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Minding the Brain: Cognitive and Brain Science

Minding the Brain Cognitive Science professor Jim Davies along with Neuroscience professor Kim Hellemans interview each other about brain and mind topics related to their backgrounds and research. Minding the Brain is an award-winning... More

Minding the Brain Cognitive Science professor Jim Davies along with Neuroscience professor Kim Hellemans interview each other about brain and mind topics related to their backgrounds and research. Minding the Brain is an award-winning science podcast that translates scientific topics in a way anyone can listen to and find meaningful. Follow this link to... More

Thursday, May 22, 2025

NSERC $6,000 Student Research Awards

Congratulations to Leah Marshall, one of two Cog Sci undergrad students who were awarded funding to further their research. Leah, under the supervision of Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre, investigates how preschool-aged children understand number and quantity. She... More

Congratulations to Leah Marshall, one of two Cog Sci undergrad students who were awarded funding to further their research. Leah, under the supervision of Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre, investigates how preschool-aged children understand number and quantity. She started this project as part of her honours thesis work and is excited to continue building on this... More

Friday, May 16, 2025

New paper published on perceptions of ethics and AI

Zoe Roy-Stang's undergraduate research project has been published as an open access journal article with Jim Davies. This paper looks at a variety of human biases in thinking and explores how these... More

Zoe Roy-Stang's undergraduate research project has been published as an open access journal article with Jim Davies. This paper looks at a variety of human biases in thinking and explores how these biases might influence people's perception of the risk and dangers of advanced artificial intelligence. It also suggests remedies for these biases to... More