Psychology Research Labs Open House


DATE
Tuesday September 3, 2019
TIME
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Take a self-guided tour of our labs to discover the innovative research taking place. Learn about getting an RA position in one of our labs and more!

Participating labs:

Clinical Labs

Centre for Collaborative Research on Hoarding
Using a community-based approach to research the cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of compulsive hoarding.
Room 1709 | PI: Dr. Sheila Woody

Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Lab
Investigating cognitive, emotional, and biological responses to stress, depression, and anxiety  disorders.
Room 1716 | PI: Dr. Joelle LeMoult

Developmental Labs

Early Development Research Group
A group of six research centres studying the development of language, cognition, and social understanding in infants and children.
Room 2009 | EDRG office

Infant Studies Centre
Using behavioural and neuroimaging techniques to study language acquisition in babies and infants.
Room 1401 | PI: Dr. Janet Werker

Language Development Centre
Researching how children learn new words and the meanings that they assign to these words.
Room 1301 | PI: Dr. Geoff Hall

Cognition Labs

Attentional Neuroscience Lab
Researching how we shape visual information using fMRI and ERP technology to study attention’s relationship to aging, mobility, and more. Room 3407 | PI:  Dr. Todd Handy

Motivated Cognition Lab
Using EEG, fMRI, genotyping, and eye tracking to understand what we attend to, learn, and remember.
Room 2405 | PI: Dr. Rebecca Todd

Visual Cognition Lab
Investigating the way the human visual system uses the light entering the eyes to create a variety of perceptual experiences.
Room 3204 | PI: Dr. Ron Rensink

UBC Vision Lab
Exploring how the human mind selects information and how the external world is represented inside and outside of conscious awareness.
Room 3302 | PI: Dr. James Enns

Social/Personality Labs

Emotion and Self Lab
Studying the evolutionary function, nonverbal expression, and psychological structure of emotions and self.
Room 2020 | PI: Dr. Jessica Tracy

Reactions to Environmental Stress and Trauma Lab
Exploring human resiliency to understand how people cope with isolation and the world around us.
Room 4038B (Pond/Audain) | PI: Dr. Peter Suedfeld

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