Psychology & Neuroscience
Summer psychology program for teens in Cambridge, MA
Program Highlights
Residential Tuition :
$5,498
Commuter Tuition:
$3,198
Session 1:
June 16, 2024
June 28, 2024
Session 2:
June 30, 2024
July 12, 2024
Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Course Overview
Through psychology simulations and hands-on neuroscience workshops, you will explore the relationships between the brain and human behavior. Whether you are interested in the physical aspect of the brain and central nervous system or more intrigued by human behavior and thought processes, connect with professionals that have a background in both psychology and neuroscience.
Excursions – Students may visits to local medical and research facilities in Boston.
Meet your instructor
Dr. Alexandra Hochstetler
Psychology & Neuroscience Children's Hospital Boston
Dr. Alexandra Hochstetler is a postdoctoral fellow in the Lehtinen Laboratory at Children’s Hospital in Boston. She completed her PhD at Indiana University with a focus on the mechanisms by which aberrant ion channels in the choroid plexus can lead to hydrocephalus. Dr. Hochstetler’s primary research interest is in studying mechanisms of white matter damage in perinatal brain injury, with a specific focus on post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity.
Learn moreTopics you'll explore
Hands-On Learning
Students will learn to tackle these fundamental questions with the tools of psychological science. Students will learn about classic experiments in psychology, with the goal of getting a hands-on, experiential understanding of how people work and how psychologists study them. They will explore social dynamics; emotions; personality; mental illness; the nature of beliefs; neuroscience; and the relationship between the mind, brain, and body. As a capstone project, they will construct their own miniature psychology theory, design/run an experiment to test it, and present findings to the class.
