Academic August: classic psychology experiments

If you haven't read it, read my post here about what Academic August is and why I'm doing it! This week I am bringing you two classic psychology experiments. They are both very famous, so there's a good chance you've heard about them. But they are two of my favourites so I wanted to highlight …

Travel Diary: CPA National Convention 2017

So a few weeks ago I had the fantastic opportunity of presenting and the Canadian Psychological Association's National Convention!! I presented a poster from my research last summer. The convention was in Toronto and I went all by myself, which was a really cool experience. So I thought I'd do a travel diary of my experience, …

The end is near – an update

It's less than one month until Christmas!!!!!!!!!!! Standing in my way, however, are finals. I'm taking a bit of break tonight to write this and schedule some posts for until finals are done (but after that are some Christmasy posts so get excited!!!) and I just thought I'd talk a little about school and the …

Book review: Nothing by Janne Teller

So this is a book about a group of children/teenagers (I think they’re 12-14ish) and their pursuit to find meaning. One day this kid stands up in the middle of class and declares that life is pointless and nothing has meaning and we all die in the end and don’t leave any impact at all. …