Items to bring:
1. Flight tickets, bus tickets, walking directions to Uni.
2. Printed copies of CV
3. Printed copy of dissertation?
4. Vera's poster for her research.
5. Notepad + Pen.
6. Snazzy outfit (got to be very snazzy).
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| Snazzy enough, for ya? |
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| Top shop pose. |
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| Sexy socks, pose. |
7. Printed copy of application form / proposal (for fact checking. Possibly print out some of these blog articles to read on the plane?)
8. Will to live / sense of dignity.
Things to know:
1. My proposal, as much as possible.
2. The big studies in mirror neuron research. The basics.
3. Mirror neuron research in relation to direct-matching + Neurological evidence.
4. Mirror neuron research in relation to autism; broken mirrors theory and Southgate and Hamilton's (2008) imitation-based arguments.
5. Emotional Contagion, specifically automatic mimicry and feedback research.
6. Emotional Contagion research in relation to autism, linking it the findings that autistic individuals can imitate, just not automatically.
7. Vera Kempe's research, of which I am taking an active part. Sex differences in temporal resolution power.
8. The names, and general backgrounds of my interviewers; Jon Silas (mirror neurons and social cognition), Diane Bray (Forensic psychology), Michael Eysenck (Cognitive psychology in general, but most recently anxiety based work) and John Rae (Language based research).
9. Some information about Roehampton's fMRI facilities?
10. The building blocks of my answers to: "Why would you want to study here? / What would you do with the training, skills and qualifications you would gain? / Why would you be a more suitable candidate than the next guy?" sort of questions.
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