The College of Saint Rose

Department of Psychology

Research Facilities

The Department of Psychology houses the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Laboratory. Each of the department's laboratory courses (e.g., Physiological Psychology, Neuropsychology, Sensation & Perception, and Learning) are taught in this lab, and these classes are capped at 12 students per section, ensuring extensive direct faculty supervision and close student/faculty interaction. The lab is arranged with a large common space surrounded by 6 smaller research rooms for conducting experiments and collecting data. One room is a surgical space where small animal neurosurgeries are conducted. Many students elect to acquire research experience by working with faculty or by developing their own research projects. The Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Laboratory is equipped with a variety of tools for examining behavior and cognition in rats and humans, some of which are listed below.

Human Research Equipment:

1. Blood Glucose Monitors

2. Blood Pressure Monitors

3. Thermometers

4. Continuous Performance Test - Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA)

5. International Affective Picture System (IAPS)

6. Numerous Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Assessment Instruments

Rat Research Equipment:

1. Morris Water Maze (for infants and adults)

2. Elevated Plus-Maze (for infants and adults)

3. Two computer automated Operant Conditioning Chambers

4. Computer automated Startle-Response System

5. Computer automated Passive-Avoidance Conditioning System

6. T-Maze

7. Object Recognition Memory and Spatial Location Memory Testing Equipment

8. AnyMaze Digital Animal Tracking System

9. Running Wheels

10. Conditioned Taste Aversion Chambers

11. Defensive Burying Apparatus

12. Stereotaxic Apparatus for Neurosurgeries

13. Microinjection Pump

14. Surgical Microscope

15. Electrolytic Lesion Generator

16. Surgical Thermoregulation Equipment

General Laboratory Equipment:

1. 6 Compound Light Microscopes

2. Histology Grade Microscope with Digital Imaging/Projection System

3. Fumehood

4. Freezing Microtome

5. Centrifuge

6. Hot Plates/Stir Plates

7. Liquid Nitrogen

8. CO2 Canisters

9. Surgical Sterilizer

10. Scales & Balances

11. Video Projection System

12. Surgical & Dissection Instruments

13. Human Brain & Human Brain Model

 

This page was last updated on 4/1/08