Most of my research is performed on site in the psychology labs at TRU (located within the AE building). The psych labs are fully equipped to examine behaviour, cognition, and underlying neurological processes in a wide variety of populations (e.g., children, older adults). I am the PI of the ABC Neuro Lab that includes near- infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS, Artinis) brain imaging equipment, tobii glasses, a high resolution eyetracker (Tobii Spectrum, 1200 Hz) and a TMS machine. Students learn a wide variety of techniques that are not only used for research purposes but are also becoming mainstream for clinical (e.g., aiding assessments and diagnosis) and industrial (e.g., neuromarketing) purposes. In addition, students gain skills in cognitive testing as they learn about standardized cognitive assessments (e.g., MOCA, RBANS, CVLT) used in healthcare settings. Students often implement these measures into their research.
Lab tools:
Matlab, HOMER, Brain AnalyZIR
Eprime, Gorilla, Psychtoolbox
fNIRS
TMS
Tobii glasses 3, Tobii Spectrum (1200 Hz)
EMG, muscle NIRS
MOCA, RBANS, STAI, DASS, CVLT, TMT, etc.
Lab members:
Dr Claudia Gonzalez PI
Current summer students:
Aaliyah Hansen, Psychology (NSERC-USRA, $7500)
Alysha Muzio, Science/Psychology (UREAP award $6000)
Avory Zienowicz. Psychology. Research Assistant
Ben Secord-Bacon. Science, UREAP ($6,000)
Collaborators:
Dr Mark Rakobowchuk, Science, TRU
Dr Musfiq Rahman, Data Science, TRU
Dr Juanita-Dawne Bacsu, School of Nursing, TRU
Dr Melanie Burke, Psychology, U of Leeds, UK
Alumni:
Avory Zienowicz. Honours 2025, UREAP.
Seray Altay. Honours 2025, UREAP.
Jaida Lewis. Honours, UREAP. Currently accepted to the MSc in Counselling program at SFU!
Jost Haussendorf. Honours, UREAP. Jost is currently completing a MSc in Kinesiology at UBC!
Supreeta Ranchod. Honours, UREAP, NSERC-USRA. Supreeta has been accepted to medical school at UBCO!