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The 2015-2017 picture for Columbia University Department of Psychology is a 22-PI network with 8 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Psychology as the leading field (29% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), Social Psychology as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Child and Animal Learning Development as the leading topic (5% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The leading PI names are Donald C. Hood (20.9 weighted works; Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Imaging and Analysis). The clearest collaboration lines are Frances A. Champagne and James P. Curley (4 shared works, weight 2.6); Nim Tottenham and Bridget Callaghan (2 shared works, weight 2). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 5.5, around Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, led by James P. Curley, Kevin N. Ochsner, Frances A. Champagne.