Psychology Lab, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo

The Department of Psychology, The University of Tokyo focuses on the researches in fundamental aspects of psychology. Our department has a long history. The department was founded in 1903 as the first experimental laboratory for psychology in Japan. Since then, our faculty members have been contributing to the research and education in basic psychological science. The department is currently led by three professors, one associate professor, and two assistant professors. Our department is home to about 70 people including graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows (JSPS research fellows, etc.), and research students. We are engaged in experimental studies focusing on basic psychological processes, such as perception, attention, learning, language, memory, emotion, and social cognition. We take interdisciplinary approaches utilizing methods in psychophysics, neuroscience, and cognitive science.