Being part of a lab

Week 4 Updates from Janice

Hi everyone, it’s Janice! I’m currently interning at the Grisham OCD Lab, working closely with Associate Professor Jessica Grisham and PhD candidate Keong Yap. Together we will be looking at how minimal social interactions…

Rainy day reflections

The day before yesterday, I found out that my supervisor has been diagnosed with a serious illness and is beginning treatment immediately. It’s one of those things that feels unreal, and yet all too terribly, crushingly real at the same time. It reminds me of a phrase that I once read…

Anddddd the mid-sem break is over! :(

Hey guys, Ray here with another update on my project! I can’t believe that the mid-sem break is nearly over and I’ve spent most of my free time just working on the proposal (how uneventful…). How was everyone’s break though? Any fun travels or events? Please, I…

Testing in an EEG Lab — Trial and Error

Hi all, here’s an EEG update from Tegan.

So, I am lucky enough to have some previous experience in EEG (used to red real-time brain activity) before I started this internship. As such, the PhD candidate I’ve been paired with decided…

print “hello world, it’s us”

Welcome to the space of Print “Hello World” — a space where learning is sustenance and reflection helps wash it down. Follow our adventures as we each undertake a psychology research internship and experience its highs and lows. We’ll offer our insights, share our struggles, and…

Finally made it to the mid-sem break!

Janice here again with updates on how my project is going! Unfortunately I can’t say that…

Week 3 updates

Hi guys, it’s Claire here.

I am here to report on the progress that I have been making, three weeks into this Research Internship.

First of all, a little bit about my project. I am working with Dr Kate Faasse whose area of research is Health…

T-27 hours before draft submission

As I sit here in the lab room working on my proposal draft in between running participants, I think to myself, am I going to be able to submit a proper draft by tomorrow? Recently I’ve been locking myself into a one person cubicle so that I’m not distracted by others…

Six weeks in: Looking back and looking forward

How have six weeks passed already?! This semester seems to be flying by, as is this research internship. I want time to slow down a bit now (that reminds me of the time perception project that Rebecca, another research intern, is working on)…

Watching the data roll in

Hi everyone, it’s me Claire again! I’m here to update ya’ll on how my data collection (and the rest of the internship) is going.

First of all, I am so grateful that my study is a purely online one — it makes data collection an absolute breeze! My study has…