And the Journey begins! Starting university with a touch of COVID 19
December 30, 2020
Article by Sasvi Sithumya Sooriyaarachchi, Year 1 student for the academic year 2020/2021 Everyone considers life a battle of Ups and Downs, Success and Regrets. However, I am inclined to think of myself as one who’s had significantly more regrets than accomplishments. Like many others, university was going to be my new start – a …
The power and excitement of new beginnings!
October 22, 2019
This piece is submitted by Vartika Khandelwal and Nurin Hanna binti Norazhar, our first year psychology students reporting for the blog! This piece is slated to be part of an ongoing series on our blog looking at the concepts of beginnings and new starts. “And now we welcome the new year, full of things that …
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 …
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 …
Welcome to Psychobabble!
March 1, 2013
Hello psychobabblers – and welcome to the School of Psychology at UNMC’s very own blog! I am hugely excited that this blog is up and running through the combined efforts of Ms Yvonne Teoh & Ms Lee Yee Mun, along with Dr. Ian Stephen. I hope that this blog will be a forum for …