Research strengths
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.
Clinical psychology and psychopathology
Academic staff in clinical psychology and psychopathology at UNSW conduct internationally recognised research that focuses on a range of psychological disorders and the basic processes that underlie those disorders.
Learning and cognition
Cognition research focuses on how we analyse, integrate and interpret information, which is relevant to most aspects of human behaviour.
Behavioural neuroscience
Researchers in behavioural neuroscience have interests in the behavioural and brain mechanisms of learning, memory and motivation.
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.
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.
Neuropsychology
In neuropsychology, we investigate how different cognitive abilities (such as perception, language, memory) and emotional capacities are organised in the human brain.
Forensic psychology
Forensic psychology research relates to the connection between psychology and the law and covers a range of social, clinical and legal issues.
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.