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Research Opportunities in the Department

A lot of research in the department relies upon the work of undergraduates who choose to spend their time gaining experience with psychological research. Research Assistants generally arrange to work in a lab on a semester-by-semester basis, and often earn credit through PSY 498 (graded pass/fail) or PSY 499 (graded normally).

Only entries marked with an asterisk (*) are currently accepting applications. Entries without an asterisk will likely accept more applications in the future; Please wait until they have become reactivated to apply. Note that this list is compiled as a service to students and does not include all of the opportunities available.

Visual Perception Lab

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Posted 8.02

The Visual Perception Laboratory frequently relies on undergraduates to assist in executing.

Duties may include:
-learning about ongoing research in the lab
-running participants in ongoing experiments
-attending weekly lab meetings with graduate students and Dr. Schmidt
-reading and presenting research papers
-piloting experiments
-collecting research materials
-having fun!

-we are particularly interested in:
-individuals with technical/computer programming skills
-Honors student applicants
-students interested in human perception

If interested, please fill out this online form or a paper form that is available on the door of Park 189 or Park 355.


Neural and Cognitive Plasticity

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Posted 11.7.02

The Neural and Cognitive Plasticity Lab is seeking highly motivated undergraduate students who are interested in comparative cognition and behavior, auditory perception and neuroethology, and animal bioacoustics, to assist with research projects.

Duties may include:
-training rats and gerbils in behavioral experiments
-analyzing acoustic features of humpback whale songs
-reading and discussing research papers
-learning about learning, acoustics, and cortical function
-traipsing through the wild in search of bats
-developing new research projects

Interested students should fill out this online form.

Send comments to: psych@buffalo.edu
Last updated: January 13, 2002