Psychology

Degrees Offered: M.S., Ph.D.
http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/academics/graduate
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The department offers a Ph.D. in experimental psychology, with specialization in cognition; neuroscience; psychopathology; developmental, or social psychology. Training in counseling and clinical psychology are not offered. Students entering without a Masters degree will earn one en route to the Ph.D. The department does not offer a terminal masters degree.

Areas of faculty research include memory processes, neuropsychology of language processes, neuropsychology of memory and perception, mental models, semantic models of information processing, decision making, infant perception, memory and aging, animal cognition and learning, psychopharmacology, neural and hormonal control of animal social behavior, nutrition and behavior, social psychology of prejudicial attitudes, social neuroscience, psychology and law, neural underpinnings of emotion, cognition and brain function in anxiety disorders, and shame/guilt proneness and narcissism.

All students participate in supervised research and/or teaching each semester. Integral to the program are courses designed to prepare students for research and teaching careers. Accepted applicants typically possess a substantial college background in psychology, including familiarity with fundamental statistical concepts and research design.

FACULTY/SPECIALTY

Nalini Ambady
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interpersonal perception and communication

Jamshed Bharucha
Ph.D., Harvard University
Cognitive psychology of music

Emily Bushnell
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Developmental psychology

Richard A. Chechile
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Mathematical psychology

Robert Cook
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Animal cognition

Joseph DeBold
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine
Behavioral endocrinology, hormone-drug interactions

David Harder
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Clinical psychology

Phillip J. Holcomb
Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Cognitive neuroscience

Ray Jackendoff
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Natural language semantics and syntax, consciousness, musical cognition, social cognition

Robin Kanarek
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Physiological psychology, psychopharmacology, nutrition, behavior

Gina R. Kuperberg
Ph.D., Kings College, University of London
M.D., St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London
Cognitive Neuroscience, Psycholinguistics, Clinical Neuroscience

Keith B. Maddox
Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara
Social cognition

Klaus A. Miczek
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Psychopharmacology

Sinaia Nathanson
Ph.D., Tufts University
Interpersonal conflict and negotiation

Ray Nickerson
Ph.D., Tufts University
Applied cognition

Haline Schendan
Ph.D., University of California-San Diego
Cognitive neuroscience

Lisa M. Shin
Ph.D., Harvard University
Clinical psychology and neuroscience

Samuel R. Sommers
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Social cognition

Holly A. Taylor
Ph.D., Stanford University
Cognition and memory

Heather L. Urry
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Affective neuroscience

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