I would like to say a HUGE thank you to all the students and teachers! It was a great experience and I had such a good time chatting to the students, teachers and to other scientists! There are no words to describe how stimulating this experience was. I’ve learned so many different things during the past two weeks and fort this reason I would like to thank the I’m a Scientist team who managed to keep us updated and engaged throughout the event.
I genuinely feel very confident about the future of Psychology after chatting with all these students. Their curiosity to learn more about human behaviour, experimental research and the differences between our research areas was evident. During the chats, the questions that we were asked had a range from human rights (transgenderism) to body perception (pain) to favourite food (we had common favourite food! Who doesn’t love pizza?)! I now know that we have potential Psychologists interested in all the different fields in Psychology. Without a doubt, it was very exciting seeing young people being that engaged in the chats and being eager to learn more about science, about us and our jobs.
Furthermore, I engaged in different discussions about psychology; neuroscience; artificial intelligence and other topics during the chats, which led to more questions in the ASK section and that made the participation even better. There were questions that really challenged me as a scientist and reminded me why I love this job. For example, complex questions such as What is your opinion on Artificial Intelligence? Do you think it will be useful, or do you think it may hinder us in the future? or Do you think that A.I. will be influential in behavioural psychology? really set the tone for having an in-depth debate around Philosophy and Psychology. But we also got questions that were simpler and I never thought about them, such as Why people who suffer from migraines have brain waves which appear like someone with epilepsy? As scientists sometimes we forget about the myriad of questions that haven’t been answered, and it was great to have students remind us about them. Continue reading →
