Research experience is one of the most important items on your resume,
especially if you are planning to apply to graduate school.
   
    Research assistants get hands-on experience with experimental methods and
after successfully completing their coursework, can receive more personalized
letters of recommendation from the supervising professor and further help in
continuing their studies on the graduate level.
    Students participate in laboratory activities for 7 hours/week for 3 credits
(PSYCH 286 OR PSYCH 486, Research Apprenticeship).

• assisting in attention and memory studies with infants (6-12 months)
• analyzing data on the computer
• recruiting infant subjects and scheduling appointments
• re-scoring videotapes of experiments
• writing one or more journal article summaries

and infants.

   Research in the ICL can also lead you to your Honor's thesis.
   If you are interested, please send us an email to
   zsuzsa.kaldy@umb.edu or call Dr. Kaldy at (617) 287-6393.