The Brain Science faculty draws on Brown's long tradition of interdisciplinary studies. More than ninety faculty members from Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Computer Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Physics, Philosophy, Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Clinical Neuroscience, and the divisions of Applied Mathematics, Biology and Medicine, and Engineering combine biological, computational, and mathematical approaches to study brain function. There is a strong interaction between those who develop theories of brain function and those who test theories in the laboratory. Students are encouraged to explore new ways to combine methods and ideas in their research and course work, whether within graduate programs in established disciplines, through the new cross-departmental Brain Science Graduate Program, through undergraduate summer research experiences, or through postdoctoral training.
- John Donoghue, executive director