One hundred years ago, Smith College’s third president, William Allan Neilson, made a pioneering decision to officially establish the study of psychology as a separate entity from the philosophy ...

A new study finds entrepreneurs become more committed to their business ventures when they are told they will fail, increasing their efforts to make those businesses successful. "Most ...

The department offers a BA in Psychology, a co-major and minor in Neuroscience, and a co-major and minor in Art Therapy. Psychology is a versatile major. Our discipline encompasses all of the many ...

How does the mind work? How can we explain consciousness, development, memory, language, rationality, emotions, racism, kindness, and hatred—the most important and intimate aspects of ourselves?

Neuroscience is a vast field of study containing a range of narrower subfields. Each involves a spotlight on the brain and other parts of the nervous system, connecting them to one or more zones of ...

It is one of the enduring debates in psychology, stemming all the way back to our philosophical origins: What is the relationship between our biology, or nature, and that of the environment, or ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...

From birth to death, people are learning, growing, and changing, and developmental psychologists try to understand the "why" and "how" behind the changes people undergo. Developmental psychology is a ...