Research strengths
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To conduct world-class research, we partner with many external agencies that are involved in the provision of psychological services in Sydney and provide staff and students with purpose-built, well-equipped facilities. Explore our research strengths below to learn more about our expertise and your opportunities for research.
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Clinical psychology and psychopathology
Academic staff in clinical psychology and psychopathology at Â鶹Éçmadou conduct internationally recognised research that focuses on a range of psychological disorders and the basic processes that underlie those disorders.
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Learning and cognition
Cognition research focuses on how we analyse, integrate and interpret information, which is relevant to most aspects of human behaviour.
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Behavioural neuroscience
Researchers in behavioural neuroscience have interests in the behavioural and brain mechanisms of learning, memory and motivation.
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Perception
Researchers in perception at our school cover a range of topics regarding vision including, face perception, stereopsis, motion, lightness, colour, attention and binocular rivalry.
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Social and health psychology
Health psychology covers how social factors, along with biological and other psychological factors, affect our health and the prevention of illness.
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Neuropsychology
In neuropsychology, we investigate how different cognitive abilities (such as perception, language, memory) and emotional capacities are organised in the human brain.
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Forensic psychology
Forensic psychology research relates to the connection between psychology and the law and covers a range of social, clinical and legal issues.
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Developmental psychology
Development psychology is research into how and why people change during their life and covers the areas of cognition and development, development psychopathology and early learning.