Important Documents for Honours Students
Current Summer 2019
Psychology Honours Application Form.
Certificate of Examination Form.
Draft letter to PEI collaborators.
Library Permission to use Honours Paper
Current Honours Students
Erin Hannah
Erin received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Prince Edward
Island. She is currently working on her Honours degree exploring music, improvisational singing
and the question of domain-specific creativity. In her free time, Erin enjoys singing and playing
guitar.
Recent Honours Students
Stephanie Boisson
Comparing creativity in songs and stories: Exploring domain generality in data from athletes, musicians, and non-musicians
Hailey Arsenault
Singing experience questionnaire of Busch & Gick (2012) in persons with alcohol addiction and persons belong to a community choir.
Eric da Silva
Singing in university athletes: Effect of training, and serial position on the pitch of the tonic in a familiar melody
Kyle Dutton
Singing in university athletes: Effect of training and transposition on the pitch of the tonic in a familiar melody
Jingyuan Sun (2019)
The role of Mandarin and Cantonese tone language on singing: melodic structure and accuracy
Breea Maclean (2018) now completing B. Ed. degree
Intergenerational aspects of memory for popular music
Honours thesis in psychology can be found at https://islandscholar.ca/
Caleb Young (2018) now in a Master's program in School Psychology, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax
Singing at Summer Camp: Developmental implications
Jessica McKellar (2016) now in a Master's program in Counselling Psychology, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax
Effects of age one recognition for popular music: Exploring three generations within the same family
Derek Hughes (2015) completed MSc. Audiology, Dalhousie University School of Human Communications Disorders
Singing and cochlear implants
Maggie (Margarida Quadros) da Fonseca (2014) Completed M. Sc. Speech Pathology McGill University
Acquisition of phonemic strings: A study of the critical period hypothesis
Kate Thompson (2014) completed M. A. Psychology at University of Toronto with full SSHRC Scholarship; currently Ph.D. candidate at University of New Brunswick
Rhythm skills in younger and older adults
Marley MacInnis (2013) Completing M.Sc in Speech Pathology, Dalhousie University, School of Human Communications Disorders
Singing as sport
Gillian MacDonald (2013)
Spontaneous facial expressions that accompany singing: Effects of song meaning, gender, and musical training
Rhaeling Henderson (2013) Completed M Sc. Speech Pathology, U of Alberta
Senior's active singing vs passive listening in a musical theatre situation : cognitive impact.
Denise Beaton (2012) Completed M.A. in gerontology , U of Victoria
Senior's active singing vs passive listening in a musical theatre situation: Impact on well-being
Michael LeBlanc (2012)
AIRS Test Battery: Cross-sectional study (only lit review credits completed)
Current: Graduate study in Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario
Sisi Pan (2012) Department of Psychology, M. Sc work (incomplete) Dalhousie University
AIRS Test Battery: Role of culture, language and personality in university students from China and Canada
Current: Graduate study in Psychology, Dalhousie University
Erica Ross (2012) completed M. Sc. Speech Pathology, University of Toronto: Currently Speech Pathologist Province of PEI
AIRS Test Battery - Cross-sectional study of creativity
Moira Shaw (2012) completed M. Sc Speech Pathology, North Dakota, Minot State University
Infant imitation of pitch in infancy
Current: Graduate Study in Speech Pathology, Minot State University, North Dakota
Leah Stevenson (2012) completed M. Sc Speech Language Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax.
Effects of cultural background and music training on performance on the AIRS Short Battery of Tests of Singing and Language
Former Honours Students (please see section on Lab Alumni)