Research Laboratories

The following research programs and centers are affiliated with the Department of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. Contact the program or center director for more information.

ACCTION Lab

• Dr. Zoe Smith, Director

Activity Matters Lab

• Dr. Amy Bohnert, Director

Behavioral Research on Acceptance and Diversity Laboratory (BROAD) Lab

• Dr. Robyn Mallett, Director

Bilingual Language Development Lab

• Dr. Perla Gamez, Director

Chicago Healthy Adolescents Transition Study (CHATS) Lab

• Dr. Grayson Holmbeck, Director

Children's Memory and Learning

• Dr. Catherine Haden, Director

Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (CAN Lab)

• Dr. Robert Morrison, Director

Cognitive Development Lab

• Dr. Margaret Guy, Director 

Community Informed Research for Racial Equity in Children's Mental Health (CIRRCLE) Lab

• Dr. Sungha Kang, Director 

Dye Lab

• Dr. Toby Dye, Director

Education and Mentoring to Promote Opportunities of Wellbeing Equity & Resilience (EMPOWER) Lab

• Dr. Lidia Monjaras Gaytan, Director

Emotion, Language, and Cognition in Neurotypical and Atypical (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Development Research Lab

• Dr. Denise Davidson, Director

Emotion & Social Cognition (ESC) Lab

• Dr. Jeffrey Huntsinger

Guy Lab

• Dr. Margaret Guy, Director 

Human Perception Lab

• Dr. Nicholas Baker, Director

Improving Mental-health and Promoting Adjustment through College Transitions (IMPACT) Lab

• Dr. Colleen Conley, Director

Juntos Lab

• Dr. Guadalupe Lopez Hernandez, Director 

Loyola Center for Research on Child Development (CRDR)

• Dr. Margaret Guy and Dr. Elizabeth Wakefield 

Memory and Neuromodulatory Mechanisms Lab (MNEME)

• Dr. Stephanie Grella, Director

Movement & Learning Lab

• Dr. Elizabeth Wakefield, Director

Ottati Lab

• Dr. Victor Ottati, Director

Promoting Adjustment in Children through Evaluation

• Dr. Scott Leon, Director

Self and Social Interaction (SASI) Lab

• Dr. Tracy Dehart, Director

Self-Regulation, Early Development, and Settings (SEEDS) Lab

• Dr. Christine Li-Grining, Director

Steidl Lab

• Dr. Stephan Steidl, Director

Tindale Lab

• Dr. Scott Tindale, Director

Well-being and Emotion Lab at Loyola (WELL)

• Dr. Rebecca Silton, Director