Month: June 2017

Where are you from and how did you end up in U of T Psychology?
Ontario; I met my supervisor at a conference and we agreed that I would be a great fit for the lab!

Whose lab are you in and what are you studying?
Jay Pratt, studying visual attention and memory.

What do you currently want to know more about? Or what is a skill you would like to develop?
Data collection via the internet.

Last non-non-fiction book you read?
Can’t remember!

If not this, what would you be doing with your life?
Wondering what to do with my life.

Advice for potential graduate students?
Get involved in a lab in any way you can. Knowing whether you enjoy the day-to-day research work is very important.

Want to get in touch with Jason? He can be reached at: jason.rajsic <at>mail.utoronto.ca

Where are you from and how did you end up in U of T Psychology?
I’m from Toronto, I came to the U of T graduate psychology program via the University of Waterloo’s social psych and environmental studies departments, where I cultivated my interest in exploring environmental issues through psychology.

Whose lab are you in and what are you studying?
I am in Dr. Elizabeth Page-Gould’s Social Psychophysiological Research and Quantitative Methods Laboratory (SPRQL) studying environmental and political attitudes, how and why they change, and related behaviour.

What do you currently want to know more about? Or what is a skill you would like to develop?
I would like to improve my knowledge of different statistical methods and software.

Last non-non-fiction book you read?
Snow Falling on Cedars.

If not this, what would you be doing with your life?
A National Geographic Photographer, traveling the world and writing neat, informative captions under beautiful images.

Advice for potential graduate students?
Never stop learning.

Want to get in touch with Jacklyn? She can be reached at: jacklyn.koyama <at>mail.utoronto.ca

Where are you from and how did you end up in U of T Psychology?
I’m originally from Newmarket Ontario, but I completed my undergraduate degree at McGill University in Montreal. I originally planned to be an artist, but somehow was enticed into the realm of cognitive neuroscience by the department of psychology.

Whose lab are you in and what are you studying?
I’m in Dr. Mary Pat McAndrews lab, studying long-term memory in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy. We are specifically interested in learning more about accelerated long-term forgetting, which is a phenomenon where patients’ learning and retention is normal up to around 30 minutes and is forgotten at an accelerated rate at some point thereafter. We think there is a lot to be learned about long-term consolidation and forgetting by studying this patient population.

What do you currently want to know more about? Or what is a skill you would like to develop?
Always looking to improve my MATLAB skills. Also want to be proficient at analyzing MEG data. I’ve always wanted to be able to brew my own beer…

Last non-non-fiction book you read?
1984, George Orwell.

If not this, what would you be doing with your life?
Traveling.

Advice for potential graduate students?
Don’t compare yourself to other grad students. Everyone is on their own path, in their own field, and we will all get there eventually.

Want to get in touch with Samantha? She can be reached at: samantha.audrain <at>mail.utoronto.ca