Addiction

Facilities

The Addiction Research Group runs two laboratories and makes use of other cutting edge facilities within the Department of Psychological Sciences.

The Bar Laboratory

This laboratory has been equipped to give the appearance of a 'pub', increasing the ecological validity of experimental research. The lab is used for experimental studies funded by ESRC, MRC, the Wellcome Trust, and Alcohol Research UK.  Read more

The Eye Tracking Laboratory

Eye tracking method provides continuous information about visual fixation and scanning of objects. The eye-tracking method has been utilised by various groups within the department to study attentional processing, with current research implementing the state-of-the-art facility to probe the evolution of visual preferences. The department has a desk mounted eye-tracking system, as well as Tobii glasses a wearable, mobile eye-tracking system.