HEY! I'M AMOGH
A research assistant at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute and UBC, in the field of Cognitive Science.
Utilizing tools to understand the mind. Currently working with fMRI and EEG along with Neuro-modulation Technology(tACS).
I firmly believe that Attention is the most fundamental currency, and my mission is to learn how the flow of this currency is directed.
UX-UI PROJECTS
UX RESEARCH ON COMPANIES ENTERING CHINA
Kontech insights
Compiled and presented research on international SMEs that succeeded and failed after entering China. Identified and listed historical data of the companies from a socio-economic perspective.
Identified and contrasted differences between the “collective unconscious” of the western societies and Chinese society.Explained and listed the different methodologies researchers use to overcome these differences.
CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ON CRAIGSLIST
Academic UX Research
Collaborated with a team of 4, working on the case study on Craigslist.
Conducted observational study using the "Think out loud" method, and filled the coding sheet during the study.
Played a key role in developing survey questions, and also devised analysis strategy.
PROTOTYPE DEV. AND ANALYSIS
Academic prototype design and User studies
Collaborated on a case study & development of a UBC CS building room-booking website prototype.
Conducted user studies (n=8), played a key role in designing and analyzing user stories based on user flow.
Solely developed lo-fi to med-fi prototype on Figma.
RESEARCH
TRAINING ANN MODELS TO RECOGNIZE EMOTIONAL SCHEMA AND PREDICT PERSONALITY TRAITS
Research Proposal
Introduction: The study explores the role of the dynamic core network (DCN) in forming and adapting mental models or "schemas" in relation to emotions, motivation, and personality.
Aim: To investigate the relationship between the DCN, emotions, motivation, and personality using artificial neural networks (ANN).
Methods: Recruit diverse participants, classify schemas, collect fMRI/EEG/MEG data, perform data analysis, and train ANNs for schema processing and correlate that with personality traits.
Research Questions:
Research question 1: Do individual differences in personality get reflected in the dynamic core network activation patterns.
Research question 2: Can the ANN of the dynamic core be generalized and make predictions across populations by checking predictability of OCEAN results from participants with diverse cultural backgrounds.
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND THEIR ROLE IN INFLUENCING/INDUCING COGNITION.
Research article and literature review
After conducting a literature review in the field of EM-fields and their influence, in this paper I aim to present an argument about how external electromagnetic fields influence living bodies and also play a part in shaping their perception.
Aim: Provide evidence for CEMI field theory.
Intro: Electromagnetic signals create a unified field that integrates and processes information across different brain regions. This electromagnetic field is proposed to be the basis for our conscious experiences and self-awareness.
Methodology: Used following ideas to show influence/induction on conscious experience using EM fields.
- Magneto-reception
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Olfactory Induction by transethmodial electrical stimulation.
EFFECTS OF AN INDUCED STRESSOR ON WORKING MEMORY.
Experimental design formulation and analysis
Research question of our paper: Find a relationship between stress and reading retention.
Procedure: Presenting participants with with written text (Reading speed is not controlled) and focusing on reading retention in 2 conditions: Timer visible, and Timer invisible.
Hypothesis: We predict that the presence of a timer while reading the passage will negatively impact reading retention.
Aim: We tackled the gap in Knowledge in current literature, which is: Many scholars used different operationalizations for terms like stressors and reading retention. (Kiwan et. al, 2020)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review analysis on previous research on the effects of the psychoactive compound psilocybin, on cognition.
Using academic literature, my team and I aimed to gain a better understanding on the topic, and present a literature review accordingly. This will only be possible if we look at the topic from a “clean-slate” perspective, having no presuppositions or biases towards a desired outcome. We approached this topic in the two following ways:
1) The psychological change felt after a “higher sense of perception” induced during a “trip”.
2) The philosophy behind the “higher state of consciousness”.
CS - RELATED PROJECTS
PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESS ALGORITHM
Predictive model to predict position of Robot in a grid.
Developed a POMDP algorithm that can predict the position of a robot in the given grid using JAVA
Independently developed the observation model and the transition model required to calculate the probability of being in a certain state (belief state) and update it after every action and taking an observation.
BILL-SPLITTING APPLICATION
Using JAVA OOP and JSON implementation to create an item specific bill splitting app.
Using self-developed algorithms, created an interface which allowed users to split the bill accurately, instead of just dividing the total amount equally among the group.
Each item in a bill is split with respect to only the people that that used the specific item.