Life of an Intern – Research in Animal Behaviour (Part 2)
April 30, 2013
Summer break is a good time for undergraduate students as they can be enrolled into various programs, part-time jobs and internships. For me, I applied for an internship in Cerca Insights, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) which specialized in behavioral pharmacology. This company collaborates with customers from all around the world. Their vision is to …
Life of an Intern – Research in Animal Behaviour (Part 1)
April 24, 2013
Working in Cerca Insights, Penang gave me a brand new experience in the field of psychology. Before this, what was taught in class about animal behaviour and psychopharmacology could only be read in textbooks and articles, but here in Cerca Insights, I was exposed to the devices and methods used in these areas of research. …
Oh-So-Fun Prism Goggles Experiment
April 17, 2013
Ever wondered what it would be like to have your vision shifted horizontally – say by 30° to 40°? Well if you have, you could have experienced this by participating in our experiment! Under the watchful eye of Dr. Kirsten McKenzie, a bunch of us – Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience students – conducted experiments …
Life of an Intern – Research in Malaysian Orphanages
April 10, 2013
It was definitely a great experience to be able to work for an internship research project under the supervision of Dr. Marc Archer during the summer. The project aimed to understand the situation of child abandonment and alternative care in Malaysian context. Personally, I have always had the passion and curiosity for understanding, and helping …
Life of an Intern – Research in Memory & Attention
March 27, 2013
What started off as a productive way of spending the summer holidays turned out to be exactly that and also an opportunity to learn more about what research really is, outside the context of a classroom and in the seriousness of a full-fledged, ongoing research work. This gave me an exclusive peek into the amount …
The Life of a Researcher – Data Collection
March 12, 2013
If you ask psychology students about the challenges they face when conducting a research, the most common response you will hear is probably data collection or the recruitment of participants. As the focus of my research is on older adults (individuals aged above 60), it was a relief, and surprise to learn that these adults …