2022

How is it even possible that the eight weeks are already up? It genuinely feels like just yesterday that we had arrived and were settling in the lab, and on Friday, we moved out:/ I felt like I was in elementary school all over again because I had a picture of me in...

It was a sad week with Marlen leaving the lab to go back to the States:/ Although it was bittersweet, it made me realize what little time I now had left and quite literally the next day, Daisy and I booked everything we could think of that he hadn't done in Krakow...

I made it!!!! My last week in Poland 🙁 ! It is a bitter sweet feeling, because I have grown to love this place so much. And I will miss my morning coffee runs, my PIRE/lab friends, and even hearing my neighbors dogs at 5 am. But I also miss my family and friends, I...

This week consisted of testing more participants! We are almost to our goal of 35 participants. It feels so great to almost be done and soon be able to analyze our data. I also began to score the definition recall test from the participants we have had thus far. In...

Wow. I cannot believe that this research period is coming to a close already! It feels like just yesterday that we were being trained on the lab equipment and now I feel as confident as I do back at Penn State with testing! I had two days off and decided to take an...

I’ve made it to the fourth week! It is crazy that just a few weeks ago I was feeling so overwhelmed with this new environment. But now I feel like it is a second home :). As far as testing goes, nothing much has changed! We are testing 5-6 times out of the week,...

My third week in Krakow already, time seems to fly! This week again consisted of testing more participants. I have enjoyed administrating the EEG portion of the study.  I was also able to meet a lot more people, from the lab I am currently working in, through the lab...

My second week in Krakow! This week consisted of finally testing participants. Me and my peers were a little worried about being able to recruit participants but so far we have had a good turn out. And will be busy for the next few weeks. 🙂  I also learned how to...

It is crazy to think that I have been here for nearly a month! We are getting into the heavy weeks of testing and plan to spend most of our time in the lab. While this is going on, we are also attending workshops on excel, R-data, and E-prime. While this has been...

Wow! Already in week three, how crazy is that. This week, we have been finalizing our schedules for the rest of our time here and it is definitely getting filled up quickly. With this in mind, I took advantage of having two days off of testing and took an overnight...

It has been an absolutely crazy week. We had our first lab meeting on Wednesday where we discussed the paper written by Declerck and Kock on "The Concept of Inhibition in Bilingual Control". It was interesting to see how they structured their lab meetings and to be...

This first week consisted of traveling from State College to Poland. Initially, I was very nervous about coming to Poland and Europe in general, because I have never previously been here. So I was unsure as to what to expect when it came to the culture and...

Dzien dobry from Krakow! It has been a crazy, but exciting first weekend. We arrived on Thursday and have been able to explore the city and have been trying to adjust to the time zone (still a work in progress). This past weekend was the Off-Campus film festival, and...