Mood and Emotion Lab

University of South Florida | Department of Psychology

Welcome to The Mood and Emotion Laboratory (MEL) in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida!

MEL is a research laboratory devoted to the integration of affective and clinical science.

We apply methods and insights drawn from basic research on emotion to further understanding of important clinical conditions. Much of our work focuses on major depressive disorder, a common, often debilitating, mood condition.

We are also a teaching laboratory, training advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the measurement and analysis of emotion, using both experimental and naturalistic methods.

Director: Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D.