About
I am a postdoctoral research fellow and PI of A national longitudinal study of Muslim diversity and flourishing, based at University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
My training has been in cognitive psychology and in neuroscience - primarily focusing on memory suppression, and on using EEG brainwave data to detect criminal knowledge. In addition, I also conduct research in contemplative neuroscience attempting to examine neural signals (EEG) during contemplative practices. Furthermore, I conduct research in human flourishing - trying to unearth predictors of flourishing and wellbeing in religious groups.
I use experimental (behavioural as well as neuroscientific) and observational methods.
Psychology fascinates me a great deal and my lifelong goal is to conduct good science and contribute to open science.
I am experienced in teaching statistics and research methods and my immediate goal is to become a permanent (tenure-track) lecturer in psychology.
Since the end of 2022, I have been using GitHub with RStudio and Quarto to learn, produce, and share code. Occasionally, I use Matlab too.
Fields of Research
My training has been in cognitive psychology and in neuroscience - primarily focusing on memory suppression, and on using EEG brainwave data to detect criminal knowledge. In addition, I also conduct research in contemplative neuroscience attempting to examine neural signals (EEG) during contemplative practices. Furthermore, I conduct research in human flourishing - trying to unearth predictors of flourishing and wellbeing in religious groups.
I use experimental (behavioural as well as neuroscientific) and observational methods.
Psychology fascinates me a great deal and my lifelong goal is to conduct good science and contribute to open science.
I am experienced in teaching statistics and research methods and my immediate goal is to become a permanent (tenure-track) lecturer in psychology.
Since the end of 2022, I have been using GitHub with RStudio and Quarto to learn, produce, and share code. Occasionally, I use Matlab too.
Fields of Research
- Human Flourishing
- Contemplative Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology: memory suppression
- Forensic Neuroscience
Current Projects
- As PI and postdoctoral research fellow in A national longitudinal study of Muslim diversity and flourishing
- As PI in Controlling unwanted memories: A multisite registered replication of the Think/No-Think effect
- As PI in Resting EEG microstates during contemplative practices
Current Courses
- Postgraduate Computational Contemplative-Neuroscience
- Undergraduate Intermediate Research Methods and Statistics.
Contact
School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing
20 Kirkwood Avenue, Upper Riccarton Christchurch, 8041 New Zealand