January 2019 – Page 2 – Psychology Students' Association

NutriRise Wellness Research Writing Program – Call for Applications

January 16, 2019 PSAOther Opportunities

Canadian health and wellness brand NutriRise is now accepting applications for its Wellness Research Writing Program. Designed for students interested in health and wellness, research, writing, or content creation, the NutriRise Wellness Research Writing Program gives students the opportunity to gain experience in reviewing research literature, writing blog posts based on scientific findings, and publishing posts online. Successful applicants (“Wellness Research Writers”) will work under the guidance of Dr. Nadia Bashir to create informative, evidence-based health and wellness content that will be published weekly on the NutriRise blog. Wellness Research Writers will work remotely; be part of a supportive, solutions-oriented […]

Volunteer RA – CAN Lab

January 14, 2019 PSAResearch Assistant, Volunteer

The CAN Lab (Computational Affective Neuroscience Lab) at the University of Toronto St. George, Psychology Department, is looking for passionate and dedicated volunteer Research Assistants to work on various new studies in the lab. Current projects involve topics such as: 1) stereotyping and prejudice, 2) the sense of self, 3) attitudes and preferences; Depending on your skill set, your tasks will include: – developing or programming experiments – recruiting research participants – running different experiments using behavioral, physiological and/or neuroimaging methods – preparing data for analysis This is a great opportunity for students to gain research experience in psychology and […]

All-paid summer school program in Vision Sciences

January 14, 2019 PSAEvents, Other Events, Other Opportunities

York CVR-VISTA Vision Science Summer School – June 3 – 7, 2019 The Centre for Vision Research (CVR) at York University in Toronto offers a one-week, all expenses-paid undergraduate summer school on vision science. The program includes talks by CVR faculty on current research topics in vision science, as well as hands-on experience in CVR laboratories. The curriculum reflects the wide range of research areas at CVR, which includes research on human visual perception, computer vision, machine learning, visual neuroscience, 3D film, immersive environments, and disorders of vision. The program is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing […]

CPA Section for Women and Psychology Student Paper and Travel Awards – Call for Applications

January 14, 2019 PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

SWAP Student Awards: Student Paper Award and Travel Bursary The Section for Women and Psychology (SWAP) of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) offers awards for research by students in areas of particular relevance to women or feminism. To be eligible for an award, students must be presenting their work at the 2019 CPA Convention. Submissions may be in English or French. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 8, 2019. Student Paper Award: $500 Travel Bursaries: $250 For information and to apply, please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/67X9ZGH Please contact Dr. Sara Crann (scrann@uwindsor.ca) with inquiries.

Adult and Child Research Participants Needed for Study at University of Toronto

January 11, 2019 PSAExperiment Participation

The Budding Minds Memory and Development Lab, a part of the Child Study Centre at the University of Toronto, is seeking healthy adult participants ages 25 to 35 and healthy child participants ages 11 to 13 from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to participate in a behavioral study examining the relationship between memory development and behavior. What’s involved in participating? You will complete a variety of questionnaires and non-invasive memory tests at our lab at the St. George Campus. The experimental session takes approximately 2 hours. You will receive $10 per hour for your time, with a possible $5 bonus […]

Male Participants Needed for Study

January 10, 2019 PSAExperiment Participation, Volunteer

Take part in a virtual reality experiment! The Duncan Lab is looking for male participants for a cognitive psychology study. This is a multiple session study that will take place over three days for a total of 5-6 hours. You will be compensated from $50-60 and up to $25 in bonus. Eligible participants must be between 18-30 years old, fluent in English, who do not have a history of neurological or psychiatric diseases and are not currently on psychoactive medications. If you’re interested, please email duncanlabuoft@gmail.com with “MM experiment” in the subject line.

Volunteer Research Assistants Required

January 8, 2019 PSAResearch Assistant, Volunteer

The CAN Lab (Computational Affective Neuroscience Lab) at the University of Toronto St. George is looking for passionate and dedicated volunteer Research Assistants to work on various new studies in the lab. Current projects involve topics such as: 1) emotion and cognition; 2) attitudes and preferences; 3) goal-setting; and 4) stereotyping and prejudice. Depending on your skill set, your tasks will include: – programming experiments – recruiting research participants – running different experiments using behavioral, physiological and/or neuroimaging methods – preparing data for analysis This is a great opportunity for students to gain research experience in psychology and neuroscience. Students […]

Volunteer Research Assistant Position

January 7, 2019 PSAResearch Assistant, Volunteer

The CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) Service within the Complex Care and Recovery Program is a specialized service at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Established in 2011, this service provides evidence-based treatments to clients with a primary psychotic disorder across a variety of programs within CAMH, and has evolved as one of the largest Canadian training sites for CBTp. The proposed projects within this service will aim to: (i) extend the research on CBTp by including patient-centered measures, and (ii) determine the pathways through which this intervention exerts its effect on treatment outcomes. In addition to examining predictors […]

Psychology Planning Map

January 6, 2019 PSAOther Opportunities, Uncategorized

Hey fellow Psych students! We hope everyone had a great and relaxing winter break. To help you get back into the school year groove, here’s a useful planning tool for you to use to help guide you in finding some psychology opportunities available to you during your undergrad years at UofT. Check it out!

Seeking Study Participants – $50 Compensation

January 5, 2019 PSAExperiment Participation

We are looking for healthy young adults aged 18-30 to participate in either the working memory study or the filtered speech audiobook study at the sunnybrook health science center 1. The first study required participant to listen to a filtered speech in an audiobook and then answer the questions. EEG will be used to collect signal and for analyzation, the study will last for around 2 hours 2. The second study required participant to do a computer based memory task while using EEG to collect signal, the study will last for around 3 hours The goal of the studies are […]