Research Labs | Psychology Department

Lab	Director	Lab Location
Alcohol Cognitions Lab	Denis M. McCarthy	124F Psychology
Alcohol, Health, and Behavior Laboratory	Kenneth J. Sher
Behavioral Neuroscience Lab Investigating motivational circuits mediating drug and natural rewards, including feeding and exercise	Matthew J. Will	Animal Sciences Research Center
Brainstorm	Jason Craggs
Child & Adolescent Therapy Research Group Lab Flyer	Kristin M. Hawley	125 Psychology Building
Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Research at my lab deals with the neural basis of attention, awareness, and action. Event-related potentials (ERPs), startle-blink, and neuroimaging techniques are used to identify the locus and time course of relevant brain processes in normal and neurologically impaired adults.	Steven A. Hackley	108 Psychology Building
Clinical Neuropsychology Lab Research in the CNL lab focuses on neurocognitive development in children with and without neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g, autism, phenylketonuria). Methods utilized include behavioral measures and neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, sMRI, DTI).	Shawn E. Christ	329 Noyes Hall
Cognition, Aging, Sleep, and Health Lab	Ashley Curtis
Cognitive and Emotional Control Lab Research on the nature of cognitive and emotional control and their role in schizophrenia and emotion dysregulation Lab Flyer	John G. Kerns	208 Psychology Building
Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Our lab is currently involved in research on autism, dementia, cognitive effects of stress, the cognitive neuroscience of problem solving ability, functional neuroimaging, and pharmacological modulation of cognition.	David Beversdorf	Thompson Center, Suite 110
Davis-Stober Lab	Clintin P. Davis-Stober
Developmental Cognition Lab Our lab investigates infants' and young children's early understanding of number, time, and space. We are interested in learning what infants know about the world around them and how their knowledge changes over time. Developmental Cognition Lab Flyer	Kristy vanMarle	100 McAlester Hall
Drug Motivation Laboratory	Thomas M. Piasecki
Evolution and Cognitive Development Primarily, our lab does longitudinal research on development of mathematical cognition in children, and associated learning disabilities. Our studies in evolution currently focus on sex differences in vulnerability to stressors. Flyer	David C. Geary	132 Psychology
Existential Motivation Lab Lab Flyer	Jamie Arndt
Family and Child Development Lab Research conducted in our lab focuses on the legacy of children's early experiences with parents for social and emotional development across the life course.	Ashley Groh	408 Noyes Hall
Family Assessment Lab Our lab has several lines of research focusing on youths and their social systems: development & dissemination of family-based treatments for serious juvenile offenders; identification of risk factors for youth criminality; & sequelae of different forms of maltreatment in children and adolescents. Lab Flyer	Charles M. Borduin	222 Psychology Building
Family Relationships & Adolescent Development Lab We conduct research on parent-adolescent and adolescent sibling relationships and their interplay within the broader family system as well as their impacts on adolescent adjustment.	Nicole Campione-Barr	209 Noyes Hall
Gene-Brain-Behavior Relations Lab Research in the lab focuses on genetic contributions to the development of externalizing spectrum disorders such as substance dependence, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and antisocial behavior.	Ian Gizer
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory	Wendy Slutske
Health Intervention and Treatment (HIT) Research Lab Our lab aims to enhance understanding of how and why people change their health behaviors (e.g., addiction, sleep, nutrition).	Mary Beth Miller	Missouri Psychiatric Center in the University Hospital
Health Neuroscience Center Welcome! The Health Neuroscience Center (HNC) is organized around using cognitive and affective neuroscience methods to investigate the pathophysiology of drug addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders. Our goal is to provide a bridge between preclinical and clinical trials research in order to better understand the etiology of dyregulated behavior and the effectiveness of new treatment that may ultimately be used in the clinic. We are currently conducting research in nicotine addiction and opioid use disorder; and examining the effects of novel pharmacological, non-invasive neural stimulation and behavioral-based treatments for substance use disorders. Each research project is conducted using human subjects and leverages a broad array of techniques including fMRI brain imaging, lab-based behavioral measures and remote behavioral monitoring and assessments. The HNC invites students, fellows and faculty to discuss ways to collaborate on mind-blowing research that may hold potential to reduce human suffering and improve well-being.	Brett Froeliger	15 Melvin H. Marx Building, 1416 Carrie Francke Dr,
Infant Cognition Lab Our research examines what infants and young children know about the world around them. For example, what do they know about agents' intentions and perceptions? What do infants and young children know about social interactions? What do infants know about physical objects and substances? By finding out answers to questions like these, We hope to better understand how infants and preschoolers acquire knowledge and how this development influences cognition more generally. Flyer	Yuyan Luo	14 McAlester Hall
Medical Decision Research Lab (MDRL) We broadly seek to apply decision psychology and behavioral economics to inform practical problems in medical decision making. Recent work has focused on applications to Clinical Decision Support Systems and Patient Decision Aids. Medical Decision Research Lab flyer	Victoria Shaffer	220 Noyes
Memory and Cognitive Aging Laboratory *NOTE - I will be considering doctoral applicants for the Fall 2022 academic year* Research at our laboratory concerns fundamental issues regarding human memory processes and structures. One line of this research explores the interplay between attention and memory, and another line of research investigates the mechanisms responsible for the adult-age changes in episodic memory.	Moshe Naveh-Benjamin	9B McAlester
Memory and Neuroimaging Lab Research in the lab focuses on episodic memory and uses two non-invasive brain imaging techniques: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG).	Jeffrey Johnson	126 Psychology Building
Mindfulness of Interpersonal and Intergroup Relations	Ann Bettencourt
Neuroscience and Learning Laboratory The lab studies Alzheimer's disease and diet, spatial learning and conditioning, and competition between predictors during human judgments Flyer	Todd R. Schachtman
Peer Relations Lab The research conducted by the peer relations lab is aimed at learning about the friendships and other peer relationships of children and adolescence. There is a particular focus on gender differences in these relationships and on how these relationships impact psychological adjustment. Flyer	Amanda Rose	403 Noyes Hall
Personality and Emotion Laboratory	Timothy Trull	219 Psychology Building
Personality Dynamics Lab Lab Flyer	Laura A. King	319 Noyes Hall
Positive Youth Development Lab The Positive Youth Development Lab focuses on the contributors to resilience and flourishing from late childhood to emerging adulthood. The lab's current research addresses parent-adolescent interactions and outcomes, as well as aspects of college adult reasoning and adjustment. Positive Youth Development Lab Flyer	Jordan Booker	205 McAlester
Psychometrics & Computing	Ed Merkle
Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory	Scott Frey
Sheldon Motivation lab We study goals, motivation, well-being, priming, personality, materialism, and values (and that's just the short list!)	Ken Sheldon	102 Noyes
Social Cognitive and Addiction Neuroscience Lab The Social Cognitive and Addiction Neuroscience Lab is focused on understanding the neurocognitive and affective mechanisms underlying cognitive control; its importance for social behaviors; its impairment by alcohol consumption; and its status as an endophenotype for alcohol use disorder. Lab Flyer	Bruce D. Bartholow	121 Psychology Building
Working Memory Laboratory We conduct research on auditory and visual working memory and attention, in children and adults. Working Memory Lab flyer	Nelson Cowan	McAlester Hall Annex
Youth Anxiety and Depression Lab Our lab examines cognitive, behavioral and interpersonal experiences that may serve as risk or protective factors anxiety and/or depression in youth.	Debora Bell