Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – Stress Induced Food Cravings
November 20, 2013
Continuing with the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition series, here is Adila Alias’ research titled “Stress Induced Food Cravings.” My research looks at stress induced food cravings with race being the manipulating variable. Race, in this context, represents the ethnicity or the ethnic group For example; would it be safe to say that I, …
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – Foraging for Thought
November 13, 2013
Continuing with the series of posts on the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, here is Poh Wei Lin’s talk titled “Foraging for Thought.” Whenever I tell people that I study psychology, the usual response I get is “Can you read my mind?” Just to be clear, I can’t, even if I stared deeply into your …
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – How do people describe faces?
November 6, 2013
Continuing from last week’s blog post on the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, here is Lee Ai-Suan’s talk titled “Black hair, brown eyes: How do people describe faces?” Look at the person next to you. How would you describe his or her face? Research has shown that people from different cultures process information in different …
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – Spoken English Discrimination Training
October 23, 2013
Continuing from last week’s blog post on the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, here is an entry from Christine Leong. The title of her talk was “Do You Hear This? Or Do You Hear That? : Spoken English Discrimination Training.” What? Did you just say pet a pet? Or did you just say pat a …
Malala Yousafzai: Words To Remember
October 21, 2013
Disclaimer: The author of this article is no expert on Malala Yousafzai, the current state of education in Pakistan or on psychology in general. “You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education”. The words above were uttered by one Malala Yousafzai during her interview at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, …
3rd Year Modules: Evolution of Brain and Behaviour
October 9, 2013
Continuing with the series of introducing third year modules… To start things off, I am going to try to answer two very different questions: 1) Why is a mother breastfeeding her child? 2) How did Malaysia revolutionise psychology, but get no credit for it? How do these questions relate to my module? Keep reading and …
3rd Year Modules: Autism
October 2, 2013
Unlike modules for first and second years, final year undergraduate modules in the School of Psychology at UNMC are entirely developed by lecturers at the campus. Each of us has the chance to develop a module from scratch on an area of our choosing – usually our own particular research specialism – and I think …
Tips for Freshers (Part 1)
September 18, 2013
So, it’s that time of the year again, the new academic year is about to start, and a few of us have decided to compile a list of (we guess you can call it comprehensive) tips that could come in handy for those who will be joining our small, and ever- growing Psychology department here …
Facing Psychology Year 2: Tips from a Veteran
September 11, 2013
So you made it past first year. Survived Statistical Methods I. Went to the zoo for animal observation (and were assaulted by Joe the Chimpanzee? No? I guess he just didn’t like my year). Well done! Of course, some of you might be getting a bit cocky, thinking the year to come is going to …
Mental Healthcare; Still a Long Way to Go
August 21, 2013
In the 21st century most of the major projects that are being conducted to improve the living conditions of people, as well as smaller projects, mostly focus on what’s believed to be basic needs. This is perfectly justified considering that basic needs logically earn their place as a priority that should at once be met, …