Boon Toh
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

• PhD in Psychology – University of York (2022 – present)
• Part-time Teaching - HELP University, Malaysia (2021)
• Research/Administrative Assistant – HELP University, Malaysia (2020-2021)
• MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience – University of York (2019)
• BSc (Hons) Psychology - University of Strathclyde (2018)

Career

I completed my BSc (Hons) in Psychology in 2018 with the University of Strathclyde through a 2+2 twinning programme with International Medical University, Malaysia. Following that, I proceeded into the MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of York from 2018-19 and received an MSc Project Prize. My undergraduate dissertation investigated the relationship between sedentary behaviour and everyday memory problems, where I used physical activity trackers called ActivPAL3 and a neuropsychological test battery (RBMT-3). My Masters dissertation investigated the neural correlates of filtering different types of distraction using fMRI data.

After completing my MSc, I proceeded to work as a research assistant and administrative assistant at HELP University, Malaysia, and later gained the opportunity to teach part-time with the Psychology Department there.

Presently, I am pursuing a PhD in Psychology with University of York.