Face Perception Research Group Featured in The Star News
December 4, 2013
The Face Perception Research Group, based in the School of Psychology, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is in the The Star news today! The Star article looks into the research conducted by PhD student, Tan Kok Wei, and headed by Dr Ian D. Stephen which focuses on the science of attraction, specifically skin colour as …
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®) – 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 …
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, …
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