Instructions to students: PSYC 199 must be added before the end of week two (2) of the quarter you intend to participate. If you are doing a two quarter commitment you MUST submit an application for enrollment every quarter.
PSYC 199 opportunities are listed in the order they were submitted to the psychology student affairs office. Questions regarding postings should be addressed to the individual contacts.
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Lab: Rayner Eyetracking Lab, http://raynerlab.ucsd.edu (858) 822-7813
Commitment: Any two quarters. Can include summer.
Contact: raynerlab@gmail.com
The main topic of research in the Eyetracking lab is eye movements during reading and other cognitive processes. We study a wide variety of processes, ranging from language comprehension, language production and scene perception to visual search and eye movement control.
Sophomore standing or higher, GPA of at least 3.0, interest in Psychological research, fairly flexible hours, has taken Intro Psych, Intro Cog Sci or Intro Linguistics.
Preferred: Has taken Cognitive Psych or Linguistics classes. Two quarter commitment or more.
Help develop stimuli, run subjects, process data, attend meetings and participate in discussions.
9 - 12 hours a week, mostly flexible schedule
Lab: Cognition and Inference Lab
Commitment: Fall, Winter, Spring
Contact: evullab@gmail.com
We study human cognition and decision making: how do people combine sparse information with their prior knowledge about the world to make decisions? And how do limitations of memory and attention influence this process? Different projects investiate these issues in different domains; examples include: visual attention, consumer behavior, intuitive reasoning, verbal problem solving, etc.
We have no hard requirements, but preference is given to students who:
(a) have experience with probability and statistics
(b) have experiments programming (ideally in python/matlab/R)
(c) apply earlier (e.g., sophomore or freshman year).
That said, these qualifications are a wish-list, and we will consider all students who meet university requirements for a 199.
We expect all students to enroll for 4 units (12 hours/week). Responsibilities vary from project to project, and based on level of involvement and technical background of the student; but you will likely need to help run experiments, read/discuss articles, perhaps analyze data, and help implement future experiments.
Lab: Fictional research Lab
Commitment: Spring 2012
Contact: jleavitt@ucsd.edu
We are researching why people enjoy fictional stories. Most of our paradigms involve giving subjects stories or vignettes to read and gathering subjective response data.
You must be reliable, independent, and conscientious. You will have to take responsibility for scheduling and running your own experimental sessions (following preliminary training and instructions). You *must* regularly check your e-mail, actually read your e-mails, and respond to e-mails. Preference given to applicants who can be conscientious, accurate and detail-oriented while working with data. Interest in stories and the human mind is a plus.
Please write a concise e-mail including your gpa, year (junior or senior), and why you are interested in/qualified for fictional research. Feel free to additionally include something about a favorite work of fiction, an idea about why people like stories, or a clever remark about whether actual research is being done.
Responsibilities typically include assembling experimental materials, scheduling and running subjects, and data entry. Additional responsibilities may include web research, literature search and analysis, and critical feedback on experiment materials. Commitment is 4 units or 10-12 hours per week.
Lab: Developmental Neuroscience Lab
Commitment: Spring, 2012
Contact: Please contact the lab coordinator, Rebecca Cunningham, at dnlab@ucsd.edu.
The Developmental Neuroscience Lab runs studies with children between the ages of 8 months and 7 years of age. Our research focuses on different developmental behaviors (e.g. social referencing, joint attention, etc.) and the brain bases behind them. The majority of our studies have a play based behavioral component with different toys and experimenters, and an Event Related Potential (ERP) component which measures brain activity in response to audio or visual stimuli.
Completion of HDP1 or PSYC 101
3 quarter commitment of 12 hours/week
Must have prior experience with children
It is a 3 quarter, 12 hour/week time commitment. Students will be trained in and assist with all aspects of data collection and analysis using behavioral and ERP measures. Students will participate in regular group and individual meetings with the professor.
Lab: http://winkielmanlab.ucsd.edu/
Commitment:
No opportunities are available at this time.
Lab: Harris Lab
Commitment: Fall 11, Winter 12, Spring 12
Contact: noriko@ucsd.edu
Student will assist in carrying out studies on emotion.
Taken Harris course (Psych 153) and received an A.
GPA= at least 3.0 (prefer 3.3 or higher)
Previous research experience is a plus.
Duties will include running participants on experiments, data entry, and attending lab meetings.
Lab: Learning, Attention, and Perception Lab http://laplab.ucsd.edu/
Commitment: Fall 11, Winter 12, Spring 12
Contact: Attention Lab attentionlab@ucsd.edu
Student will assist in carrying out studies on learning and memory. The focus is to explore methods to enhance learning and reduce forgetting over time.
Interested in research.
Min GPA = 3.0
Duties will include running participants on computer based experiments, scoring data, and attending lab meetings.
Lab: Language Production Lab http://lpl.ucsd.edu
Commitment: Any two quarters during Fall, Winter, Spring
Contact: vferreira@ucsd.edu
The primary research focus of the laboratory is human language production behavior. We look at how language users form sentences and produce words, and how that behavior leads to successful communication.
Sophomore (PSYC 99) or Junior (PSYC 199) standing or higher
Minimum GPA of 3.0
2 Quarter commitment (12 hours a week, flexible schedule)
Responsibilities include developing stimuli, scheduling and testing participants, coding data, and attending weekly lab meetings.
Lab: Brain & Cognitive Development Laboratory
Commitment: Fall, Winter, Spring
Contact: davidliu@ucsd.edu
We research the development of children’s folk psychological understanding of concepts such as mental states and traits. In addition, we use EEG/ERP with adults and children to investigate the neural correlates of these social-cognitive abilities.
Minimum GPA of 3.0
Minimum commitment of two quarters
Interest in developmental psychology and/or cognitive neuroscience
Some 199s will primarily be running studies with preschool-age children. Some 199s will primarily be collecting EEG/ERP data with adults. Other responsibilities include recruiting schools and families, coding data, and reading articles.
Lab: Perception & Cognition Lab http://sites.google.com/site/pcclab/
Commitment: Fall 2011
Contact: pcclab@gmail.com
We study visual attention, working memory, and perceptual decision-making. We use psychophysics, computational modeling, and neuroimaging techniques to investigate the influences of behavioral goals and previous experiences on these cognitive processes.
Interest in cognitive psychology research; Junior status; cumulative GPA >= 3.0. Minimum 2 quarter commitment.
Duties include: becoming familiar with background literature related to research; scheduling and running subjects through experiments; analyzing data; assisting in designing/modifying experiments.
Lab: Language and Development Lab, http://ladlab.ucsd.edu
Commitment: Fall 11, Winter 12, Spring 12
Contact: Ellie Chestnut, chestnut.ladlab@gmail.com
We are currently interested in the relation between language and thought, the acquisition of words that denote quantities, and mathematical development in children (ages 2 to 8). We investigate how children learn to count, use new words, and make inferences in conversation.
Background in psychology and/or linguistics
Interest in research
Minimum GPA of 3.0
Minimum commitment of two quarters
Must like kids! (or at least think they're funny)
Responsibilities include becoming familiar with the literature, designing studies, scheduling and running participants, entering and analyzing data, and attending lab meetings.