Research, Northwestern Psychology Research As Northwestern is one of the major research universities in the United States, research is a central focus for the Department of Psychology. Although a general theme of the department is theoretical research in higher thought processes, most of the principal academic research disciplines in psychology are represented here. Because research is closely associated with graduate training, detailed information on research in these five areas appears under the graduate program links given above.
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Brief overview of goals of the field of psychology. Recent Findings at Northwestern Selected descriptions of recently published research. An interdisciplinary research consortium made up of cognitive psychologists, cultural anthropologists, ecologists, biologists, and linguists interested in humankind's changing relationship to its natural resources, such as forests, fauna, wetlands and waters. The Cresap Lab contains networked computers for undergraduate instruction. Scantron Capabilities of and instructions for the department's high speed laser scanner, for use in exam grading and questionnaire research.