Hi! I'm Travis, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at McGill University.
I study environment impressions. Together with the erudite Eric Hehman, our recent work proposes the Environment Impressions Model, a four-factor model that captures how people form impressions of the environments they live in and navigate every day (i.e., density, desirability, light, and temperature). In order to understand how environment impressions shape our atttiudes and behavior, I adopt a multi-method approach where I integrate big data and geospatial analyses with traditional psychological techniques.
Prior to McGill, I received my BSocSci (Hons) and MSocSci in Psychology from the National University of Singapore (NUS). At NUS, I won the Graduate Students' Teaching Award for three consecutive semesters. In recognition of my teaching abilities, I was placed on the Honour Roll. I've continued this commitment to teaching excellence at McGill, where I recently clinched the Michael Quek Teaching Assistant Award.
When I'm not chasing Open Science Badges, you can find me spending my free time planning (my next trip), preparing (a stand-up routine), and playing (strategy games). Feel free to reach out for more information or a conversation :)
Publications
Lim, T. & Hehman, E. (accepted). The Environment Impressions Model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Komisarof, A., Leong, C. H., & Lim, T. (2025). Social markers of acceptance in Japan: Examining acceptance criteria for immigrants of different ethnocultural heritages. International Journal of Social Psychology, 40(2–3), 508–558. https://doi.org/10.1177/02134748251337713
Lim, T., Neel, R., & Hehman, E. (2024). Intergroup contact is consistently associated with lower prejudice across group properties. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1), 127426. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.127426
Komisarof, A., Leong, C. H., & Lim, T. (2023). Constructions of Japanese national identity: Host views using a social markers of acceptance framework. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 94, 101806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101806
Teo, N. Q. X.*, Lim, T.*, & Tong, E. M. W. (2023). The humble estimate: Humility predicts higher self-assessment accuracy. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(1), 561–582. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12545 (* shared first authorship)
Lim, T., & Leong, C. H. (2021). Whose narratives? Divergence in how history is organized across generations and its impact on well-being. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24(3), 349–363. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12451
Lim, T., Leong, C. H., & Suliman, F. (2020). Managing Singapore's residential diversity through Ethnic Integration Policy. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 39(2), 109–125. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-05-2019-0168
Theses
Lim, T. (2022). The Role of Admiration in Outgroup Perception [Master's Thesis, National University of Singapore]. ScholarBank@NUS. https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/231423
Lim, T. (2020). Cultural Stereotypes and the Need for Cognitive Closure in Intercultural Negotiations [Honours Thesis, National University of Singapore]. ScholarBank@NUS. https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/176677