Australian National University (ANU) - Department of Psychology
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Department of Psychology (Building 39)
Canberra ACT 0200
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- Phone:
- +61 (02) 6125 2795 or 6125 2796
- Fax:
- +61 (02) 6125 0499
- Contact:
- Email contact form
- Website:
- http://psychology.anu.edu.au/

ANU was established by the Chifley government in 1946 to build the nation’s intellectual infrastructure. ANU still driven by their founding mission to advance the cause of learning and research in Australia and take our place amongst the great universities of the world. Explore this gateway to find out more about our history, governance and structure, their campus and our community.
Psychology at the ANU has strengths across many areas of psychological science. The Department places a high value on the production of original research by our staff and students. Discover more about the rapidly evolving discipline of psychology.
As part of the ANU College of Science, here in the School of Psychology we are committed first and foremost to the scientific discipline of Psychology. We place a high value on the production of original research by our staff and students, and we try to use, reproduce or extend much of that research through our undergraduate and graduate programs.
Research in the School of Psychology is associated with three main areas:
Social Psychology: The School of Psychology at the ANU is one of the leading centres in the world for the study of areas such as social identity and self-categorization, particularly in relation to stereotypes and stereotyping, social influence, the self-concept and intergroup behaviour generally.
Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology: The cognition and perception group at the ANU conducts research, research supervision, and teaching in a range of core areas within human cognition and perception. Research includes a strong emphasis on visual cognition as well as early visual processing, memory, hemipsheric lateralisation and interaction, and motor control.
Clinical and Health Psychology: The clinical and health psychology group at the ANU undertakes research and provides research supervision in a range of areas related to better understanding and managing psychological disorders and distress, models of psychological adjustment and the interface between health and psychology.
Major strands of research on developmental psychology, the biological basis of behaviour, decision science and research methods is also carried out within these broad groups.
The ANU Psychology Clinic is a research, training and treatment centre offering specialized psychological services to the community. The clinic provides assessment, counseling and therapy for adults who may be experiencing emotional or behavioural problems including anxiety, fears and phobias, depression, grief and stress related health conditions. The clinic also provides a specialist treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Therapy is provided individually or within groups, is time limited and centered around evidence based best practices.
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