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Brianna L Artz
Brianna is a PhD candidate in the Animal Behavior & Cognition lab in the department of Psychology. Broadly, her interests include better understanding how evolution has influenced social cognition. Brianna is interested in studying domestic dogs and other animals to understand how domestication i...
PSYC 406-DL1: Psychology of Communication
Fall 2024 - Doris Bitler DavisCognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience concentration in the MA in Psychology
A focus of the program is on translational neuroscience-complementary study of neural systems in humans and animals, including the application of animal research to human behavior.
MA in Psychology
The master’s degree in psychology has concentrations in applied developmental psychology, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, human factors/applied cognition, industrial/organizational psychology, and previously, school psychology and the school psychology graduate certificate. The department does...
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience concentration in the PhD in Psychology
This concentration focuses on studying biological substrates of behavior. Core and affiliated faculty study areas as diverse as neural control of behavioral development; brain systems in substance abuse; animal models of learning and memory and their disorders (such as Alzheimer’s); human brain syste...
PhD in Psychology
The goal of the doctoral program is to train students in the principles and applications of psychology. The program provides knowledge of the basic content areas in psychology and practical experience in applying this knowledge to solving human problems in life, work, and school.
Thalia R Goldstein
Dr. Thalia R. Goldstein is Associate Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology. Her work focuses on children's developing social and emotional skills, particularly theory of mind, empathy, and emotional control and regulation, and how such skills intersect with children's engagement in pretend pl...
Jennifer Brielmaier
Dr. Brielmaier received her Ph.D. in Biopsychology (now Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience) from George Mason University in 2010. She returned to the Psychology Department as a faculty member after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Brielmaier's pr...
Linda Doss Chrosniak
Dr. Chrosniak has been the director of the Honors Program in Psychology at GMU since 2003. She received a B.S. degree in psychology from the University of Texas at Dallas and her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from The George Washington University. Her areas of research interest include implicit an...
