Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

Janette Herbers in front of large window in office reading

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is home to undergraduate and graduate programs and world-class research in the family of sciences concerned with behavior, thought and experience.

At the core of our programs and activities is a scientific approach to understanding human nature and human experience. Our community of students, scholars and researchers includes Psychology majors (either a BA or BS track), majors in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, graduate students in our research-focused MS program, approximately twenty full-time faculty members, and additional faculty expertise in a wide range of psychological science and practice. We work together in the classroom and on our research projects at the forefront of Psychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience..

NEWS & EVENTS

The Psychological and Brain Sciences Expands to Cabrini Campus

We are very excited to be part of Villanova鈥檚 expansion to the Cabrini Campus. Our new home will be the 2nd and 3rd floors of Iadarola Center. This will provide substantially more and better space for our students, faculty, and staff, starting in the 2026 fall semester. MORE...

The Accuracy of Self-Reflection: Emily Pintarelli 鈥�23 CLAS, 鈥�24 MS Earns Outstanding Thesis Award

Who really knows you better? Is it yourself, or the people around you? That question became the driving force behind a master鈥檚 thesis for Emily Pintarelli 鈥�23 CLAS, 鈥�24 MS, and one that earned her the 2025 Ingeborg L. and O. Byron Ward Outstanding Thesis Award from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at 91探花University... MORE...

2025 Psychological and Brain Sciences Medallion Recipients

Congratulations! To Hai-yan Koenig (left) for being awarded the Bernard L. Bonniwell Award (BA), Jane Spencer (center) the Thomas C. Toppino Award (BS), and Lila Trollip (right) the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Medallion Award (CBN).

Congratulations! to Emi Hathcock (M.S., left) for publishing 鈥淧arasocial Relationship Strength and the Need for Social Well-Being as a Function of Gender Identification鈥� in this year鈥檚 CONCEPT journal. And congratulations! to Ana Tompkins (M.S., right) for working as an Editor on this year鈥檚 CONCEPT journal.

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