UMass Psychology

Research and Training

Our Laboratories and Teaching Facilities

Aging, Bejeweled and Cognition Lab

 

Research on the effects of videogaming on cognitive performance in older adults.

Adolescent and Family Research Lab

 

Developmental psychopathology, close relationships, and clinical neuroscience (Sally Powers)

Adoption Mentoring Partnership

 

An exciting collaboration with Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Hampshire Cty, the Amherst School, the Psychological Services and the Psychology Department at UMASS, and Adoption Journeys

Adult Attachment Laboratory

 

Research on the nature of adult human attachment (Paula Pietromonaco)

Brain, Cognition, and Development Laboratory

 

Development of cognitive and perceptual abilities from infancy through adulthood (Lisa Scott)

Child Study Center

 

Five laboratories studying child development, and Springfield Child Study Center

Cognition and Action Laboratory

 

Brain functions underlying cognition and action; effects of sleep and cognitive constraints (Rebecca Spencer)

Departmental EEG Laboratory

 

A shared resource for research using EEG and ERPs (Lisa Sanders)

Dynamic Memory Modeling Lab

 

Directed by Jeff Starns, the Dynamic Memory Modeling lab explores memory processes as they unfold in time by applying computational models that predict both accuracy and response time data.

Eyetracking laboratory

 

Research on eye movements during reading and visual perception (Adrian Staub)

Growth in Early Marriage

 

The Growth in Early Marriage (GEM) project (Paula Pietromonaco, Sally Powers)

Hormones and Cognition Lab

 

Effects of sex hormones on cognition (Agnès Lacreuse)

Human Imaging Group

 

MRI and MRS Users Group for the Five College Community

Human Relations Lab

 

Focuses on how people interpret events in intergroup conflicts and how these interpretations affect their emotions, self-concepts, and support for different social and political policies.

Infant Motor Lab

 

Perceptual and motor development in human infants (Neil Berthier)

Language, Intersensory Perception, and Speech Lab

 

Auditory and visual basis of speech perception (Alexandra Jesse)

LATAS

 

Laboratory for the training of academic skills (James Michael Royer)

Memory Lab

Computational modeling of human memory (Caren Rotello)

MN/TX Adoption Project

 

Longitudinal study of adoption (Hal Grotevant)

Neurocognition and Perception Laboratory

 

EEG/ERP research on auditory perception and attention (Lisa Sanders)

Parental Attachment Laboratory

 

Translational research on induction of parental care (UnJa Hayes)

Perception and Cognition Laboratory

 

High-level visual perception, categorization, concepts (Andrew Cohen)

Psychological Services Center

 

Community mental health clinic, with training and research components (Chris Overtree)

Psychotherapy Research Lab

Psychotherapy effectiveness and its determinants (Michael Constantino)

Rwanda Project

 

Healing in the aftermath of victimization (Ervin Staub)

Visual Cognition and Attention Laboratory

 

Attention and high level visual functions such as object recognition (Kyle Cave)

Shop Services

 

Services provided by the Psychology Department Shops (Joe Bergman)

Statistics Education Research Group

 

Research designed to improve instruction in statistics, data analysis, and probability

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