Facilities within the School of Psychology

Supporting teaching and research across the breadth of psychology and human neuroscience
Psychology facilities

State-of-the-art facilities

Within the School of Psychology, we are committed to shaping our students into the best psychologists and professionals they can be. Our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment will help students maximise their potential and develop their core skills, ready to embark on a range of exciting and rewarding careers .

Hands-on-learning

We’ve redesigned the way we teach psychology at Â鶹´«Ã½. Listening to feedback from our students, we have created a curriculum where the focus is on active learning instead of attending lectures. Our range of practical activities in a range of specialist facilities are embedded throughout our courses, enabling you to put your new knowledge in practice.
 

An excellent range of specialist laboratories

We have specialist laboratories exclusive to the school which can be booked for use by both students and staff. Labs range from single and multiple participant networked PC rooms through to social interaction or group participation rooms with the scope to set up bespoke environments on request.
Specialist laboratories include:
  • virtual reality laboratories with the latest headset technologies and state of the art PC hardware including full experimental development support by the in house Technical team,
  • facilities for brain imaging, electrophysiology, and psychophysiology,
  • a Health Psychology Lab, with Biopac psychophysiology equipment to record heart, pulse, respiration, skin conductance and eye muscle measures and a computer controlled exercise bike to both control and measure physical activity,
  • fully supported Eye Tracking facilities,
  • social labs with table or soft seating and full video recording facilities or personal observation options,
  • computer laboratories with various capacities, networked and with industry leading experimental software installed or bespoke solutions available,
  • Â鶹´«Ã½ Baby Lab , our bespoke suite of lab space for language development, social cognition and social development research from infancy to school age,
  • hands-on learning in our psychology experiential learning lab. We embedded practical activities throughout the course, so you can put new knowledge into practice and build practical skills for future careers.
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Find out more about our labs

Brain Imaging Centre

The Brain Research & Imaging Centre (BRIC) , the most advanced multi-modal brain imaging facility in the South West, will provide the sea-change to enhance the quality of our research in human neuroscience.
It includes seven cutting-edge human research laboratories in:
  • brain stimulation
  • cognition and behaviour
  • computational modelling
  • electroencephalography (EEG)
  • magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with the most advanced 3-Tesla scanner available
  • motor control
  • pain neuroplasticity and modulation.
Our laboratories will critically advance our enquiry toward the most advanced brain research, improved radiological diagnostics and better patient care.
The partnership between the Â鶹´«Ã½, University Hospitals Â鶹´«Ã½ NHS Trust and DDRC Healthcare is central to our wider aim of delivering rapid improvements to health and wellbeing from the regional to the global scale.
psychology facilities
psychology facilities