Research lab websites
Our School's research quality and output is recognised as number one in New Zealand. Find out more about our current research labs.
![Affective and Criminal Neuroscience.jpg Links that form the image of a brain](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0003/1656615/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Affective and Criminal Neuroscience Lab
The afcrinLab investigates affective processes in general population and criminal contexts.
![Autobiographical Webpage.jpg](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/psyc/research/research-lab-sites/autobiographical-memory-lab/Autobiographical-Webpage.jpg/ls_medium.jpg)
Autobiographical Memory Lab
The autobiographical memory lab studies the relationship between memory of personal experiences and psychological wellbeing, with a particular focus on youth.
![cacr.jpg Banner - people crossing a road juxtaposed with an image of rolls of fabric.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0011/888293/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research
The Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research addresses challenging global psychological and social issues through sound cross-cultural theory and research.
![cognitive-and-affective-neuroscience-lab Model of a brain sitting on a window ledge.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/893374/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab
The Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab studies the cognitive and emotional processes that allow us to think, feel, and act.
![Cognitive Neuropsycology Lab image.jpg Image relating to cognitive neuropsychology lab](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0005/1926158/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab
The Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab uses the principles of neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience to advance our understanding of how the mind works.
![elmo-logo.png](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/psyc/research/research-lab-sites/emotions,-love,-and-motivation-lab/elmo-logo.png/ls_medium.png)
Emotions, Love, and Motivation Lab
The Emotions, Love, and Motivation lab focuses on how and why emotions shape people’s health and well-being with a focus on intimate and family relationships
![theoretical-psychology-lab Theoretical psychology books on a shelf.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0008/1053827/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Explanation of Psychopathology and Crime Lab
The EPC Lab explores theoretical issues in clinical and forensic psychology, including explanations of psychopathology, crime, and rehabilitation.
![infant-and-child-congition-lab.jpg Infant and child congition lab.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0010/888292/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Infant and Child Cognition Lab
Victoria's Infant and Child Cognition Lab aims to better understand how babies and children think and learn about the world around them.
![mind-in-context-lab.jpg Hands drawing a sketch on a scrap of paper.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0008/1686284/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Mind in Context Lab
The Mind in Context Lab studies how social contexts of culture, society, and ecology shape the ways people see each other and the world around them.
![mindreading-lab A man sits on a bench looking out over gently rolling hills.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0010/900388/mindreading-lab.jpg)
Mindreading Lab
The Mindreading Lab studies how humans have two cognitive systems for tracking and ascribing others’ beliefs.
![romantic-relationships-lab.jpg Romantic relationships lab](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/888288/romantic-relationships-lab-o.jpg)
Romantic Relationships Lab
The Romantic Relationships Lab examines challenging questions about love and human relationships.
![social-cognition-lab Social cognition lab.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0009/898992/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Social Cognition Lab
The Social Cognition Lab aims to better understand how different social perceptions are formed, and how those perceptions affect our behaviour.
![Hand over hand Four unseen women stack their eight hands in a huddle](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/psyc/research/research-lab-sites/talk-and-the-body/hand-over-hand-jpg/ls_medium.jpg)
Using talk and the body to prevent gender-based violence
Find out about this Marsden-funded research project led by Professor Ann Weatherall and Bell Murphy.
![te whānau lab The whānau lab represented by an image of te herenga waka marae](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/1722562/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Te Whānau Lab
Te Whānau Lab research engages with the Treaty of Waitangi principles and reflects whānau interests which benefit the whānau and research communities.
![susilo-lab An image of many animated but blurry faces.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/898972/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Vision and Cognition Lab
The Susilo Lab studies how people recognise objects, with a special focus on face processing and face blindness (prosopagnosia).
![youth-forensic-psychology-research-lab Youth forensic psychology research lab.](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/898990/varieties/ls_medium.jpg)
Youth Forensic Psychology Research Lab
The Youth Forensic Psychology Research Lab focuses on youth offenders, rehabilitation, and youth interactions with the justice system.
![social-justice-and-wellbeing-study.jpg](https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/psyc/research/research-lab-sites/jaws-study/social-justice-and-wellbeing-study.jpg/ls_medium.jpg)
Social Justice and Wellbeing Study
The Social Justice and Wellbeing Studies (JAWS) lab is interested in wellbeing and how issues of social justice and equity contribute to this.