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Nadia Brashier Wins Two Awards for Dissertation
Tuesday, January 30, 2018P&N graduate student Nadia Brashier wins two big awards for her dissertation---one from the American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology and one from the American Psychological Association: www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/11/students-awarded.aspx www.... Read More »
2018-2019 Costanzo Teaching Fellowships
Tuesday, January 30, 2018We now are accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Costanzo Teaching Fellowships. The Costanzo Fellowship is a unique opportunity for undergraduates to receive substantial training in teaching as part of the teaching team for Introductory Psychology (PSY 101). Teaching Fellows are paid and are... Read More »
Hariri Talks about the Teen Brain
Monday, January 29, 2018P&N's Ahmad Hariri talks about the teen brain and decision making on NPR's the 1A. In the episode he discusses how changes in the adolescent brain can lead to violence. Check it out here: https://the1a.org/audio/#/shows/2018-01-11/a-new-show-goes-inside-teenagers-brains/113223/@00:00... Read More »
Marsh receives 2018 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Monday, January 29, 2018The Duke Department of Psychology & Neuroscience congratulates Dr. Elizabeth Marsh, who has been named a recipient of the 2018 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring from Duke's Graduate School. She will be honored, along with other recipients, at a ceremony on Wednesday, March 28, at... Read More »
The Eardrums Move When the Eyes Move
Tuesday, January 23, 2018Duke Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience Jennifer Groh and a team of researchers have found that simply moving the eyes triggers the eardrums to move too. In a paper published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers found that keeping the head still but... Read More »
Camila Vargas Restrepo receives 2017-2018 Jerome S. Bruner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Thursday, January 4, 2018We are pleased to announce that Camila Vargas Restrepo has won the 2017-2018 Jerome S. Bruner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Camila will be completing her Visual Media Studies/Psychology Interdepartmental Major in May. She plans to work for a year before beginning graduate work to... Read More »
Babies Understand When Words are Related
Tuesday, November 21, 2017A new study by lead author Elika Bergelson is being reported in a number of media outlets, including The Atlantic; Reuters; The Guardian; International Business Times; Science News; and Duke Today. Bergelson's lab used eye tracking data to show that babies... Read More »
Welcome Tobias Overath
Sunday, November 19, 2017We are happy to announce that Tobias Overath will be joining the Duke Department of Psychology & Neuroscience as an Assistant Professor in summer 2018. Dr. Overath will be part of the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience graduate training program. Dr. Overath studied musicology and... Read More »
P&N Welcomes Jenna McHenry
Thursday, November 9, 2017We are pleased to share the good news that Jenna McHenry will be joining us in Fall 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience. Dr. McHenry will be part of the Systems and Integrative Neuroscience (SINS) graduate training program. Dr. McHenry, who received her Ph.D. in... Read More »
Neuroscience-focused Lecturer position, Duke University Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Thursday, November 2, 2017Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/, invites applications for a Lecturer position to begin July 2018. This full-time regular-rank (non-tenure-track) position has a fixed-term appointment and... Read More »