Psychology Laboratory Facilities

• Large Observation Suite – with new digital audio and visual recording equipment
• Forensic Interview Suite – with new digital audio and visual recording equipment and two-way mirrors for discrete observation purposes. 

• Psychophysiology Laboratory – with EEG equipment, including the Curry EEG system with Stim 2 software and Brainvision products, to record and analyse physical responses, such as electrical activity in the brain and neural processes.
• 3 x Health Laboratories – with cold pressor water baths including Grant Cold pressor Immersion baths, physiological BioPac systems to monitor blood pressure, skin conductance and heart rate, to explore how the body reacts to different psychological states. We also house a variety of fitness equipment to induce stress and pain. 
• Eye-Tracking Laboratory – with Tobii equipment, including Pro Fusion and Pro Glasses, to discover how eye movement can be tracked and analysed to measure spatial attention, and used to study areas such as facial recognition and change blindness.
• Dog Cognition Laboratory – Our research is strictly observational, we give the dogs various fun games to solve and by observing their decisions and strategies, we learn about their behaviour and cognitive processes.
• Motion Capture Laboratory – a large space with 10 Oqus 500+ automated tracking system (1000 Hz, full resolution) cameras and Qualysis Track Manager (QTM) software to allow data collection on movement and reactions.

• Vive Wireless VR equipment and Steam Software
• FLIR Thermal Camera

Our team at the Autism Centre for Research on Employment (ACRE) has developed an innovative approach to autism employment support that focuses on supporting employers, not just autistic employees, including a suite of freely available Profiling Assessment (PA©) tools.

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Our researchers have pioneered Cognitive Credibility Assessment (CCA) - an ethical, information-gathering, lie detection procedure that capitalises on differences in the cognitive processing and strategies that truth tellers and liars use.

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Our researchers developed the Self-Administered Interview and Timeline Technique as investigative tools to elicit comprehensive memory accounts from witnesses, victims, and informants. These tools have been adopted into policy in the UK, US and Europe, leading to improved practice and training in police forces and national security agencies.

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Our research on orangutan long calls has contributed to the first discovery of a new living ape species in nearly a century, the Tapanuli orangutan. With fewer than 800 individuals, it is the most endangered great ape species in the world. The team has also co-developed methods to assess the survival potential of rehabilitant orangutans with conservation and government organisations in Malaysia.

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