In 1883 G. Stanley Hall founded the first psychological laboratory in America at Johns Hopkins University. American psychology has undergone many changes since then, and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Hopkins has played a key role in that evolution.

The faculty of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins have designed a PhD program in which students are trained in psychological science through general and advanced seminars in the various subdisciplines of psychology and by active engagement in research. We do not offer a clinical training program.

The Department supports interdisciplinary research in several of core areas, including Biopsychology, and Cognitive and Developmental Psychology.