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Faculty Research Topics

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Research topics at a glance

Our faculty conduct research across a broad array of topics in basic and clinical science. The following table lists each topic and the number of faculty who identify with it. Select a topic to learn more about each faculty member.

 

Research topic
Number of faculty
Action5
Aging5
Attention9
Behavioral neuroscience7
Brain imaging10
Categorization5
Clinical science9
Cognitive neuroscience11
Development11
Developmental disorders8
Developmental psychopathology6
EEG/ERP11
Emotion7
Evolutionary and comparative approaches to behavior3
Executive function14
Health12
Judgment and decision making4
Language and communication8
Learning and memory19
Neural plasticity13
Neuropsychology3
Perception10
Psychopathology6
Sensorimotor2
Sleep3
Social cognition5
Stereotyping1
Stress5
Temperament4
Vision6

 

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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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