Research Labs
Faculty research is conducted in labs that include doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows and undergraduate research assistants, along with other project-based support staff. Lab-based research is central to the doctoral training model of the department. It also provides an important training opportunity for undergraduate students whose research often leads to senior theses, presentations at professional meetings and scholarly publication. The research labs of the department are listed below.
Adolescent Psychology Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Daniel Lapsley
Lab Manager: Paul Stey
Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Dawn M. Gondoli
Adult Development and Aging Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Cindy S. Bergeman
Attention and Attention Disorders Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Bradley S. Gibson
Center for Advanced Measurement of Personality & Psychopathology (CAMPP) Labs
Lab Directors: Dr. Lee Anna Clark and Dr. David Watson
Center for Children and Families
Lab Director: Dr. Julie Braungart-Rieker
Cognition and Emotion Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Gerald Haeffel
Cognition, Learning, and Development Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Nicole McNeil
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Studies Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Anne D. Simons
Culture and Family Processes Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Irene J. Kim Park
Development and Psychopathology Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Kristin Valentino
eMotion and eCognition Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Charles R. Crowell
Assistant Director: Dr. Michael A. Villano
Emotion and Stress Physiology (ESP) Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Michelle Wirth
Family Studies Center
Lab Director: Dr. E. Mark Cummings
F.U.N. Lab - Autism and Dyslexia Research at Notre Dame
Lab Director: Dr. Joshua J. Diehl
Genetics and Statistical Learning Lab (GSLL)
Lab Director: Dr. Gitta Lubke
Infant Studies Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Jill Lany
Lab for Developmental and Health Research Methodology
Lab Director: Dr. Zhiyong "Johnny" Zhang
Lab for Psycho-oncology Research
Lab Director: Dr. Thomas V. Merluzzi
Language Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Kathleen M. Eberhard
Marital Therapy and Research Clinic
Lab Director: Dr. David A. Smith
Memory Lab
Lab Director: Dr. G.A. Radvansky
Moral Psychology Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Darcia F. Narvaez
Motivation and Learning Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Julianne C. Turner
Multicultural Research Institute
Lab Director: Dr. Donald B. Pope Davis
Notre Dame Socio-Emotional Development Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Julia Braungart-Rieker
Notre Dame Study of Health and Well-Being
Lab Director: Dr. Cindy S. Bergeman
Educational and Psychological Measurement
Lab Director: Dr. Alison Cheng
Ready for Kindergarten!
Lab Director: Dr. Jeanne Day
Sleep, Stress, and Memory Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Jessica Payne
Body Image and Eating Disorder Research
Lab Director: Dr. Alexandra F. Corning
Spatial Cognition and Spatial Language Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Laura Carlson
Stress and Depression Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Scott Monroe
Study of the Interpersonal Self Lab
Lab Director: Dr. Anita Kelly
Visual Cognition Lab
Lab Director: Dr. James R. Brockmole