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
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