Psychology PhD

Psychology at Nottingham is dedicated to the study of the psychological and biological basis of behaviour. Our research spans many sub-disciplines in psychology. These range from personality to neuroscience, to developmental psychology.<br/><br/>Our research is organised into different themes as listed below. However, PhD projects can involve collaborations across these or with different faculties.<br/><br/>Research groups:<br/><br/><br/>- Behavioural Neuroscience<br/><br/><br/>- Cognition and Language<br/><br/><br/>- Computational Neuroscience<br/><br/><br/>- Human Learning and Development<br/><br/><br/>- Perception and Action<br/><br/><br/>- People and society<br/><br/><br/>- Visual Neuroscience<br/><br/><br/> Example project areas include:<br/><br/><br/>- investigating theoretical and applied aspects of language comprehension<br/><br/><br/>- public perceptions of climate change and energy futures<br/><br/><br/>- the psychology of driving<br/><br/><br/>- understanding the causes and treatment of schizophrenia<br/><br/><br/>- effects of errors on memory performance<br/><br/><br/>- when does overcoming adversity, challenge or failure lead to personal growth?<br/><br/><br/>- understanding the basic mechanisms of sensory perception<br/><br/><br/>- hippocampo-prefrontal-subcortical circuit in cognition and behaviour<br/>