Meeting May 13 and May 11 and 14 Stonehenge visits

Ben and I went to visit Stonehenge on Monday to attend a staff meeting and update the staff on our research. I brought along copies of our Neuroscience Day poster and a print-out of the experimental paradigm itself, in case anyone was concerned. They were a very attentive audience and seemed quite keen to continue our collaboration. They were even kind enough to give us a ride back to the bus (cutting down on cab fare!)

During that meeting, I set up a meeting with Jan from the women's centre for the following Thursday (May 14). That went extremely well also. I didn't realise she was planning have me give a presentation to the women while I was there, but actually it worked out really well to do it that way as now they've all met me and had a chance to ask questions. I talked a little about the background of the research and what we hope to accomplish eventually (hopefully helping to reduce drug-stimuli-induced cravings etc) and told them exactly what the experiment would involve. They all seemed interested and have asked me to come back and present the results once I've got the data collected and analyzed (which I would be happy to do). Jan then spoke and emphasized how this sort of research might help people like them in the future, and how not much research has been done with women struggling with addiction.

Ben sent me his sign-up sheet, and Jan filled in times that the women would be free for me to test. I made the on-the-spot decision to accept everything she was offering, even if that makes it awkward since Ben and I will have to share a laptop. The sooner we get through this, the better! Currently I have next Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, as well as the Monday after the bank holiday.

Meeting with Mark: Just a chance to check in, really. Things are starting to hum along, finally. Stonehenge project is getting started, as above. Ontario Problem Gambling studentship is done and handed in (as of now) except that I still need to post my documents before 5pm.

Met with Angele last Friday re: the Hot or Not project. We decided the first major issue to get our paws on a copy of IAPS, unless Robin has some other database of stimuli that would be more useful. From what I understand, Angele is currently conducting a lit review. She is keen to learn E-Prime, so I will go over that with her once we have our stimuli ready to go.

Lit review for the SD/Attention stuff is moving forward. Met with Ben this week, who has promised to update the wiki with the literature that he has collected over the course of his PhD. We did go over our respective lists and noted which papers were duplicates. Ben has agreed to do a short meeting every week, then spend an hour or so sitting somewhere and working on this project, which I think will help a lot in keeping things moving.

To do:
- Ontario Problem Gambling studentship handed in
- continue lit review
- Python homework
- meet Mark/Angele re: Hot or Not
- talk to Ben about consent/debriefs etc for Stonehenge and arrange laptop custody
- see if I can jury-rig Ben's laptop so the plug doesn't fall out!