Duke Psychology & Neuroscience

Renate Houts wins 2019 Dean's Pillars of Excellence Award

Friday, May 17, 2019

Congratulations to Renate Houts, one of four recipients of the 2019 Dean's Pillars of Excellence Awards from Duke's Trinity College of Arts &... read more »

Neuroscience Major Julie Uchitel Addresses Graduating Class of 2019

Monday, May 13, 2019

In high school, Julie Uchitel recalls being interested in biology and psychology. “During my AP Psychology course, we studied a unit on neuroscience... read more »

Sera Pekel Selected as Student Speaker for Psychology Graduation Ceremony

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Graduating senior Sera Pekel has been selected by faculty committee as this year’s student speaker for the Department of Psychology Undergraduate... read more »

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Research

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 »

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 »

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 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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Pawan Mathew

Not only was learning about the brain so fascinating, but the major improved my critical thinking skills. These skills have been instrumental to me in medical school as they have helped me develop...

Katya Fernandez

Being a Psychology graduate from Duke played a pivotal role in shaping my professional success. As an undergraduate psych major, I was able to engage in a variety of research-related activities...

Aleisha Khan

Duke's Psychology and Neuroscience department, and the Neuroscience major, in particular, provided me with a multidisciplinary education that not only provided me with a solid background in the...

Carlene Mitchell

Being a P&N graduate has given me the skills to comprehend otherwise complex information as well as understand why people do the things they do. Since working I have come across many people with...

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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...

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...

Rebecca Sheehan

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 -...

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...

Rebecca Thurston

Duke provided an exceptional foundation for my career. I gained a very strong training in cardiovascular physiology and behavioral medicine under the mentorship of James Blumenthal and Andrew...

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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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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...

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...

Meredith Mechanik

My varied experiences at Duke taught me to be adaptable and creative in every area of my life. As a research assistant and honors student in the Wilbourn Lab, I was able to design my own research...

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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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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...

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