Research

Psychology Research

The School is quickly establishing itself as an important local centre of fundamental and applied research. We are committed to achieving excellence in scientific research with a focus on problems of contemporary relevance.

The research is currently organised into a few umbrella groupings:

1) Research Centre for Comparative Cognition
Staff in this group study developmental changes in cognitive functioning over ontogenetic and evolutionary time. The developmental group studies ontogenetic changes whereas the comparative group studies changes over evolutionary time by comparing aspects of human and animal cognition.

2) Psychology of Health Group
Staff in this group study psychological aspects of both physical and mental health, in the broadest sense, including applied aspects of psychological functioning in the community and in special groups of individuals including offenders. Research undertaken by this group involves a range of methodologies, much of it undertaken in applied settings.

3) Vision and Attention Group
Staff in this group study inferential processes in vision, visual attention in social cognition and 3D vision, and modulation of visual processing and visual-guided action by attention, emotion and memory. Research undertaken by this group involves a multidisciplinary approach, including psychophysics, eye tracking, neuropsychology brain imaging and computational modelling.