Find out more about the specific areas of expertise within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour, including: applied psychology, cognitive psychology, sports psychology, affective neuroscience, psychopharmacology, animal behaviour, health psychology and mindfulness.
The Educational Psychology Research Group is comprised researchers who use psychological theory and perspectives to understand and positively influence educational phenomena at all ages and stages of education.
PhD students within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour are working on interesting projects including: investigating pain in autism, the impact of taste, and pain mechanisms.
Within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour we are involved in research which looks at perception, attention, emotion, learning and memory, sensory and motor processes, and includes animal models of neurobehavioral research. We investigate cognitive and brain mechanisms in psychologically and neurologically intact animals and humans, and the disruption of these processes caused by drugs, brain damage, ageing or atypical development.
View the research amd teaching equipment as well as facilities available within the School of Psychology.
Whether you’re a graduate who is looking to join the workforce, or seeking to develop your career, LJMU has the right postgraduate course for you.
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The Psychology, Policing and Crime Network seeks to understand and support victims and witnesses of crime, the rehabilitation of offenders, international policing practice, policy and culture and aid forensic practitioner resilience.
These LJMU researchers collectively span key areas of psychology.
The Applied Sport Psychology Research Group (ASP-RG) conducts applied research and consultancy to understand performance excellence and to optimise human functioning from a psychological and socio-psychological perspective.