2022

Hi there! This is my final week in Nijmegen and it's all feeling a bit surreal. I am having my final in-person meeting with my mentor and saying goodbye to this wonderful city. Both the city and my mentor have inspired growth within me; it is hard to leave this phase...

Hello, again. With my time in the Netherlands wrapping up, work progress has slowed. It is evident that our project will not be ready to run by the end of our time here. Therefore, these last few weeks will be dedicated to collecting data from our pretest and working...

Hi everyone! Wow, week 7! It's been great to read about everyone's successful data collection. Due to a number of setbacks, Amira and I won't be at that point for some time yet, but we plan to be in the next few months. We certainly have had no problem keeping busy...

Hello 🙂 I hope you've had a nice week. My research partner and I had the wonderful opportunity to present our research question and study design at the Max Plank Institute of Psycholinguistics this week. We presented our project ideas to the Communicative Minds group...

Hello all! It has been great to read about each project's progress and how everyone has been overcoming the obstacles presented to them. Part of the commotion of the past few weeks has been our decision to include a pre-test to identify what specific volume our test...

This week was one of our busiest yet! As Amira mentioned in her post, we've reached some setbacks in uploading our experiment. It's been a lesson in patience, understanding the process, and adapting to unforeseen obstacles. I wanted to share about the highlight of the...

This week, my research partner and I were excited to move on to the next step of our experiment-- finally creating our study online in LabVanced. However, as we have been learning more about the research process, we found that setbacks are common. Our current setback...

Amira and I are halfway through our PIRE experience! Time has flown by and I cannot comprehend that we only have 4 weeks left in the Netherlands. My mother visited me this week, which was lovely. She stayed in a beautiful hotel outside the city, which I do envy a bit....

Hello 🙂 I hope you had a good week. Today, I am going to share with you what I have been up to this week and recap what I have done up until this point. I will also be sharing what I hope to accomplish with the rest of my time here in the Netherlands. It is so...

Hello, everyone! It's been enjoyable to keep up with all of your experiences. I appreciate that while we're all spread across the world, we have a cohort here. With three weeks down, I feel like I've settled into a routine with a balance of productivity and rest....

Good afternoon from Nijmegen! I am currently wrapping up work for the week. Winding down after 5 days of work feels great and these blogs are an enjoyable and relaxing way for me to transition into the weekend. Today concluded the IMPRS (International Max Plank...

Hello! Wherever you are right now, whatever you have done today, I appreciate that you are taking the time to read a bit about me. Currently, I am in my hotel room in Nijmegen relaxing after a short (but exhausting) work week. I will not be working today or tomorrow...

This past week was productive and busy, despite the fact that we had two days off for a local holiday on Thursday and Friday. We had another meeting with Susanne and began with creating our background and target stimuli for our experiment. Our advisor from home, Navin...

Hi Everyone, For those who do not know me, my name is Amanda Gryskevicz, and my research partner Amira El-Dinary and I are in the Netherlands. We are stationed at Radboud University in Nijmegen. It has been a bit of a blur since we arrived on Monday morning, but it...

Today was my first full day in Nijmegen, and I am amazed. The city is beautiful, filled with greenery, and the people are very welcoming. I was surprised by the hotel's hospitality. Everyone seems so happy here (even while working). This morning, I went to Radboud...