Research Labs
We are proud to house several research centers and labs within our department that are dedicated to conducting first-rate research that spans multiple areas of study in psychology.
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Centers
- Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science (CATSS)
Principal Investigators: Andrew Oxenham and Gordon Legge - Center for the Study of Political Psychology
Principal Investigators: Eugene Borgida and Chris Federico - Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research
Principal Investigators: William Iacono, Monica Luciana, Matt McGue, Scott Vrieze, and Sylia Wilson
Clinical Science and Psychopathology
- Anxiety Neuroscience Grounded in Cross-Species Translation Lab (ANGST)
Principal Investigator: Shmuel Lissek - Brain and Behavioral Processes Laboratory
Principal Investigator: Monica Luciana - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Principal Investigator: James Butcher - Research on Adolescent Lab (RAD Lab)
Principal Investigator: Bonnie Klimes-Dougan - Translational Research in Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms (TriCAM)
Principal Investigator: Angus MacDonald III - Vrieze Genetics Laboratory
Principal Investigator: Scott Vrieze
Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Auditory Perception and Cognition Lab
Principal Investigator: Andrew Oxenham - Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Principal Investigator: Chad Marsolek - Computational Vision Lab
Principal Investigator: Dan Kersten - Decision Making Lab
Principal Investigator: Iris Vilares - Human Attention, Memory, and Cognition
Principal Investigator: Vanessa Lee - Mind-Brains-Environments
Principal Investigator: Wilma Koutstaal - Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research
Principal Investigator: Gordon Legge - NeuroGOAL
Principal Investigator: Nicola Grissom - Olman Lab
Principal Investigator: Cheryl Olman - Vision and Attention Lab
Principal Investigator: Sheng He - Vision and Imaging Lab
Principal Investigator: Stephen Engel
Counseling Psychology
- Career, Counseling and Assessment Clinic
Principal Investigator: Patricia Frazier & Samantha Anders - Minority Stress Lab
Principal Investigator: Richard Douglass - Race, Ethnicity, Migration, and Mental Health
Principal Investigator: Rich Lee - Stress and Trauma Lab
Principal Investigator: Pat Frazier
Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology
- Kuncel Lab
Principal Investigator: Nathan Kuncel - TNTLAB (Testing New Technologies in Learning, Assessment, and Behavior)
Principal Investigator: Richard Landers
Personality, Individual Differences, and Behavior Genetics
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DeYoung Personality Lab
Principal Investigator: Colin DeYoung -
Narrative, Identity, Culture, and Education Lab (NICE Lab) - Narrative, Identity, Culture, Education
Principal Investigator: Moin Syed
Quantitative/Psychometric Methods
- Data Analytics and Visualization Lab
Principal Investigator: Katerina Marcoulides - Helwig Research
Principal Investigator: Nathan Helwig - Vocational Psychology Research
Principal Investigator: David Weiss
Social Psychology
- Center for the Study of the Individual and Society
Principal Investigator: Mark Snyder - Center for the Study of Political Psychology
Principal Investigators: Eugene Borgida, Christopher Federico - Health and Eating Laboratory
Principal Investigator: Traci Mann - Social Interaction Lab
Principal Investigator: Jeffry Simpson - Volunteerism Project
Principal Investigators: Mark Snyder, Allen Omoto (Claremont University)