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Asked by anon-188134 to Warren, Shanti, Paul, Nadine, Pizza Ka Yee, Alex on 13 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-188273, anon-188304.
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Paul Matusz answered on 13 Nov 2018:
Hi, to me is the ability of equalising learning opportunities to mostly healthy but disadvantaged children in normal schooling, as well as bringing back fundamental skills to those without them. I started studying psychology so I can understand what controls us as people. Since then, I was always interested in how we process information in the busy, complex, multisensory environments. Filling out these lacks in knowledge is probably the most important for supporting how children learn every day as well as in rehabilitation of different disorders – from kids not seeing very well (like when they have a “lazy eye” to kids having problem with learning or older adults who have problems with their memory. So the possibility that some of the things that I discover might be helping others is what keeps me working hard.
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Nadine Mirza answered on 14 Nov 2018:
My favourite part about my work is after I’ve done the bulk of the actual research work (recruiting participants, collecting data, writing the results up formally) and getting to share it with the public (this is called science communication and I’m A Scientist is an example of that!). I love being able to tell people, adults, kids, whomever, why my research is important, getting them interested and asking questions, and then telling them what I’ve done and what I’m doing and even how they can get involved. I try to do this by writing articles or blog posts, by giving talks and workshops, or by running fun stalls at science festivals! This kind of work often involves a lot of brainstorming and teaches me to come up with more and more creative ways to attract people’s attention and explain my work- which can be a challenge!
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