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The BRAIN Lab at Western Carolina University studies early childhood brain development using EEG to understand how infants and preschoolers develop social and cognitive abilities in typical and atypical populations.

Eli and Abby representing the BRAIN Lab at Southeastern Psychological Association Conference in New Orleans!
03/26/2026

Eli and Abby representing the BRAIN Lab at Southeastern Psychological Association Conference in New Orleans!

Students in the first senior seminar for Neuroscience at WCU! We had a great discussion on optogenetics in hippocampal n...
01/29/2026

Students in the first senior seminar for Neuroscience at WCU! We had a great discussion on optogenetics in hippocampal neurons.

Exciting things happening here at WCU!
11/06/2025

Exciting things happening here at WCU!

WCU introduces new neuroscience minor October 28, 2025 12:06 pm by Quill Sanders Views: 8 WCU has unveiled a new neuroscience minor, available to all students.  The minor takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the brain with professors from the psychology, philosophy and religion, che...

A few photos of students presenting their EEG research at the WCU Research and Scholarship Conference at the end of Marc...
04/04/2025

A few photos of students presenting their EEG research at the WCU Research and Scholarship Conference at the end of March.

Very proud of Mykenzi and Nina for representing the BRAIN lab at ABCT!
11/18/2024

Very proud of Mykenzi and Nina for representing the BRAIN lab at ABCT!

Dr. Broomell and graduate student Nina Glawe presented some of the results from our Head Start study at SEPA!
03/19/2024

Dr. Broomell and graduate student Nina Glawe presented some of the results from our Head Start study at SEPA!

11/14/2022

We have officially wrapped up data collection for our first infant study! Thank you so much to all the families who participated in our project and to graduate students Mykenzi and Nicole who worked so hard on these appointments for the last year and half!

Now we will be focusing on cleaning and analyzing the data to help us understand how babies learn to interact with their environment. Stay tuned for updates!

BRAIN lab member Isabelle is one of the record breaking five WCU students applying for a Fulbright award this year! We a...
11/12/2022

BRAIN lab member Isabelle is one of the record breaking five WCU students applying for a Fulbright award this year! We are so proud of the work Isabelle has done in the lab, since she joined us as a freshman and is now getting ready to graduate and hopefully complete her masters degree at the prestigious UCL in London!

For the first time in WCU’s history, two alumni and three current students have applied for various Fulbright awards.

We are so proud of graduating senior Maya Berkowitz for being selected to represent WCU and present her research "Mu Sup...
11/02/2022

We are so proud of graduating senior Maya Berkowitz for being selected to represent WCU and present her research "Mu Suppression and Infant Social Cognition" at the Southern Conference Undergraduate Research Forum over fall break! Way to go, Maya!

We need to get some babies on the schedule! Our $100 gift cards are getting ready to expire, so we need to get them paid...
09/12/2022

We need to get some babies on the schedule! Our $100 gift cards are getting ready to expire, so we need to get them paid out to participants! If you know anyone who would be able and willing to participate, please have them email [email protected]!

Back to school means back to research! We are still seeing babies between 9 and 12 months for our research study! Parent...
08/08/2022

Back to school means back to research! We are still seeing babies between 9 and 12 months for our research study! Parents are compensated with $100 visa gift cards for bringing their child to WCU campus for a 1 hour session. If interested, please contact us at [email protected]

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Cullowhee, NC
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