2011
Never a Dull Moment…
by arb5489 | Jul 4, 2011 | 0 Comments
by Patrick Joseph Clark Lately, it seems as if the general activity level here in Beijing has increased even further. The last two weeks have been packed with different tasks, projects, and adventures. In a true collaborative effort, I have been learning fMRI data...
by arb5489 | Jul 3, 2011 | 0 Comments
by Nicole Paige Wasilus Dr. Michael Ullman from the Department of Neuroscience from Georgetown University visited Beijing Normal University last week. I attended his talk entitled "What Rats can tell us about Language: Contributions of Declarative and Procedural...
An Exciting Week
by arb5489 | Jun 26, 2011 | 0 Comments
by Patrick Joseph Clark The time since my last post has flown by, due in particular to a very busy schedule. On Wednesday of this past week, Ben and I addressed Prof. Shu and a number of her students at the weekly Wednesday seminar here in "The Little Red Building"...
New Challenges
by arb5489 | Jun 23, 2011 | 0 Comments
by Nicole Paige Wasilus Being surrounded by graduate students has allowed me to "play up a level". Although I am still an undergraduate, this program has thrown me into the graduate level world. It feels great to be taking on more responsibility. At Penn State, I gave...
Chinese Culture
by arb5489 | Jun 14, 2011 | 0 Comments
by Nicole Paige Wasilus It's now week four and I've had a lot of exposure to Chinese culture and everyday life here. I thought I'd make this blog post for the future PIRE student conducting research at Beijing Normal University (BNU). I've noticed many differences and...
by arb5489 | Jun 14, 2011 | 0 Comments
by Patrick Joseph Clark Weekdays here at Beijing Normal University have a fairly consistent pattern - largely filled with doing what I can to adapt my research plans to accommodate another small setback. Fortunately, with the help of Ben and my new colleagues, I...
Adjustments
by arb5489 | Jun 5, 2011 | 0 Comments
by Nicole Paige Wasilus For my research study at Beijing Normal University (BNU), I am replicating tests of knowledge, language processing, executive function and theory of mind that we have used at Penn State. This requires many more changes than simply translating...