Duke Psychology & Neuroscience

Moral Reasoning: Why it's hard to change beliefs

Saturday, August 4, 2018

What makes it so difficult to change our minds about moral issues, despite new information that contradicts our beliefs? P&N Grad Student Matthew... read more »

2018 Summer Vertical Integration Program Poster Session

Friday, July 20, 2018

Congratulations to all who participated in this year's Vertical Integration Program (VIP), the annual summer research program for Psychology majors.... read more »

P&N Hosts Psychology One Conference

Friday, June 29, 2018

Duke’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience hosted the Psychology One Conference this week in partnership with Stanford University. The... read more »

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Research

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 »

Mapping Emotions in the Brain

October 13, 2016

Work by P&N's Kevin LaBar and colleagues is featured as... read more »

Apes Understand That Some Things are All in Your...

October 12, 2016

P&N's Mike Tomasello co-authors a study demonstrating that great apes... read more »

Science explains why your mom calls you by your...

May 3, 2016

P&N's Samantha Deffler, Cassidy Fox, Christin Ogle, and David Rubin of the... read more »

Undergraduate News

Friday, July 20, 2018

2018 Summer Vertical Integration Program Poster...

Congratulations to all who participated in this year's Vertical... read more »

Friday, June 29, 2018

P&N Hosts Psychology One Conference

Duke’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience hosted the... read more »

Friday, May 18, 2018

Karen Young receives 2018 Zener Award

Congratulations to Karen (KC) Young, winner of the 2018 Karl E.... 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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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...

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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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...

Erin Radley

In my role as a Merchant at Abercrombie & Fitch, I work with a wide array of cross-functional partners every day. When interacting with different people, it is important to understand group...

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,...

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...

Elizabeth Hackney Davies

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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Megan Kuhfeld

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....

Erica Figueroa

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...

Amrita Dixit

After Duke, I've been working in consulting and marketing strategy. Despite not going into medicine nor research, being a Neuroscience graduate has still had a profound impact on my career. Having a...

Charles Jonassaint

As the eldest child of immigrant parents, I wanted to be the first in my family to graduate from college. But I lacked direction and by my senior year of high school I had lost sight of my goals. I...

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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...

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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Ada Aka

Being a Duke Psychology major sparked my interest for research, helped me build a solid foundation on theoretical knowledge and allowed me to develop skills such as critical thinking and...

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...

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