Summer Gold Competition 2015
Congratulations to the Psychology students who participated and took away prizes for their research over the summer trimester.
The Summer Research Scholarship Scheme for 2015 saw seven students from the School of Psychology work on a range of projects. As part of their scholarships, students are encouraged to create a poster or video for the Summer Gold competition, as a way to give the students the opportunity to share their research achievements.
Congratulations to the Psychology students who took away the following prizes:
Most engaging demonstration of research
Lauren Bell ($500) with her video [QuickTime Movie, 20MB]
“The Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in the Inhibition of Emotional Distractors”, supervised by Dr Gina Grimshaw and Dr Christel Devue.
Humanities and psychology category winner
Angus Chapman ($500) with his posterpdf842KB
“Gone in a Flash”, supervised by Dr Gina Grimshaw and Michael Tooley.
The following students also completed research projects as part of the Scholarship Scheme:
- Jono Muirhead, “Evaluation of the effects of yoga education in prisons” supervised by Dr Clare-Ann Fortune.
- Ross van de Wetering, “MDMA ("ecstasy") self-administration in rats” supervised by Professor Sue Schenk.
- Cassandra Burton-Wood, “Do trigger warnings backfire?” supervised by Professor Maryanne Garry.
- Victoria Lee, “Modelling the language control functions of the left inferior frontal gyrus” supervised by Dr Carolyn Wilshire.
- Ryan Burnell, “Investigating the effects of bullying behaviours for NZ Youth” supervised by Dr Jaimee Stuart and Associate Professor Paul Jose.