Postgraduate Presentations and Symposia

One of the foremost objectives of this conference is to provide the opportunity for delegates to present and discuss their research in a friendly and supportive environment. Therefore it is fitting that the majority of the proceedings is made up of postgraduate presentation sessions. Not only will each of these sessions be a great way of hearing about the diverse range of high quality postgraduate research taking part in the UK, they will also be a platform for presenters to refine and polish their presentation skills. Following their talk, each presenter will receive a feedback form that will give friendly and constructive advice on how to further improve their presentations. Furthermore, we will be giving out prizes to the best oral and best poster presentations of this year's conference.

Following the success of last year's conference format, at various points during the conference proceedings, we will be running several presentation sessions in parallel. Some of these sessions will be general psychology symposia, while others will have more specific themes such as language and language acquisition, sports and excercise psychology, and cognitive psychology.

We are now pleased to confirm the details of the first organised symposium, please see below for details and keep checking back as there will be lots more information to follow.

Recollection and Familiarity: Understanding convergent methodologies

Organised by postgraduate students from the Experimental Design and Image Analysis Lab, University of Manchester

Research into dual process models of recognition memory comes from a wide range of different methods, including patient work, fMRI, computational modelling, behavioural neuroscience, eye tracking and remember/know experiments. Each methodology has specific strengths and weaknesses, and in general, convergent results from a variety of approaches are needed to make robust claims.

The aim of this symposium is to bring together a group of postgraduate students who use as many different methodologies as possible to learn from each other. It will be structured around a number of talks from students who have experience in a particular method of data collection, task design or data analysis, with an emphasis on discussion.

For further information please contact Ellen Migo. (Ellen.Migo@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk).

If you would like to organise a symposia with a focus on postgraduate work in your research area, contact us at psychology.conference08@gmail.compsychology.conference08@gmail.com

Please also visit the Facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8716348110

*It is not essential that presentations are of research findings; in the past, delegates have found it useful to present a summary of their literature review, or of research or an approach that has been planned or begun.