Psychology Department

Lab Work

Academic Motivation Lab

Jennifer Henderlong Corpus

I study the developmental, situational, and dispositional factors that underlie students’ motivation to learn. More specifically, I examine the tension and synergy between intrinsic and extrinsic forms of motivation as well as the strategies that parents and teachers use (e.g., praise, reward systems) to enhance or unwittingly undermine such motivation.

» Visit the Academic Motivation Lab website

Adolescent Health Research Program

Kristen G. Anderson

My laboratory, the Adolescent Health Research Program, collaborates with other researchers, school personnel, and treatment centers, to better understand the processes whereby youth make decisions to use alcohol and other drugs as well as make purposeful efforts to cut down, stop or quit these behaviors.

» Visit the Adolescent Health Research Program website

Social Psychology Research Lab, including the Student Perception Project

Kathryn C. Oleson

I study a variety of topics in the field of interpersonal perception, including perception of one’s self, individuals, and groups. My two main areas of study include research on the self and on stereotyping and prejudice.

To find out about some of my recent work on the self in academic context, visit my lab website.

Cognitive Electrophysiology - SCALP LAB

Michael Pitts & Enriqueta Canseco-Gonzalez

Our lab explores a wide range of topics from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, including sensory and perceptual processing, multi-sensory interactions, speech perception, language production and comprehension, selective attention, and consciousness. Our primary technique is electro-encephalography (EEG), from which we derive event-related potentials (ERPs) and oscillatory dynamics in time-frequency space. We also employ complementary approaches including psychophysics, behavioral research, eye-tracking, and neuropsychological assessments.

» Visit the SCALP website