About the Department of Psychology
The University of Otago was established in 1869 as New Zealand’s
first university. It has Divisions of Sciences, Humanities,
Health Sciences, and Commerce. Psychology is in the Division
of Sciences.
In the recent Performance-Based Research Fund rating exercise,
the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago was
rated as the best Psychology Department in New Zealand.
Research in neuroscience, psychopharmacology, psychophysiology,
and behavioural processes is supported by specialised
laboratories, and neurophysiological apparatus. Clinical,
developmental, and social psychology laboratories include
interview rooms, computer recording facilities for coding
behaviour, and audio-visual recording equipment. Research
in cognition and perception includes equipment for recording
evoked potentials, for measuring eye movements, for investigating
hemisphere asymmetry, and a flight simulator. The technical
and administrative staff of the Department provide enthusiastic
and skilled assistance over a wide range of areas of research.
Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged and there are
well-established links with other university departments in
the Division of Sciences, the Division of Humanities, and
in the Division of Health Sciences. Distinguished visitors
to the Department and members of the university contribute
to the Departmental Seminar series. There are also regular
research seminars in Psychobiology, Sensation & Perception,
and Clinical Psychology, in addition to the graduate courses
offered by the Department.
The academic staff of the Department of Psychology supervise
graduate research in a wide range of areas of experimental
and applied psychology, including behavioural processes, clinical
psychology, cognition, cognitive neuroscience, developmental
psychology, human factors, memory, neuropsychology, perception,
psychobiology, psychopharmacology, psychophysiology, and social
psychology. All research is supported by a well-equipped workshop,
and computer laboratories.
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