Areas, Faculty and Labs
Department of Psychology faculty and students work across nine different areas to produce exceptional, innovative research about the human mind, brain and behavior. Our research consistently receives more than $5 million annually in grant funding. Learn more →
Centers and Collaboratives
The Department of Psychology recognizes and encourages the outstanding research that emerges through interdisciplinary partnerships. Our centers and collaboratives play a key role in these efforts, connecting faculty and students with experts from other colleges, departments and schools at Ohio State, as well as national and international partners.
Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging
CCBBI aims to contribute to the development of future brain imaging modalities and to create and disseminate knowledge about brain, mind and imaging research.
Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences
CCBS advances the study of mind, brain and formal models of cognitive processes and promotes interdisciplinary research in cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience.
Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation
C-SPAM facilitates research on the causes of polarization and misinformation and potential solutions to these pressing issues. It does so using an interdisciplinary scientific lens.
Decision Sciences Collaborative
DSC brings together Ohio State's diverse strengths in the decision sciences into a single community for programs, education and research.
Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging
CCBBI aims to contribute to the development of future brain imaging modalities and to create and disseminate knowledge about brain, mind and imaging research.
Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences
CCBS advances the study of mind, brain and formal models of cognitive processes and promotes interdisciplinary research in cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience.
Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation
C-SPAM facilitates research on the causes of polarization and misinformation and potential solutions to these pressing issues. It does so using an interdisciplinary scientific lens.
Decision Sciences Collaborative
DSC brings together Ohio State's diverse strengths in the decision sciences into a single community for programs, education and research.
Recent Faculty Publications
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Benedetta Leuner, Scientific Reports
"Gestational stress disrupts dopamine and oxytocin signaling in the postpartum reward system of rats"
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Marc J. Tassé, JAMA Pediatrics
"About Whom Are We Talking When We Use Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?"
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Jeremy Grant, Journals of Gerontology
"Depression, Vascular Burden, and Dementia Prevalence in Late Middle-Aged and Older Black Adults"
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Scott Hayes, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
"Establishing the feasibility of exercise breaks during university lectures"
Student Research Spotlight: Kelly Hiersche
In spring 2025, cognitive neuroscience doctoral student Kelly Hiersche won the department's Herbert A. Toops Prize for Creativity for her work on children's language development.