Sydney Uglow

Snapshot

Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour Level IV student researching disinformation and polarization of attitudes
Currently working on a thesis project
Position obtained through: Networking & Classes
Everyone has pre-existing beliefs that can affect how they interpret new information. My thesis examines how a person's attitudes on a topic are affected by information that either aligns or misaligns with the person's pre-existing biases and beliefs. Specifically, how (or if) a person's attitudes change when exposed to misaligning information. The project aims to examine if basic principles of learning and memory can be used to change a person's attitudes.
My responsibilities for this experiment are to help code the experiment, implement the data collection process, and analyze the data. After this experiment, we plan on running another follow-up experiment!

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