Degrees:
MA in Cognitive Neuroscience, McGill University
BA (Honours) Psychology, Ryerson University
BSc (Honours) Science, University of Waterloo
Research Interests:
Abdel first began working at the CAP Lab as an undergraduate thesis student under the joint supervision of Dr. Naomi Koerner, Dr. Ben Dyson, and Dr. Margaret Moulson. His thesis project used Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) to examine interpretation biases in people with different levels of worry. He then continued working at the CAP lab as a research assistant to collect more data and finalize his thesis. His next step was to complete his graduate studies in Cognitive Neuroscience at McGill University.
Selected Conference Presentations:
Elshiekh, A., Dyson, B., Moulson, M., Kusec, A., & Koerner, N. (2014, July). Brain responses to semantic ambiguity in worry: An event-related potential (ERP) investigation. Poster presented at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Moulson, M., Elshiekh, A., & Sugden, N. (2013, April). Neural correlates of the other-race effect in adulthood: Effects of exposure. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 20th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
Moulson, M., Sugden, N., & Elshiekh, A. (2013, June). Do people look strange when they’re a stranger? Relations between social contact and the other-race effect in adults. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association 74th Annual Convention, Quebec City, Canada.