Duke Psychology & Neuroscience

MacArthur Neuroscience Fellow Doris Tsao speaks at DIBS

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Doris Tsao, PhD, Professor of Biology at Cal Tech and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, spoke to a packed crowd at the Duke... read more »

Duke Digital Health Moves to Sociology-Psychology Building

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The Duke Global Digital Health Science Center (Duke Digital Health), which is directed by Gary Bennett (Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and... read more »

Brainstorming content for the Mentoring Handbook

P&N Graduate Students Create Mentoring Handbook

Thursday, January 24, 2019

P&N Graduate students have published a Mentoring Handbook, an evolving document capturing best practices and ideas for mentoring undergraduates... read more »

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Research

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 »

Makeba Wilbourn honored by President Obama,...

January 11, 2017

Congratulations to P&N's Makeba Wilbourn, who has received the Presidential... read more »

Tomasello Study a Top Breakthrough of 2016

December 30, 2016

Congratulations to P&N Professor Mike Tomasello and his colleagues, whose... read more »

Matt Scult: Emotion Regulation, Mathmatical...

December 7, 2016

Data from a recent P&N brain imaging study found that subjects who had a... read more »

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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

Stephen Allan

It has taught me to realistically understand human behavior, how to think critically, and how to consider every variable in a given situation--even ones that may not necessarily seem to correlate...

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...

Blake Seymour

It has contributed to my intellectual curiosity, broadened my perspectives, and equipped me with life skills. What advice would you give students in Psychology? Keep an open mind and push yourself by...

Lauren West-Livingston

Although I was only a minor in psychology, without a doubt the classes I took in P&N and the faculty I worked with left an indelible mark on my path as a physician. I had the opportunity to delve...

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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,...

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...

Stephanie Gandelman

Because of the rapidly evolving nature of neuroscience, my Neuroscience education taught me to stay current with the literature, assess for holes in our collective understanding of a topic, and find...

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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...

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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Holly Greenberg

Psychology provided a great foundation from which I built upon. Understanding both the social and cognitive side of behavior enabled me to build a strong career in Organizational Psychology. I work...

Paul Diaz-Granados

Studying psychology at Duke has helped me in my career in medicine on a daily basis. Better understanding human behavior can help in any field of work, especially medicine when dealing with patients...

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Sara Edmond

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...

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...

Brandon Levy

Duke is a name-brand university and that definitely opens doors. Also, Duke's neuroscience curriculum gave me a broad base of knowledge not just of the nervous system but also chemistry, physics, and...

Alison Papadakis

I benefited from the breadth and depth of opportunities at Duke in the department, in the medical center, across the University, and through collaborations with neighboring universities including the...

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