Welcome to the homepage for the Cognition and Emotion Lab (CEL) in the School of Communication at Florida State University. The CEL was founded and directed by Dr. Russell B. Clayton who is the Distinguished and Endowed Provost McKenzie Professor at Florida State University. The CEL is a state-of-the-art media psychology research and teaching laboratory devoted to investigating how people cognitively and emotionally process and respond to different types of media messages and technologies. The CEL (room 4402 in University Center C) houses psychophysiological measurement tools (BIOPAC) including cardiac activity, skin conductance, and facial electromyography, as well as eye-tracking equipment, and measurement tools for recording behavioral and response latency data. Latest 2025 news stories: CELebration of Research: CEL’s Year of Achievement & Journal of Advertising Publishes SCOM Professor’s Study