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REU Site: Translating Research in the Psychological Sciences to the Real World

Rice University

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This research experience for undergraduates is funded by the National Science Foundation. It is an 8-week summer research program located at Rice University, Houston, Texas.Undergraduates will be fully immersed in a research environment and conduct a rigorous project that has implications for real-world problems. Topics are diverse such as patient safety, hiring and personnel selection, discrimination, driving, health psychology, human-computer interaction, human-automation interaction, cybersecurity, election ballots, workplace conditions, leadership, language comprehension and production, sustained attention, aging, emotion regulation, education, usability, AI-powered assessment, virtual reality, teamwork and training. Students also will attend research presentations by faculty mentors,

NSFUndergraduates - First YearUndergraduates - SophomoreUndergraduates - JuniorUndergraduates - SeniorPsychology & Behavioral SciencesCognitive NeuroscienceCognitive PsychologyComputational ModelingHealth DisparitiesHuman PerceptionHuman-Computer InteractionNeurosciencePsychologyVirtual Environments