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
• 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

• 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

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