Duke Psychology & Neuroscience

Ph.D. Students Explore Duke Undergrads’ Mindsets about Intelligence

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Published by Duke Graduate School; written by Julian Daly, Communications Intern Intelligent. Clever. Bright. Smart. Odds are many Duke students have... read more »

Class of 2020 Celebrates by "Marking the Moment"

Sunday, May 10, 2020

After an unprecedented semester caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Duke University delayed its formal commencement ceremony while Marking... read more »

Ph.D. Student Rachael Wright and Research Assistant Jack Dolgin Receive Prestigious NSF Fellowships

Friday, May 1, 2020

2nd-year CNAP student Rachael Wright and RA Jack Dolgin have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate... read more »

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Research

Duke Hosts Annual Meeting of the North Carolina...

February 7, 2020

UPDATE as of March 11, 2020: To minimize potential health risks amid COVID-19... read more »

P&N Professors Caspi & Moffitt, and Duke...

January 22, 2020

P&N Professors Avshalom Caspi & Terrie Moffitt, and Duke Postdocs Leah... read more »

P&N Graduate Student and Professor Co-Author...

January 20, 2020

P&N graduate student Matthew Bachman and Professor Scott Huettel publish... read more »

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 »

Undergraduate News

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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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Alumni

Chloe DiPasquale

Psychology has given me the tools to analyze a situation and understand the actors involved. Psych allows me to have a better understanding of human behavior and motivation. What advice would you...

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Lindsay Tomson

The Tech industry, and Google's particular approach to people, really fostered my interest in Organizational Psychology. I've frequently thought about going back to school to focus more on this topic...

Langley King

I focused on Developmental Psychology as an undergrad, something which has greatly impacted my understanding of current educational inequalities in my everyday work. I still remember my '...

Sarah Teitell

I am at medical school at the university of Alabama school of medicine. What advice would you give students in Neuroscience? If you want to go to medical school, I would recommend doing an...

Tsu-Yin Chang

Being a Psychology graduate from Duke has definitely shaped my professional success. The top-notch training I received, starting from my first semester as a freshman, helped me define my own...

Upasana Chandra

The Neuroscience program at Duke is interdisciplinary, and I had the opportunity to take classes from a wide variety of fields (including neurolinguistics, functional neuroimaging, and neurobiology,...

Emily Steemers

Neuroscience gave me the scientific background to work directly with physicians in care delivery science as I am doing now. What advice would you give students in Neuroscience? Enjoy the Neuroscience...

Manuela Mejia

Being a Neuroscience graduate from Duke provided me with excellent support and preparation for medical school. The pre-med coursework was rigorous, the advising was welcoming and although I did not...

Allison Milam

My psychology courses at Duke, with a focus in child development, provided a foundation for understanding psychological development and mental health. After going to graduate school, I now use this...

Hayden Finch

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...

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...

Sara Gates

The best thing about P&N is that it will be relevant to any career path you may choose. Duke taught me various explanations as to why people may do what they do and how people can be influenced...

Sharda Umanath

The experiences and opportunities I had at Duke definitely shaped my professional trajectory. With the certificate in college teaching program and the excellent mentoring from my PhD advisor, I felt...

Ryan Knowles

I used my Psychology degree and knowledge of consumer patterns/behavior to jump into marketing and sales roles in the CPG world (Chiquita Brands & then P&G). My experience in CPG with well...

Zohair Zaidi

As someone with a strong interest in research, I found that the degree offered many courses that gave me great exposure to the research in the field, how to read scientific literature, and allowed me...

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