Potential Vacation Scholarship Projects
To apply for a scholarship to work on one of these projects, you will need to approach the appropriate supervisor as soon as possible to discuss the project. These schemes encourage you to develop your own ideas for a project in conjunction with a potential supervisor. With your supervisor's help, you will then need to fill in the forms and submit your application for the deadline (depending what scheme you apply for).
These applications will be judged by these organisations both on the scientific merit of the project, as well as the academic merit of the student.
Colour perception and colour preference -Several projects are available in the area of colour perception, colour memory and colour preference. You will gain experience of psychophysical testing,and data analysis, and cknowledge of visual perception and experimental design. Some of the questions we ask are: why do males and females prefer different colours? and why do bananas appear yellow even under changing illumination?
- Contact: Prof Anya Hurlbert, anya.hurlbert@ncl.ac.uk
Does the brain allow for eye movement when fusing the two eyes' images? - The project will mainly involve you spending time taking psychophysical data (i.e. looking at images on a computer screen and pressing buttons to indicate what you see. There will also be the opportunity to get involved in the data analysis if you desire.
- Contact: Dr Jenny Read, J.C.A.Read@ncl.ac.uk
