17th Annual PURC Award Winners

On March 27 and 28, a record 70 presenters shared their outstanding psychology research at the 17th annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC).
Join us in congratulating the winners of ‘Best Poster’ and ‘Best Oral Presentation’ at PURC this past weekend. Winners receive $100, courtesy of the Department of Psychology.
BEST POSTER AWARDS (3)
From a total of 47 posters
Austin Rothwell (supervisor: Alan Kingstone)
When covert becomes overt: The birth of remote goal­-derived movements
Nicole Tsang (supervisor: Beck Todd)
Tuning to climate change signals: The influence of long term concerns on selective attention
Yi Yuan (Ian) Lin (supervisor: Beck Todd)
Differences in Perceiving Emotionally Salient Pictures
HONOURABLE MENTION FOR POSTERS (1)
Yimiao Gong (supervisor: Frances Chen)
New cultures & connections: Friendship formation and social connection among UBC’s international students Presentation
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARDS (2)
From a total of 24 talks
Rojin Kaviani (supervisor: Cathy Rankin)
Assessment of behavioural phenotypes resulting from presenilin 1 mutations, an Alzheimer’s disease linked gene, in Caenorhabditis elegans
Christopher Pang (supervisor: Colleen Brenner)
Comparing theta burst stimulation to rTMS treatments for depression: Effects on cortical plasticity, executive function, and depressive symptoms
HONOURABLE MENTION FOR TALKS (1)
Shawn Sanders (supervisor: Larry Walker)
The right thing (and left thing, and anarchocapitalist thing) to do: Moral foundations across the political spectrum