Faculty in the Psychology Department are engaged in ground-breaking research on a wide range of topics. Our research investigates fundamental theoretical questions about the operation of the human mind and addresses some of society's most pressing needs. The department is home to internationally renowned scholars, including members of the
National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as awardees of major prizes from professional societies. The department has state-of-the-art research facilities, and has strong ties with the Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center, which is located in an adjoining building.

The department is organized into the following five administrative areas:

• Brain and Cognitive Science
  including behavioral genetics, behavioral endocrinology, psychopharmacology. sociobiology, learning, memory, sensation, and motivation in humans and animals
• Clinical Science
  specializations available in clinical-aging, child & family clinical and adult clinical
• Developmental Psychology
  studies changes in behavior, cognition, language, social and emotional development from childhood through adolescence and adulthood into old age
• Quantitative Methods
  studies and develops the most robust statistical methods for analyzing data and evaluating research
• Social Psychology
  investigates the psychological mechanisms that underlie human social behavior using diverse methods including behavioral experiments, field studies and computer modeling as well as psychophysiological and neuroimaging techniques

NEW! MASTERS DEGREE IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
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Gayla Margolin's Urban Youth Center
A new research-based center has been created to benefit urban youth.
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Knowing How to Get Attention: A new study by Bosco Tjan notes a key role of ‘covert’ sight, the brain’s ability to increase awareness across the field of vision. Read more

Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Beth Meyerowitz - “Trauma and Resilence among Orphan Heads of Household Who Survived the Rwandan Genocide.”