Department of Psychology
Research groups and areas
Staff at the Department of Psychology are involved in a number of research groups.
The Developmental Psychology Research Group at The University of Auckland investigates human development across the life-span.
Staff and students belonging to the unit are interested in quantitative and experimental approaches to the understanding of animal and human behaviour.
The Gender and Critical Psychology Group conducts research in critical psychologies, feminist psychology and gender and cultural studies.
Staff of the Health Psychology group research the psychological and social aspects of health and illness.
IWO aims to encourage and support research in the multidisciplinary field of industrial, work and organisational psychology.
Our language research forcuses on the application of computational methods to answer questions about language and human prehistory.
The New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS) is a longitudinal national postal study led by Dr. Chris Sibley at the University of Auckland.
Our crow research project has a strong emphasis on investigating the cognition and neuroanatomy underlying crows’ tool manufacture and use.
The Research Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience aims to determine the biological bases of mental events in humans.
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