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The 2015-2017 picture for University of California, Davis Department of Psychology is a 34-PI network with 23 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Psychology as the leading field (37% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), Cognitive Neuroscience as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Primate Behavior and Ecology as the leading topic (5% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Charles DeCarli (12.7 weighted works; Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Infrared Thermography in Medicine); Karen L. Bales (12.2 weighted works; Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior). The strongest pairings are Jonas G. Miller and Paul D. Hastings (7 shared works, weight 5.2). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 6 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 9.4, around Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, led by Arne D. Ekstrom, Charan Ranganath, Megan A. Boudewyn; group 2 with 5 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 6.2, around Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, led by Karen L. Bales, Brian C. Trainor, Emilio Ferrer.