Research Experience Opportunities
**Please note that due to the current COVID-19 situation research opportunities are very limited at the moment. But you can still register your interest and you will be contacted as soon as we have an opportunity available for you.**
1901: Research support for Cognitive behavioural experiment/ EEG/ TMS research
The main duties will include helping setting up the experiment in Eprime and collecting EEG data or analysisng EEG data. Training on net application, Eprime will be provided and EEG analysis will be provided. Ideal candidate would have confidence in handling large data set and inclination for understanding brain processes.
Student level: Open to 3rd year undergraduates or MSc students
Duration: Negotiable
Start date: Anytime
Responsible researcher: Dr Sanjay Kumar, skumar@brookes.ac.uk
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1902: Babies’ Language Development
This research project investigates early language development in babies. Working on this project will involve: recruitment of participants, guided experiment design and implementation, running experiments, codification of the data obtained from experiments, guided result analysis. You will be fully trained in using the eye tracker, administering the experiment, and in the necessary data analysis techniques.
Student level: Open to undergraduate or MSc students
Duration: 1 to 6 months
Start date: TBC
Responsible researcher: Dr. Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez, ngonzalez-gomez@brookes.ac.uk
Website: http://psych.brookes.ac.uk/babylab/
1904 Spelling and writing in children with and without developmental dyslexia
This project investigates how children with dyslexia differ from typically-developing children regarding spelling ability and writing speed. The main duties will include contacting schools to invite them to participate, assist with data collection, selecting experimental materials and/or analysing measures of the process and product of writing. You will gain knowledge of cutting-edge methodologies used in the study of writing production and experience working with children for research purposes. Degree of involvement in some tasks may be commensurate with previous experience. A DBS certificate may be required to participate in data collection.
Student level: Open to undergraduates or MSc students
Duration: Negotiable
Start date: Negotiable; offered during academic term only
Responsible researcher: Dr Olivia Afonso, afonso.o@brookes.ac.uk
More information: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/psychology/research/groups/developmental-psychology/writing-research-group/
1905 Writing in English as an additional language
In this project the writing performance of adult learners of English as an additional language will be assessed to determine how the characteristics of the first language influence our acquisition of a new orthography. Research experience in this project may include recruiting participants, assisting with data collection or selecting experimental materials and/or analysing measures of the process and product of writing. You will learn novel techniques for the analysis of writing responses and will become familiar with theoretical perspectives and experimental methods used in psycholinguistics. Degree of involvement in some tasks may be commensurate with previous experience.
Student level: Open to undergraduates or MSc students
Duration: Negotiable
Start date: Negotiable
Responsible researcher: Dr Olivia Afonso, afonso.o@brookes.ac.uk
More information: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/psychology/research/groups/developmental-psychology/writing-research-group/
1906 Title: Young children’s social cognition and cognitive and metacognitive monitoring
We have multiple on-going projects, which investigate preschool- and school-aged children’s understanding of people, learning, and teaching, and underlying mechanisms such as metacognitive monitoring and control.
You will be working closely with Dr. Sunae Kim. The main tasks include family recruitment, testing children in schools or in the lab, and data entry. Appropriate training for all phases of these tasks will be provided. If you are interested in becoming more deeply involved in the projects, by conducting preliminary data analyses and contributing to manuscript drafts, a long-term commitment (at least one year) would be required. If your performance is satisfactory, you will be included as a co-author on a published paper. Many of Dr. Kim’s papers feature student (both undergraduate and graduate level) co-authors.
Requirements: highly-motivated, detail-oriented, and reliable. No prior research experiences required.
Student level: undergraduates or MSc students
Duration: at least 6 months
Start date: Negotiable
Responsible researcher: Dr Sunae Kim s.kim@brookes.ac.uk
Dr. Kim’s staff page: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/sunae-kim