By Yasin Koc There are times I spent seven days a week in my office, working until late hours, trying to meet my self-induced deadlines to write another paper or do some more data analysis. Although I always say I…
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Feeling like an Academic Celebrity: Talks, workshops, and constant sunshine for a month in Australia
My first year as a psychology student!
When I was asked to write this blog for the School of Psychology initially I was overwhelmed; not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because I probably have too much. In the short 9 months that I have…
It’s not just what you’re saying
By Jordan Raine Have you ever heard of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon? If you haven’t, you’ve definitely experienced it at some time in your life. It’s the term given for when you learn, notice or experience something for the first time,…
Behavioural Genetics for Education
by Darya Gaysina I am a co-editor (with Yulia Kovas and Sergei Malykh) of the book ‘Behavioural Genetics for Education’, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan last month (http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137437310). This book is dedicated to the role of nature (genetics) and…
My first paper
By Jennifer Mankin This spring, my first paper on synaesthesia and language appears in an upcoming edition of Cognition. While I know that getting a paper published is always a rigorous and difficult process – as indeed it should be…
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Horses read human facial expressions of emotion – Sussex Research
By Amy Smith Undeniably, horses have funny faces. Long nose, eyes on the sides of the head, wiggly ears…morphologically they look very different to humans, yet it turns out they are pretty good at looking across the species barrier to…
Drought in California: When climate change affects the USA
By Sarah Becker As part of one of my PhD research studies I conducted a 10 week interview-based study in California to talk to people about their experience of the ongoing drought and how they thought it related to…
Dan Goodwin: Junior Research Assistant
Before applying for the JRA award I knew that becoming a researcher in Psychology was what I wanted to do, but deciding what I wanted to study seemed almost impossible given the sheer number of options available. When I saw…
Tagged with: Alzheimer's, JRA, Neuroscience, Research, Student Experience, Undergrad
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My Placement at West Sussex Eating Disorders Service
By Amy Howes As soon as I saw that the School of Psychology was offering clinical placement years I knew that it was something I would be interested in. Despite having to hand in assignments most weeks during term two…
Tagged with: Eating disorders, Employability, Life after psychology, Placements, Student Experience, Transferable skills, Undergrad
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“What I wish I knew before starting my PG course…”
Zoe Hopkins: “I did the Experimental Psychology (EP) MSc, since my undergraduate degree was not in psychology. My year as an EP MSc student was very demanding – I never felt like I’d manage all the work I needed to…
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