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Research Laboratories

The following research programs and centers are affiliated with the Department of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. Contact the program or center director for more information.

Activity Matters Lab

  • Dr. Amy Bohnert, Director

Behavioral Research on Acceptance and Diversity Laboratory (BROAD) Lab

  • Dr. Robyn Mallett, Director

Bilingual Language Development Lab

  • Dr. Perla Gámez, Director

Children's Memory and Learning

  • Dr. Catherine Haden, Director

Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (CAN Lab)

  • Dr. Robert Morrison, Director

Cognitive Development Lab

  • Dr. Margaret Guy, Director 

Community Informed Research for Racial Equity in Children's Mental Health (CIRRCLE) Lab

  • Dr. Sungha Kang, Director 

Education and Mentoring to Promote Opportunities of Wellbeing Equity & Resilience (EMPOWER) Lab

  • Dr. Lidia Monjaras Gaytan, Director

Emotion, Language, and Cognition in Neurotypical and Atypical (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Development Research Lab

  • Dr. Denise Davidson, Director

Emotion & Social Cognition (ESC) Lab

  • Dr. Jeffrey Huntsinger

Human Perception Lab

  • Dr. Nicholas Baker, Director

Improving Mental-health and Promoting Adjustment through College Transitions (IMPACT) Lab

  • Dr. Colleen Conley, Director

Juntos Lab

  • Dr. Guadalupe Lopez Hernandez, Director

LANENA Lab

  • Dr. Norberto Grzywacz, Director

Loyola Center for Research on Child Development (CRDR)

  • Dr. Margaret Guy and Dr. Elizabeth Wakefield 

Memory and Neuromodulatory Mechanisms Lab (MNEME)

  • Dr. Stephanie Grella, Director

Movement & Learning Lab

  • Dr. Elizabeth Wakefield, Director

Ottati Lab

  • Dr. Victor Ottati, Director

The Personality, Evaluation, and Psycholegal (PEP) Lab

  • Dr. Jared Ruchensky, Director

Promoting Adjustment in Children through Evaluation

  • Dr. Scott Leon, Director

Self and Social Interaction (SASI) Lab

  • Dr. Tracy Dehart, Director

Self-Regulation, Early Development, and Settings (SEEDS) Lab

  • Dr. Christine Li-Grining, Director

Steidl Lab

  • Dr. Stephan Steidl, Director

Well-being and Emotion Lab at Loyola (WELL)

  • Dr. Rebecca Silton, Director

The following research programs and centers are affiliated with the Department of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. Contact the program or center director for more information.

Activity Matters Lab

  • Dr. Amy Bohnert, Director

Behavioral Research on Acceptance and Diversity Laboratory (BROAD) Lab

  • Dr. Robyn Mallett, Director

Bilingual Language Development Lab

  • Dr. Perla Gámez, Director

Children's Memory and Learning

  • Dr. Catherine Haden, Director

Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (CAN Lab)

  • Dr. Robert Morrison, Director

Cognitive Development Lab

  • Dr. Margaret Guy, Director 

Community Informed Research for Racial Equity in Children's Mental Health (CIRRCLE) Lab

  • Dr. Sungha Kang, Director 

Education and Mentoring to Promote Opportunities of Wellbeing Equity & Resilience (EMPOWER) Lab

  • Dr. Lidia Monjaras Gaytan, Director

Emotion, Language, and Cognition in Neurotypical and Atypical (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Development Research Lab

  • Dr. Denise Davidson, Director

Emotion & Social Cognition (ESC) Lab

  • Dr. Jeffrey Huntsinger

Human Perception Lab

  • Dr. Nicholas Baker, Director

Improving Mental-health and Promoting Adjustment through College Transitions (IMPACT) Lab

  • Dr. Colleen Conley, Director

Juntos Lab

  • Dr. Guadalupe Lopez Hernandez, Director

LANENA Lab

  • Dr. Norberto Grzywacz, Director

Loyola Center for Research on Child Development (CRDR)

  • Dr. Margaret Guy and Dr. Elizabeth Wakefield 

Memory and Neuromodulatory Mechanisms Lab (MNEME)

  • Dr. Stephanie Grella, Director

Movement & Learning Lab

  • Dr. Elizabeth Wakefield, Director

Ottati Lab

  • Dr. Victor Ottati, Director

The Personality, Evaluation, and Psycholegal (PEP) Lab

  • Dr. Jared Ruchensky, Director

Promoting Adjustment in Children through Evaluation

  • Dr. Scott Leon, Director

Self and Social Interaction (SASI) Lab

  • Dr. Tracy Dehart, Director

Self-Regulation, Early Development, and Settings (SEEDS) Lab

  • Dr. Christine Li-Grining, Director

Steidl Lab

  • Dr. Stephan Steidl, Director

Well-being and Emotion Lab at Loyola (WELL)

  • Dr. Rebecca Silton, Director