Innovative and practical research
Macquarie is home to internationally respected psychologists, linguists, cognitive scientists and speech pathologists who are leading the world in understanding and treating a wide range of disorders.
Areas of specialisation
- Applied and developmental psychology
- Behavioural neuroscience
- Clinical and health psychology
- Clinical neuropsychology
- Cognition
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Industrial and organisational psychology (including human factors)
- Memory and attention
- Mental health
- Personality and individual differences
- Psycholinguistics (including speech production and comprehension)
- Psychology of ageing
- Sensory processes, perception and performance.
Learn more about our research strengths.
Research collectives
Research highlights
Macquarie has made sustained strategic investment through national, university, and faculty research centres. Our researchers and research collectives are leaders in community engagement and collaborate broadly with industry and government.
Research news
Read more about the breakthroughs happening in the areas of research relating to psychology.