Brandeis University's Department of Psychology focuses on cognitive neuroscience, societal developmental psychology, and brain, body, and behavior in its PhD and MA programs.
The Master of Arts program provides students with an understanding of the scientific foundations of psychology (social, developmental, and cognitive), as well as direct research experience (experimental design, data collection, data analysis, and research writing). Recent graduates of our master's program have gone on to pursuits such as doctoral programs, research assistants, clinical research coordinators, and prjoect managers.
The goal of the PhD program is to develop excellent researchers and teachers who will become leaders in psychological sciences. Dissertation supervisors are leaders in the field and pursue research in the following: motor control, visual perception, taste physiology and psychophysics, memory, learning, aging, child development, aggression, emotion, personality and cognition in adulthood and old age, social relations and health, stereotypes, and nonverbal communication.