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.

Explore our research network at Experts@Minnesota.

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
• Translational Research in Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms
  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
• Jiang Lab Human Attention and Memory
  Principal Investigator: Yuhong Jiang
• 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
• Race, Ethnicity, Migration, and Mental Health
  Principal Investigator: Rich Lee
• Stress and Trauma Lab
  Principal Investigator: Pat Frazier

Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology 

• TNTLAB (Testing New Technologies in Learning, Assessment, and Behavior)
  Principal Investigator:  Richard Landers

Personality, Individual Differences, and Behavior Genetics

• DeYoung Personality Lab
  Principal Investigator: Colin DeYoung
• NICE Lab - Narrative, Identity, Culture, Education
  Principal Investigator: Moin Syed

Quantitative/Psychometric Methods

Social Psychology

• Center for the Study of the Individual and Society
  Principal Investigator:  Mark Snyder
• Health and Eating Laboratory
  Principal Investigator: Traci Mann
• Social Interaction Lab
  Principal Investigator:  Jeffry Simpson
• Volunteerism Project
  Principal Investigator:  Mark Snyder & Allen Omoto, Claremont University