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Welcome to UAB’s Department of Psychology

We are one of the largest undergraduate majors on campus, the home of three excellent graduate programs, and a center for cutting-edge research conducted by faculty and students working together.

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Our lab's research is focused on better understanding the neural systems that mediate learning, memory, and emotion processes. Disruption of these processes appears to play a key role in the type of emotional dysfunction that characterizes mood and anxiety disorders.

Director: David Knight