TRCNLabs
Trevor Robbins Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratories is part of the Common Experimental Area, -- a psycho-physiological research hub at the Department of Psychology, providing rooms and equipment for a variety of projects.
The space opened in 2024 and was named after Professor Trevor Robbins (CBE FRS FMedSci), former head of the Department of Psychology, to commemorate his academic legacy of promoting inter-school collaboration and translational science. TRCNLabs aims to support communal research culture in academia.
Whether you are a PI, ECR, postgraduate, or an undergraduate member of the Department, we encourage you to use the TRCNLabs services. From SONA and Gorilla management, to finding spaces for your data collection, to showcasing how to handle experimental kit!
TRCNLabs are open to any research project involving human participants. Rooms are available for designs spanning from behavioural procedures, to neurovisualisation techniques such as EEG (electroencephalography), to VR exploration. You can find more details about the available equipment through the navigation menu on the left. You are also welcome to donate or contribute financially to any more psycho-physiological equipment.
For a tour of the facilities or to integrate your project into TRCNLabs schedule, please contact the coordinating lab technician - Nina (trcnlabs@psychol.cam.ac.uk; cc ns963@cam.ac.uk).
Please, keep in mind that as the space is shared between many users, your projects can only be integrated with enough notice! You are advised to get in touch about using TRCNLabs at least 2 months in advance of your planned data collection. For new projects the minimum notice period is 4 weeks, while for recurring projects (second round of the same data collection, etc.) the minimum notice period is 2 weeks.
NB: For the PIs, who supervise Part II projects, we launched a questionnaire to better understand the Department's needs when it comes to shared research facilities. Please, take part if members of your lab are looking for testing suites and/or equipment: Assessing Experimental Needs at the Department
Note that the access to the form is restricted to people, specified by the Teaching Office. If you believe you should have the access, please email the Lab Technician.
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For any queries regarding TRCNLabs, including equipment and room requests, please contact the Lab-managing Technician Nina via trcnlabs@psychol.cam.ac.uk (cc ns963@cam.ac.uk)