Our interest lies in the evolution of animal societies and the interactions that occur within these societies and their link to emotion, cognition and communication. We primarily study primates (including humans) but also other species including birds. Find out more about the Social Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation Research Group's work, collaborations, publications and meet the research team.
Dean, an LJMU sport coaching graduate, co-founded Aspire Combat Sports Academy, a thriving MMA school that balanced its books in just eight weeks.
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 purpose of the Being Lean and Seen project is to advance project management knowledge with the end goal of helping people deliver successful projects.
In the £26 million Tom Reilly Building, you’ll find psychology students recording brain activity with EEG and fNIRS and using virtual reality systems and a driving simulator to test out simulated activities. See more of the facilities at LJMU's School of Psychology.
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.
Child and Youth research is divided into strands, find out more about this work.
Find out more or contact the researchers within the Drug use and Drug Policy research group.
Learn how LJMU's Faculty of Health, Innovation, Technology and Science collaborates with industry partners, driving innovation and offering real-world student opportunities.
Discover study abroad funding options, including Erasmus+, the LJMU Travel Award, and scholarships available to LJMU students.