About
Alannah is a PhD student in the Attentional Neuroscience Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Todd Handy. She studies the electrophysiology of the visual attention network and the use of behavioural strategies to optimize control of attention and/or compensate for stress on an executive system due to environmental and/or neurobiological factors.
Research
Alannah’s research interests include attention, learning, and neural and behavioural compensation in individuals experiencing attentional difficulties.
Awards
- Graduate Award, UBC (2019)
- Ethel Barbara Tuck Scholarship in Education (2017)
- Canadian Graduate Scholarship-Master’s, SSHRC (2017)
- Lorne M. Kendall Memorial Scholarship in Psychology (2016)
- Undergraduate Student Research Award, NSERC (2015)
- Undergraduate Student Research Award, VPR (2014)