Parisa Sepehri

PhD Student

Biography

Educational Qualifications

September 2020 – Present
Master’s of Arts (Psychology – Research and Clinical Training Option)
Supervisor: Dr. Carsten Wrosch, Ph.D.
Concordia University
Montreal, QC

September 2014 – December 2018
Bachelor of Science (Major in Psychology)
Graduated with Distinction
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB

Academic Awards and Achievements

2020

CIHR CGS-M Scholarship ($17,500)
Concordia Special Entrance Award ($6,000)

2018

Isbister Scholarship in Science ($1,700 – highest standing in Faculty of Science for any year except graduating year)
University of Manitoba Student Union Scholarship ($750)
NSERC Undergraduate Research Award ($6,500)
University of Manitoba Student Union Undergraduate Student Research Award ($7,000 – unable to accept in combination with NSERC URA)
U of Manitoba Employees Scholarship ($1,300)

2017

U of Manitoba Employees Scholarship ($1,475)

2016

U of Manitoba Employees Scholarship ($1,210)

2014

U of Manitoba Guertin Centennial Entrance Scholarship ($2,000)
Dean Wright Scholarship ($500)

Presentations

Kevin Leonard, Parisa Sepehri, Breanna Cheri, & Debbie M. Kelly (2020, April). Relational Complexity Influences Analogical Reasoning. Podium presentation at the 27^th annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3) in Melbourne Beach, Florida. Conference was cancelled due to Covid-19.
Parisa Sepehri & Debbie M. Kelly (2020, March). Hippocampus lateralization: Representing spatial information in the pigeon brain. Poster presentation at the annual Researchpalooza Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Kevin Leonard, Parisa Sepehri, Breanna Cheri, & Debbie M. Kelly (2019, April). A Comparative Test of Analogical Reasoning. Poster presentation at the 26^th annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3) in Melbourne Beach, Florida.
Breanna Cheri, Parisa Sepehri, & Debbie M. Kelly (2019, March). Analogical Reasoning by Humans and Corvids. Poster presentation at the annual Researchpalooza Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Parisa Sepehri, Christina Meier, & Debbie M. Kelly (2018, October). Effects of Age on Memory: Does the old bird catch the worm? Poster presentation at the 13th annual Undergraduate Research Poster Competition in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Sepehri, P., Ahmadi, S., Sepehri, N., & Szturm, T. (2018, August). Examination of Dual-Task and Age Effects during Treadmill Walking using Cross Correlation of COP Signals. Podium presentation at the 20^th biennial Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biomechanics in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Teaching experience

January-2020, May: Teaching Assistant – PSYC 3160 Perception and Attention, University of Manitoba

Research team

Wrosch Lab: Personality, Aging and Health Research Laboratory

Centre for Research in Human Development