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Disrupted Focus and Lower Energy are the Brain’s Response to the Pandemic

Monday, June 22, 2020

It's Okay to Rest Your Brain -- Even in a Pandemic by Jonathan Black, published June 22, 2020 A small square of gray paint in Sofia... read more »

Michael Tomasello Receives Eleanor Maccoby Award in Developmental Psychology

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Professor Michael Tomasello has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Eleanor Maccoby Award in Developmental Psychology for his... read more »

Navigating Cross-Racial Conversations in a Time of Civil Unrest

Friday, June 12, 2020

Everyone Is Talking About Race Right Now. But How And For How Long? By Stacia Brown & Anta Rao, June 11, 2020, Embodied Series,... read more »

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Professor Ahmad Hariri Reanalyzes Years of...

June 4, 2020

Yin Lab Publishes Paper in Current Biology:...

May 28, 2020

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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 »

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

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Finding Comfort in Discomfort: How Children form...

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Psychology Alum Katherine Becker Receives Hillary...

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Graduate News

Friday, June 12, 2020

Navigating Cross-Racial Conversations in a Time of Civil Unrest

Thursday, May 14, 2020

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

Friday, May 1, 2020

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

Friday, April 17, 2020

P&N Graduate Student Jaime Castrellon Honored for Commitment to Outstanding Mentorship

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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

Crystal Reeck

Duke's interdisciplinary focus shaped my research trajectory. I'm a neuroscientist in a business school, which at first may seem a bit odd. However, training at Duke with faculty in the psychology...

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...

Jessica Lake

P&N provided me with a strong foundation in experimental psychology and neuroscience. I highly valued the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the department which has allowed me to...

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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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...

David V. Smith

Duke provides a superb intellectual environment that fosters a range of training within psychology and neuroscience. During my time at Duke, I was fortunate to work with Dr. Scott Huettel, who...

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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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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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Laura Christine Anderson

My experiences at Duke highly influenced where I am today. In particular, my experiences working with Dr. Makeba Wilbourn in the Wilbourn Infant Lab at Duke (WILD) taught me how to think as a...

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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...

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