Unless I've got a major focus, most of the time I find it hard to control my thoughts. A lot of the time it's something minor such as not being able to stop a song playing on repeat over and over again in my head (the current record is 5 weeks from the moment I wake up to any time my attention is otherwise diverted). Then there's other times when ( Read more... )

In a little under two months I'll be sitting the test I've been in preparation of for the last year. Study has gone from left of centre to centre stage with the realisation that in just under 8 weeks I'll sit a test that may assist in deciding which path my life takes. I typically study for around 2 - 3 hours a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. ( Read more... )

Wake up, think about study, work for 9 hours a day 4 days a week, think about study, come home, eat dinner, study, sleep ( Read more... )

So I've just finished my honours year in Psychophysiology (or cognitive neuroscience for those playing at home) for my psych/psychophys degree. While a great degree, the problem is psychophys honours doesn't give me APS accreditation which is necessary if a career as a practising Psychologist is what I want. To be accredited by the APS, I'll need ( Read more... )

4 years, 8 semesters, $24,350 and more written words than I can poke a stick at. Everything has been completed, handed in and obsessed over after it was too late. Now the only thing to do is to sit and wait for December 12th, 9am when I know my results. While I'm quitely confident I'll get a first class honours, there's always that part competeing ( Read more... )

I was asked to do a shift as Insignia last night. Due to the time I had to spare between proof reading mr Thesis for the thousandth time and handing it in I accepted. The night was Black Widows, a semi-long running goth club. Let's see what happened ( Read more... )

First draft of the thesis is complete, one assignment left to complete and an exam to sit. After that, I've completed my undergrad degree with honours, just the way I wanted and worked towards. Now let's see if I can get the H1 I've also been working towards... All in all, the study I conducted this year has taken roughly 40 - 50 hours testing ( Read more... )

Testing for my study is complete. Unfortunatly the giant fan fare I thought would happen didn't. It was actually a massive anti-climax, with me simply deciding that 12 in one group and 10 in the other was aok. Then my supervisor confirmed it and away I went ( Read more... )

It will help to make clear the influence of innate qualities if, by an effort of imagination, we suppose every English child to have been exchanged at birth for an infant of some other nation (say, the French) during some 50 years. At the end of that period, the English nation would be composed of individuals of purely French origin or blood; it ( Read more... )

Study is continuing. I've tested 21 people so far (total testing time roughly 40 hours), got my intro and method sections done and am analysing as I go. With a little luck I may just remain on my time scale. I've been asked by my supervisor to present my research at the Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Forum in November. My research isn't about ( Read more... )