founded in 2010 by dr. denise park, the current director of research, the center was joined by current director michael d. rugg in 2011. both park and rugg are fellows of the american association for the advancement of science (aaas) and the association for psychological science and hold distinguished chairs in the ut dallas school of behavioral and brain sciences. six full-time faculty belong to the center, with each faculty member leading a research group comprising a mixture of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and research assistants.