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Research Areas

The UC Davis Department of Psychology contains five major "areas": Biological Psychology, Developmental, Perception-Cognition, Quantitative and Social-Personality. Boundaries between the areas are fluid, and students are encouraged to take seminars in all five.

Biological Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Perception, Cognition and Cognitive Neurscience
Quantitative Psychology
Social and Personality Psychology

Latest News

Professor Andrew Fox Wins Early Career Award

Professor Andrew Fox was awarded the Society of Biological Psychiatry's 2025 AE Bennett Clinical/Translational Research Award.

The Bennett Award is given to an early-career investigator who has made outstanding contributions in clinical or translational research in psychiatry. 

Professor Fox's research focuses on the neurobiology of affective style. His lab studies humans and nonhuman primates using methods such as high throughput computing, neuroimaging, RNA-sequencing, cellphone-based experience sampling, and chemogenetics.

Professor Simona Ghetti Elected Fellow of AAAS

 

Professor Simona Ghetti is among eight faculty from UC Davis newly elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as of March 27, 2025.