Alison Roach
Study turns over cards and minds to understand illusions
May 21, 2012By Alison Roach SFU masters student looks at the psychology behind card tricks When someone asks you to choose a playing card, you have a completely free choice in which of the 52 you pick, right? According to SFU psychology graduate student and teaching assistant Jay Olson, you might have less choice in the matter than you think. Olson has recently co-authored a study called “Perceptual and Cognitive Characteristics of Common Playing Cards” that investigates the relationship between psychology and magic. The study itself focused on a seemingly simple brand of magic: tricks using playing cards. Specifically, it analyzes how…
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20-year aging study begins
May 7, 2012By Alison Roach SFU Surrey-based project will evaluate the effects of age Beginning in April, the SFU Surrey campus has become home to an extensive study focused on the process of aging. The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), the…
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SFU consults with the stars
April 4, 2012By Alison Roach Simon Fraser Consulting holds networking event for business students When Barry McDonald, a partner in the Tax Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), announced last Wednesday at the ‘Consulting with the Stars’ event that he would be talking…
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SFU BPK major works towards health in space
March 26, 2012By Alison Roach SFU student will create workout plans for pre-fight, post-flight, and in-flight astronauts The federal government has recently announced its intention to renew its commitment to the International Space Agency (ISS), and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is scheduled…
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SFU research team finds potential cure for Alzheimer’s
March 12, 2012By Alison Roach The SFU team hopes their solution will slow or stop the disease altogether A research team at SFU has created a treatment that may slow down or even prevent Alzheimer’s disease. David Vocadlo, a chemistry professor…
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Imaging tool maps muscles in 3D
February 20, 2012<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/alison-roach">Alison Roach</a></strong> The project makes it easier to look at contracted muscles by speeding up the imaging process James Wakeling, an associate professor of engineering and kinesiology at SFU, has developed a program with graduate student Manku…
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‘Extinct’ monkey rediscovered by scientists
January 30, 2012[gallery] By Alison Roach SFU PhD student Brent Loken 'accidentally' finds rare monkey while searching for the Bornean clouded leopard A monkey thought for years to be extinct has been spotted in the forests of Borneo. SFU PhD student Brent…
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