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The Department of Psychology offers a variety of degree programs at the undergraduate level and a Ph.D. program at the graduate level. Our programs provide insight into the interdisciplinary study of mind, brain, and behavior, with broad applications to such fields as health and medicine, education, business, public and social services, and law.

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A child illuminates hundreds of shoes at a memorial for those killed by Hurricane Maria, in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol, in San Juan, Friday, June 1, 2018. Puerto Rico's Institute of Statistics announced that it has sued the U.S. territory's health department and demographic registry seeking to obtain data on the number of deaths following Hurricane Maria as a growing number of critics accuse the government of lacking transparency. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Here’s the Secret to Unlocking Our Compassion in the Face of Mass Suffering

08/06/19 - BOSTON, MA. - Student Kieran McVeigh demonstrates how headphones are used for Psyche Loui and Ajay Satpute’s research on the relationship between musical anhedonia and autism spectrum disorders in the Biomedical Imaging Center in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on August 06, 2019. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

What People Who Don’t like Music Might Tell Us about Social Interaction

Northeastern professors Ajay Satpute and Psyche Loui are studying the link between music and social interaction. They're asking whether the brain phenomenon that makes music undesirable to five percent of…

7/18/19 - BOSTON, MA. - Rebecca Shansky, assistant professor of psychology, conducts research in Nightingale Hall on July 18, 2019. Shansky is studying how fluctuating ovarian hormones affect learning and memory in rats, which could help identify new ways to help women with PTSD. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Do Hormones Affect a Woman’s Ability to Recover from PTSD?

Rebecca Shansky is studying how levels of estriadol, an estrogen hormone, affect the treatment of women with PTSD.

Of Mice and Women

Victorian-era stereotypes that were originally used to keep women out of leadership positions are still with us today, says Rebecca Shansky, an associate professor of psychology at Northeastern. And they're…