Neuroscience and Psychology

Your brain makes it possible for you to learn, think, see, play, make new friends, feel happy or sad, and so much more. In neuroscience and psychology, scientists are interested in how and why living creatures do what they do. This section of Frontiers for Young Minds will include articles about the brains and behaviors of humans and other species. You will read about how brains work, how animals behave, how we grow up and learn to do new things, how we interact with other people, and how your life might be different from other people’s lives. Scientists who study these topics have to get clever with their research methods – you’ll see. Can you think of a college or university near where you live? Scientists are probably there right now trying to figure out how humans and other animals work, and they need help from the next generation of critical thinkers. In the end, we hope that neuroscience and psychology can help everybody be healthy and have a fair chance to thrive. What do you think is interesting about people’s brains and behaviors?

Editorial board

Specialty Chief Editors

Sabine Kastner

Princeton University, United States

Casey Lew-Williams

Princeton University, United States

Associate Editors

Anna Alkozei

University of Arizona, United States

Alessandro Antonietti

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy

Mariana Branco

Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands

Gideon Caplovitz

University of Nevada, Reno, United States

Leon Deouell

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Gayathri Dowling

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH), United States

Paul Glimcher

New York University, United States

Peter Hagoort

Radboud University, Netherlands

Jay Hegdé

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, United States

Daniel Hermens

Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Laura Herrero

Camilo José Cela University, Spain

Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus

Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Fanli Jia

Seton Hall University, United States

Elizabeth Johnson

Northwestern University, United States

Dietsje Jolles

Leiden University, Netherlands

Rajesh Kana

University of Alabama, United States

Guilherme Lucas

University of São Paulo, Brazil

James Mazer

Montana State University, United States

Shekher Mohan

Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine(LUCOM), Liberty University, United States

Ryan Mruczek

College of the Holy Cross, United States

Caroline Niziolek

University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Yangming Ou

Harvard Medical School, United States

David Sheinberg

Brown University, United States

Nico Sollmann

University of California, San Francisco, United States

Elizabeth Sowell

Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, United States

Mubarak Syed

University of New Mexico, United States

Daniel Wesson

University of Florida, United States

Robert Zatorre

McGill University, Canada

Xi-Nian Zuo

Beijing Normal University, China

Science Mentors

We would like to thank our team of Science Mentors for their valuable contribution to Frontiers for Young Minds.

Their input and guidance during the review process helps our Young Reviewers understand the importance of their role and their connection to the scientific community.