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Department of Psychology

The faculty in the psychology department believe that a strong scientific and research foundation in psychology best prepares students to make use of psychological research in everyday life. Such preparation also enables students to continue with graduate training in psychology, whether one's career choice is clinical, applied, or research oriented. The psychology department at Brandeis therefore emphasizes a rigorous, scientific approach to the understanding of human behavior. The program examines the most up-to-date and comprehensive psychological research and theory and provides opportunities for direct involvement in psychological research and application. Faculty conduct research in diverse areas that include cognitive science, normal and abnormal development, social interaction, spatial orientation, linguistics, perception, memory, emotion, life span development, and effects of brain damage.

The Department of Psychology offers two graduate degree programs, one leading to a Master of Arts in General Psychology, and the other to a Ph.D.  The Master’s program provides students with a broad understanding of the scientific foundations of psychology, as well as direct experience in research methods.  The Ph.D. program offers two areas of training: cognitive neuroscience and social developmental psychology. The goal of the Ph.D. program is designed to develop excellent researchers and teachers who will become leaders in psychological science. Research activity is emphasized, and students are encouraged to develop an area of research specialization and given opportunities to work in their chosen area of training under the tutelage of dissertation supervisors who are leaders in their fields.  Students pursue research in the following areas: motor control, visual perception, taste physiology and psychophysics, memory, learning, aggression, emotion, personality and cognition in adulthood and old age, social relations and health, stereotypes, and nonverbal communication.

Faculty Members

Front Row: Malcolm Watson, Leslie Zebrowitz, Don Katz, Margie Lachman, Joseph Cunningham,
Derek Isaacowitz Middle Row: James Lackner, Angela Gutchess, Paul Dizio, Robert Sekluer
Back Row: Raymond Knight, Jozsef Fiser Missing from photo: Xiaodong Liu, Maurice Hershenson,
Andrew Molinsky, Arthur Wingfield, Jerome Wodinsky