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Connecting through Research
Faculty-student research collaboration is at the core of who we are as a campus. You will find an abundance of exciting research opportunities, most of which take an interdisciplinary perspective when looking at the issues and problems facing us as a society. We invite you to learn more about the impact our faculty and students are having and the many opportunities for research connections here on the West campus. Many of the research links are posted below.
Biosocial Psychology Laboratory
Emotion and Psychophysiology Laboratory
Health Behavior Research Laboratory
Healthy Families Laboratory
Legal Psychology Laboratory
Stress and Social Relationships Lab
Vision Science Lab
Biosocial Psychology Laboratory [Back to top]
Our lab's research focuses on the study of emotion and on the cultural and biological forces that shape emotional responses. We use behavioral and physiological measures to study emotion and emotion regulation in patient populations (patients with neurological or psychological disorders), healthy adults, and couples. We also study the impact of daily life stress on emotion, cultural influences on emotion, and how emotion influences decision-making. View our website Emotion and Psychophysiology Laboratory
Health Behavior Research Laboratory [Back to top]
The core theme of the lab is the study of how our own behavior affects our health, and how that interaction is modulated by environmental and social factors. Examples of behaviors and psychological factors potentially having major effects on our health include drug use, dietary choices, exercise level, risk taking, low literacy, and others. Current research topics include:
- The role of impulsiveness in the development and treatment of methamphetamine addiction (in collaboration with community clinics)
- The ability to delay gratification and its relation with risk taking
- The design and use of computer-based multimedia interventions to enhance access to asthma care for low literacy populations
- Development of laboratory instruments and methods to measure human behavior.
Opportunities for Students
By enrolling in Supervised Research or Individualized Instruction courses, students can earn research credits collaborating in one or more ongoing research projects. Depending on qualifications and level of participation, students can simply obtain a hands-on experience with behavioral research, be co-authors in conference presentations and scientific publications, or propose and conduct their own thesis research. Participating in research at the HBRL is an excellent way to prepare for graduate studies.
For more information, contact Dr. Elias Robles at (602) 543-4515 or elias.robles@asu.edu
Healthy Families Laboratory [Back to top]
The research in our laboratory focuses on how families teach their children about how to be healthy and safe, and how families manage the health and safety of their children. We use behavioral and interview measures to study parent-child conversation about health and risk, and how parents and children understand what is risky to children and how to prevent injury and disease. By enrolling in Supervised Research or Individualized Instruction courses, students can gain research experience and earn research credits working with us on one or more ongoing research projects.
Legal Psychology Laboratory [Back to top]
Our lab's research involves the application of psychological science to issues relevant to the legal system. We focus on the study of eyewitness memory, perceptions of eyewitness testimony, various aspects of police procedure in the collection of eyewitness evidence, and jurors' and judges' decision making when presented with expert scientific evidence (particularly forensic identification evidence). View our website: Legal Psychology Laboratory
Our lab combines social and health psychology, studying differences in the way people respond to social stress. One current focus is on the long-term consequences of being bullied during adolescence for emotional and physiological responses to stress in adulthood. We use variety of methods and measures in the lab, ranging from internet surveys to collecting physiological data. View the website: Stress and Social Relationships Lab
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