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Winning the Postgraduate Prize for Outreach for my contributions to Illusion Night—part of the European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP)—is truly an honour. ECVP was a tremendous success, not only for the School of Psychology and the University of Aberdeen, but for the city of Aberdeen as a whole.
Illusion…
I am honoured to have received the Alan B. Milne Prize for the highest-rated psychology bachelor’s thesis at the University of Aberdeen, the Henry Prize for achieving the top course grades among psychology students, and to be currently nominated for an undergraduate award from the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS). I…
With deadlines for Psychology Summer 2025 internships approaching, we would like to reflect on summer 2024 internships in the Applied Memory and Cognition Lab (Dr Eva Rubínová). Here, we highlight the work of two Level 3 students at the School of Psychology: Ms O. Victory Ulamen (supported by the British…
My name is Barbora, and I am a MA Psychology student particularly interested in social psychology, stereotyping and gender issues as well as other assorted unrelated subject areas like latin and coding. Outside of academia, I read urban fantasy, embroider (badly), and write fiction (these are usually even worse than…
Ana Rozman graduated with her PhD in Psychology this week and reflected on how her time with the School led her to this moment.
The 29-year-old says: “I wanted to study human colour perception for my PhD project and the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen has an…
Our lives are characterized by change, it’s pretty much the only constant in life. Some changes are almost unnoticeable, some take adjustment. Menopause is one of those changes. Menopause is experienced by anyone that has periods but it usually affects women between the ages of 45-55 but can also occur…
I am both thrilled and humbled to have been awarded the John Shepherd Prize for the best MRes Psychology thesis and the Anderson Prize for the highest performing student in MRes Psychology for the 2023-24 academic year! These awards are a huge honour, representing not only my own hard work,…
As part of my PhD project aimed at improving older adults' involvement in decision-making about their care transitions, I have been working closely with the public, with a special focus on underserved areas in Aberdeen. Through various networking opportunities, I’ve met some incredible people from the third sector, attending…
Johannes Koehn, an undergraduate student in the School of Psychology, has been awarded an Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Undergraduate Research Bursary to undertake a summer research project exploring the neural mechanisms of memory. Specifically, Johannes will investigate why information that is read aloud tends to be remembered better than information…
I am incredibly honoured and grateful to receive the Anderson Prize for best performing Level 2 Psychology student.
Having decided to move away from home, my transition to university was a nerve-wracking experience. I worried about living on my own and making new friends in an unfamiliar…
