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Recapping the Year 2013

It’s hard to believe that another year is almost over. It has been quite a year here at the School of Psychology, UNMC! Here’s a quick recap of the year: 1.       Grant Success The School received two grants from the Fundamental Research Grants Scheme (FRGS). Dr Kirsten McKenzie has received RM63,000 to examine the ‘Sensory …

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – Is Someone Watching You?

Here with the final installment of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition series is Yvonne Teoh with her talk titled “Is Someone Watching You?” As a psychology student, one of the most asked questions I get is can you read my mind. My answer is always no I can’t. As social beings, we have always …

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – LOOK there is an approaching vehicle, is it SAFE to pull out?“

Continuing with the series of posts on the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, here is Lee Yee Mun’s entry titled “LOOK there is an approaching vehicle, is it SAFE to pull out?“ Have you ever driven in Malaysia? Or have you adapted to Malaysian driving’s style and did not realize the problems with it? My …

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – Stress Induced Food Cravings

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

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®) – Spoken English Discrimination Training

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 …