Research Laboratory
What We Do
We are a psychology lab at St. Thomas University focusing on multisensory perception and cognition. Under the direction of Dr. Doris Chow, undergraduate students conduct experimental research to understand how human participants respond to, interpret, and remember information from the different senses. Such an understanding has the potential to improve health and education-related outcomes. Furthermore, students in the lab develop important skills for research-oriented careers and beyond.
Current Members
Dr. Chow is on sabbatical in 2026-27 and is not actively recruiting for research assistants. Want to get involved? Contact Dr. Chow at hchow@stu.ca to ask about research opportunities.
Lab Updates and Achievements
- Beatrix Culligan completed an honours thesis study on “Relationship between pupil diameter and working memory capacity” and presented her work at the Psychology Honours Day and the Science Atlantic Psychology Undergraduate Conference (Newfoundland). Congratulations Beatrix!
- Our lab attended two academic conferences this year: the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (Beatrix & Dr. Chow) & the Annual Convention of the Association of Psychological Sciences (Dr. Chow). Read up on Beatrix's experience here.
- Our lab has expanded this year (2025-26): We had 6 lab members (including four third-year students who were new to the lab). All new lab members learned to complete some research tasks independently by the end of the year! Amazing work, and thank you to the team leads (Sid and Beatrix). Sid and Rebecca also won NSERC USRA to conduct summer research in the lab!
- Beatrix has been accepted into Western University's Master of Science program in Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences. All the best with graduate school!
We are often looking for research assistants and participants! If you are interested in learning more about what we work on, feel free to check out:
Dr. Chow's mentoring philosophy for current, prospective, and past students
Want to get involved? Contact Dr. Chow at hchow@stu.ca to ask about research opportunities.