PhD Developmental Brain Sciences

at University of Massachusetts - Boston

Acquire the skills necessary to unravel the mysteries of the developing brain.

The PhD program in Developmental and Brain Sciences (DBS) at the University of Massachusetts Boston is a research-intensive program focused on understanding cognition, perception, and behavior when underlying neural and hormonal mechanisms are developing. Core faculty engage in lab work ranging from cognitive development and psychophysics to neuroendocrinology and behavioral genetics. Students may follow a cognitive specialization, investigating functional changes in perceptual and cognitive abilities; or a behavioral specialization, investigating neural and hormonal correlates of behavior.