Developmental Psychology

Overview

The study of all aspects of human development, with emphasis on social and personality development, perceptual development, and language acquisition. Research in this area also includes the study of developmental psychopathology.

RESEARCH AREA FACULTY


	Mark I. Appelbaum Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Addiction, and Intelligence.

	David Barner Language acquisition, conceptual development, number representation.

	Sandra A. Brown Alcohol and drug abuse across the life span.

	Leslie Carver Brain basis of cognitive and social development.

	Michael Cole The effects of culture on cognitive development.

	Karen R. Dobkins Infant and adult psychophysics, visual development and plasticity.

	Gail D. Heyman Social cognition, social and cultural influences on development.

	David Liu Cognitive development, social cognition, concepts, causal reasoning, developmental cognitive neuroscience.

	Laura E. Schreibman Behavior modification, infantile autism, applied behavior analysis.