Submitted by Administrator on Thu, 03/10/2013 - 18:01
Melanie Jensen, who studied psychology in the Department as part of the undergraduate Natural Sciences Tripos joint course in Physiology and Psychology last year, has received twofold recognition for her outstanding Part II research project, which was supervised by Dr Jeff Dalley.
Melanie's project, which is entitled An Investigation into the Effects of Inter-Individual Differences in the Expression Levels of Neurochemical Markers in the Orbitofrontal Cortex and Nucleus Accumbens on Reversal-Learning, was selected in June for publication in the Yale Review of Undergraduate Research in Psychology. This annual publication features psychological research that is judged to demonstrate the best and most original work conducted by undergraduates.
The project has also been judged joint winner of the inaugural British Neuropsychological Society undergraduate project prize. Melanie has been invited to accept the award from the BNS at their November meeting at the Clinical Neurosciences Centre in London, and to present her project as a poster.
All undergraduates in the Department conduct a research project in their final year, and many projects have gone on to be published as journal articles.
Congratulations for this well-deserved recognition, Melanie.