more »

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Sera Pekel Selected as Student Speaker for...

Graduating senior Sera Pekel has been selected by faculty... read more »

Friday, May 3, 2019

Julia Nicholas wins 2019 Zener award

Congratulations to Julia Nicholas, winner of the 2019 Karl E.... read more »

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Graduate News

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Congratulations to P&N's 2019-2020 Graduate Research Grant Award Recipients

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

P&N Person of the Week: Hannah Moshontz

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

P&N and CNAP First Year Festival 2019

Thursday, January 24, 2019

P&N Graduate Students Create Mentoring Handbook

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Graduate Program

Our Graduate Training Areas

Duke’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience has five graduate training areas:

Clinical Psychology
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Systems and Integrative Neuroscience

Students apply to and are admitted to a specific training program. Only primary faculty (with appointments to Duke's graduate faculty) and joint graduate training faculty can admit students to the training area(s) they are affiliated with.

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Misty Maddox

My interest in Psychology is rooted in consumer psychology and the question of why we buy what we buy. My degree helps me not only in my career, but in nearly every aspect of my life. A highlight of...

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Being part of the psychology program at Duke helped guide my career goals and set me up for success as a graduate student. The diverse coursework offered allowed me to develop a broad range of...

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Morris Roseman

My Duke education was part of a nationwide movement that was the birth of the doctoral education of clinical psychologists. We five students in the 1946 Duke VA program were aware that we were at the...

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Going to Duke, I was able to conduct original research that led to a first-author publication. This is an experience most people don't get until graduate school (or even after) and made me much more...

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I didn't have a career path chosen when I walked onto campus Freshman year - nor when I declared I would major in Psychology. I just knew that I had a keen interest in understanding human behavior -...

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The experiences and training opportunities at Duke had a significant impact on my professional trajectory. The excellent practicum opportunities prepared me to work in face-paced, interdisciplinary...

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I got great research experience and practice with academic writing in the Psych department in Duke. Getting hands-on research experience at Duke was very useful in applying for jobs after undergrad....

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My training and experiences at Duke have been invaluable in preparing me for my career. Beth Marsh was an amazing mentor and gave me the tools and experience I needed to conduct independent research...

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My undergrad degree led me to 2 years of IO Psychology consulting in DC. During that time, I was exposed to more healthcare clients and decided to go back to graduate school for my MHA. What advice...

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I am currently pursuing my PhD in consumer behavior at New York University, so the foundation that was set at Duke has been vital. I draw from my Psychology studies on a daily basis, and the rigor...

Seth Disner

There is no chance I’d be where I am now without my experiences at Duke. My concentration was in Cognitive Psychology, but that focus fed off my other courses in biological and abnormal psychology,...

Erika Patall

The training I received at Duke is irreplaceable. I don’t believe I could have had a better primary mentor than Harris Cooper. Harris is a brilliant researcher and was an amazing teacher, role model...

Jacqueline Sperling

I am incredibly grateful for my Duke University education. The experiences I gained helped prepare me for graduate school, which was a doctorate in clinical psychology, and allowed me to continue to...

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Carolyn Jones

I was lucky to work as an undergraduate research assistant in a couple of Psychology & Neuroscience department research labs despite the fact that Psychology was a second major...

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Being a graduate of the Psychology and Neuroscience department at Duke greatly helped me achieve professional success. What I learned about human interactions during my coursework helped me to be a...

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