UVic Psychology
COR A236, 3800 Finnerty Road Victoria, BC, Canada

Cognition and Brain Science Seminar this Friday, November 20, from 3:00-4:20 pm at https://uvic.zoom.us/j/93802970252 Simen Hagen, UVic Ph.D., Donders Centre for Cognition, The Netherlands... "Dissociated category-selective intracerebral responses in the human ventral occipito-temporal cortex Please arrive a few minutes early so that I can admit everyone by 3pm. The schedule for the rest of the year is at https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca//cognition-and-br/ Please also let me know if you have questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions. Regards, Steve

Join us for our annual Psychology Faculty-Student Meet the Department event, this Thursday November 12th from 4:30-5:30 via Zoom! Connect with faculty and peers, learn more about different streams in psychology, and how to get involved with research. This is a great opportunity to connect with the psychology department at UVic in an informal setting. There will be a draw for a chance to win one of three $25 gift cards for Skip the Dishes. We hope to see you there! Join Zoom Meeting: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/84294962016

Lucky us! This Friday the 13th CaBSSem features Prof John Archibald (Linguistics) speaking on Probing Escher’s problem in second language speech perception: The grammar of illusory vowels. From 3:00-4:20 pm at https://uvic.zoom.us/j/93802970252... Please arrive a few minutes early so that I can admit everyone by 3pm. The schedule for the rest of the year is at https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca//cognition-and-br/ Please also let me know if you have questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions. Regards, Steve

https://www.facebook.com/universityofvictoria/videos/328153551969969/

Did you know that there's a course at UVic dedicated to helping you become a better university student? ED-D101 is being offered this Spring, and it might be just what you need to get better at studying, time management, and self-motivating! http://ow.ly/PN3050CdFPd

CaBSSem Announcement University of Calgary Professor of Psychology Penny Pexman: Embodiment in Language and Conceptual Development Cognition and Brain Science Seminar this Friday, September 18 from 3:00-4:20 pm at... https://uvic.zoom.us/j/93802970252 Please arrive a few minutes early so that I can admit everyone by 3pm. The schedule for the rest of the year is at https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca//cognition-and-br/ There are still a few openings. If you want to fill one of them, please let me know. Please also let me know if you have questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions. Regards, Steve

The kick-off Cognition and Brain Science Seminar for fall 2020 is this Friday 11 September from 3pm at https://uvic.zoom.us/j/93802970252 Please arrive a few minutes early so that I can admit everyone by 3pm.... From 3 to 3:30 we will do some orientation and warm-up stuff, and at 3:30 we will be joined by Prof. Glen Bodner of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. Glen, who did his graduate work under Mike Masson's supervision, will report some recent work on effects of reading aloud on long-term retention of verbal materials. After the talk I plan to hang out and crack open a beverage and any who wish are invited to stay and do the same. The schedule for the rest of the year is at https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca//cognition-and-br/ There are still a few openings. If you want to fill one of them, please let me know. Please also let me know if you have questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions. Regards, Steve =================== D. Stephen Lindsay, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of Victoria https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/lindsaylab/ @dstephenlindsay pronouns: He/him/his

Starting at UVic this fall. Make sure you complete the online Pre-Arrival Program! The program will help you understand what to expect at UVic, introduce you to campus resources and supports, share strategies for success, and overall, help make sure you’re prepared for this new experience! Plus, if you complete the program by Sept. 9, you’ll be entered in a draw to win a $200 Bookstore gift card! www.uvic.ca/orientation/pre-arrival-program.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/

https://www.facebook.com/universityofvictoria/posts/10157500996078093

Have you finished your first year of studies? Now’s the time to apply to co-op to gain paid, hands-on experience related to what you’re studying. Co-op is available in almost every programboth on-site and remote work terms continue! Learn about deadlines + why co-op could be right for you. https://www.uvic.ca//even/student/apply-for-coop-sept.php

How has COVID-19 impacted your health and wellbeing? What has been helpful and what has not been helpful for your mental health? Researchers from the University of Victoria are participating in a global collaboration to study the psychological impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. We are asking people to complete a short questionnaire to better understand how the coronavirus is affecting us all and its impact on our day to day lifestyle. We hope to find out what is helpful for people during this time and also what may be causing some people to be affected more than others in terms of their wellbeing. You could win one of ten $50 gift cards for your participation. Can you spare 15 minutes to help? Click on the link to the questionnaire for more information: https://bit.ly/2Q3n69p

Help Uvic Psychology Clinic Improve Client Care https://bit.ly/UvicPsychClinic

The Psychology Department is very proud of our students' accomplishments. We have put together a little slide show for you to express our best wishes and hopes for your bright future.

Starting at UVic this fall? UVic’s online pre-arrival program just launched for undergraduate students! The Pre-Arrival Program will help you prepare for university by introducing you to key support services, ways to get involved and strategies for academic and personal success. http://bit.ly/32giRMK

Congratulations to our Grads! https://www.facebook.com/universityofvictoria/posts/10157395766083093

Looking for a fall work term? UVic’s Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation (LTSI) is hiring for 45+ positions that will support UVic faculty and students in the fall term. These will be remote positions so you’ll be able to work from home! These jobs will close on July 20 - apply to job ID 189637 and/or 189638 at https://learninginmotion.uvic.ca.

We are currently recruiting a laboratory coordinator for the UVic Healthy Relationships Lab https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/healthyrelationshi/, coordinated by Dr. Erica Woodin. This is an ideal position for a senior undergraduate or recent grad planning to apply to graduate school in clinical psychology. Duties include coordinating participant recruitment and data collection for an online intervention with at-risk couples expecting their first child. Past psychology... research experience and strong interpersonal skills are essential. Experience with online data collection is an asset. The paid position is 10 hours per week with an anticipated start date of late July or early August, 2020 (date negotiable). To apply, please send a cover letter, resume/CV, and unofficial transcript to [email protected] . Review of applications will begin July 15th.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universityofvictoria/posts/10157348603963093

Are you thinking about volunteering with a non-profit organization this summer? Apply for the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG) and you could receive between $1,000 and $5,000 towards your post-secondary education. Register for the CSSG at https://apply.iwanttohelp.org/.

Still looking for an undergraduate co-op work term for this summer? UVic’s Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation (LTSI) is hiring for 80 positions to start in mid- and late-June. There are positions for the summer session PLUS two-term work terms (summer and fall). These will be remote positions so you’ll be able to work from home! We’ve made changes to the required length of summer 2020 work terms, so these qualify for a full co-op. Apply as soon as possible to job ID 188838 at https://learninginmotion.uvic.ca.

A reminder of a CABS presentation to be held this Friday (15th May) at 5 pm. Steve Lindsay will be presenting a seminar entitled: Building a Graduate Seminar Around Conducting a Replication... He will be talking about an interesting new course (held in the Spring semester of 2020), PSYC 576A Cognitive Psychology: Memory, built around selecting a recently published effect and attempting a direct replication. Steve indicates that he and his collaborators "...had fun, learned a lot, and ended up producing something of value". We look forward to this intriguing story. Note the unusual time for this event (5 pm). It's the time to share a beer, so feel free..... The link to the talk is: https://zoom.us/j/99035304199 Best wishes, Daniel