Undergraduates in the Psychology department have the opportunity to participate in research by enrolling in Psy 99 or Psy 199. Independent research projects are designed to provide undergraduates with the opportunity to expand and apply skills and knowledge gained from their regular undergraduate course work. Please have a look at the reasons, requirements, and application process for enrolling in 99/199.

Independent research opportunities currently available:

Dr. Greg Ashby's Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

• Sebastien Helie — understanding the interaction of brain and behavior using the latest technology
• Greg Ashby — Investigate how people learn to categorize objects and events in their environment

 

Dr. Jim Blascovich's Virtual Reality Lab

• Jim Blascovich — a series of studies on how bodily perceptions impact emotional experiences across cultures
• Kristen Macuga — Driving in virtual reality
• Rosanna Guadagno

 

Dr. Leda Cosmides's Evolutionary Social Cognition Lab

• Currently no positions

 

Dr. John Foley's Visual Perception Lab

• John Foley — Learning to Perform in a Virtual Environment
• John Foley -- Context Effects in Pattern Vision

 

Dr. Shelly Gable's Lab

• Projects Centered on Motivation and Relationship Research

 

Dr. David Hamilton's Lab

• Person and Group Perception

 

Dr. Heejung Kim's Cultural Psychology Lab

• Heejung Kim — Examines the influence of culture on the way people think, feel and act

 

Dr. Stan Klein's Lab

• Social Exclusion as Recalibrating Event
• Health Awareness

 

Dr. Diane Mackie's Social Emotions Lab

• Diana Leonard — Studying how emotions influence cognition, attitudes and behavior such as prejudice and discrimination

 

Dr. Rich Mayer's Lab

• Richard Mayer — Cognitive Load Measurement in Multimedia Instruction

 

Dr. James Roney's Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology Lab

• James Roney — Projects on human behavioral endocrinology

 

Dr. David Sherman's Lab

• Physiological and psychological assessments for two weeks prior to a participant's most stressful exam

 

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