Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2001: Subjects indexed by faculty
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Psychology

The PhD and MSc programs offered by the Department of Psychology involve a research project supervised by a member of staff and regular attendance at and participation in seminar programs. Current areas of active interest and inquiry in the department include sensory processes and perception, cognitive processes, neuropsychology, behavioural neuroscience, attentional and movement disorders, physiological substrates and correlates of behaviour, biochemistry of memory, attention and working memory, sound localisation, circadian rhythms, sleep psycholinguistics, word recognition and reading acquisition, human information processing and performance, human factors, analysis of human skill, road user behaviour, human-animal interactions, developmental psychology, gender issues, health psychology; vocational psychology, counselling, social psychology; play and aggression in children, child development, occupational, industrial, personnel and organisational psychology cross-cultural psychology, forensic psychology, effects of drugs on behaviour, psychology of aging, stress management. Graduates interested in pursuing research (in these or related areas of interdisciplinary studies involving human or animal behaviour towards a higher degree) should consult the postgraduate studies officer, Department of Psychology.
Prospective research students should also refer to information on the Doctor of Psychology. This program is offered in clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology and organisational psychology. The program includes a major research thesis, coursework and supervised practica.
Further information on graduate programs and research staff in the Department of Psychology is set out in the booklet ´Postgraduate studies in psychology', available from the department. This information may also be found on the website at http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/psych/

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