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Brain and Cognition Lab

The Brain and Cognition Lab is a laboratory within the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Akureyri. It is equipped with a 32-channel EEG system and equipment for computerized behavioral studies. The lab also includes also computing facilities for processing our research data, and for computational modelling.
Current research topics in the lab include, for example, visual attention and memory, emotional arousal biases of attention, synesthesia, retrieval effects of memory, short term memory architecture, EEG studies in seasonal affective disorder, and reliability of quantitative EEG.
We welcome undergraduate and master’s students in the lab, undertaking research within the scope of their theses or as research assistants, and the lab facilities and associated research methods are incorporated in our teaching at the Faculty of Psychology.

Communication and Relationships Research Lab (CoRe Lab)

The CoRe research group has been conducting research on emotion, emotion regulation, interpersonal relationships, and their impact on our daily life outcomes, such as social judgments. Our research focuses on interpersonal relationships, their manifestations at the individual (e.g., trust) and group levels (e.g., political orientations), and their impacts on these constructs on social judgments like moral decisions and snap judgments. We study with both individuals and couples using a multi-method approach that includes measurement of physiological responses, observation of social behaviors, and self-reports.

Child Development Lab (CuteLab)

In the CuteLab, we investigate how babies and young children learn to understand the world around them, and soon become active contributors to their interactions. Our main research topics focus on moral development (e.g., social evaluation, lying) and active learning (e.g., child- and/or adult-initiated behaviors, early curiosity) in different social and cultural environments. Our research takes the form of short, child-friendly interactive games or presentations that are designed to be fun and/or engaging to young children. We use a variety of methodological approaches (e.g., home and/or lab observations, behavioral experiments) across a range of ages (6 months through adulthood) and diverse cultural groups. Check our website for further information.

Icelandic Vision Lab

The University of Akureyri is one of three hosts of the Icelandic Vision Lab, which is a collaborative network of high-level visual cognition researchers in Iceland.

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