Life of an Intern – Investigating Orangutan’s Eye Movements
May 29, 2013
The exam period of May 2012 proved to be a period of a lot of stress for me. Part of it came from all the reading and studying I had to do for the upcoming exams – something I think nobody in their right mind genuinely enjoys. Another part of the stress came from thinking …
Life of an Intern – Autism Centre
May 22, 2013
I worked in the Hua Ming Autism Centre located at Old Klang Road for a month during the summer break, after coming back from the United Kingdom. I would have loved to work longer, but the autism centre had an excess of interns working over the period of June to August. Even though the period …
Life of an Intern – Organisational Psychology
May 8, 2013
Over the summer, I had the chance to work in the field of organisational psychology, when I applied for an internship in MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Berhad. I worked on the 23rd floor of Menara Weld in Jalan Raja Chulan. During my three months there, I worked as an assistant at the KL Agency Department. This …
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 …
Psychnight 2013 – H.O.P.E.
April 3, 2013
It had been around two weeks since Psychnight 2013 ended. All I could remember were the busy days, filled with countless memorable moments. The theme for this year’s Psychnight was Depression with the tagline, “Have H.O.P.E. (Hold. On. Pain. Ends). Keep Smiling. Let’s fight depression!” All the proceeds from the ticket sales were donated to …
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 …
Life of an Intern – Active Vision Research
March 22, 2013
As one of the first year students, I was delighted to be given such a wonderful opportunity to join the 3-months summer internship on campus. The research – a collaboration between UNMC and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) – that I was working on, aimed to explore the anticipatory eye movements of children with clinical nystagmus …
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