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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Announcing our Departmental Teaching Assistant Award Winners for 2025-26

Cognitive Science TA Award winners for 25-26.... In recognition of their hard work and impactful contributions to our courses, we congratulate Imola Macphee and Eilene Tomkins-Flanagan. An honourary shout-out goes to Maria Vorobeva. Well... More

Monday, April 13, 2026

Cognitive Science Spring Conference was Friday April 10th

Graduate and undergraduate students joined us for the annual Cognitive Science Student Conference on April 10th. We had a great turnout.   Students presented original research and attendees got to learn about the work happening in the department. Awesome job to all our presenters and organizers! Follow this link to view the Abstracts, posters... More

Monday, March 30, 2026

Inaugural MindHack a great success

On the weekend of March 21st a number of Cog Sci undergrad and grad students, led by Nico Waworuntu and Natalia Gomez Queseda, hosted the first-ever Cognitive Science based hackathon, MindHack 2026. According to Nico, "The goal of this event was to give a space for students of the brain-related fields to come together and... More

Thursday, March 26, 2026

2026 Cognitive Science Student Conference

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Colloquium on March 25th is a Lab Showcase featuring The Children’s Representational Development Lab

Join us on March 25th from 15:00 – 16:00 for our next Colloquium. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96979364539 Follow this link for a complete listing of our Colloquia for Winter 2026. The Children's Representational Development Lab investigates multiple areas of children's development, including saving... More

Friday, March 13, 2026

AI Is Reshaping Work, Brendan Conway-Smith Calls for a National Strategy to Protect Canadian Jobs

Canada is entering a decade of AI-driven disruption that could reshape millions of jobs. In this article, Cognitive Science PhD student Brendan Conway-Smith argues that Ottawa must move beyond discussion and build practical systems to manage workforce change and create new opportunities. Preparing now, he says, will help Canada navigate the... More

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Colloquium on March 18th–Convergence Across Bands of Cognition

Join us on March 18th from 15:00 – 16:00 for our next Colloquium. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96979364539 Follow this link for a complete listing of our Colloquia for Winter 2026. Convergence Across the Bands of Cognition  with Dr. Christian Lebiere of Carnegie Mellon University, will join via Zoom... More

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Toronto Star article featuring the Cognitive Science Math Lab

Read this recent Star article entitled: Why your child’s Grade 6 math score was decided in kindergarten — and how experts say Ontario is missing the chance to fix it Carleton University researchers urge the province to introduce universal early numeracy screening for students, similar to what we do for reading. Published Feb 20,... More

Monday, March 2, 2026

Recent Globe & Mail article featuring Jo-Anne LeFevre

Read the February 28th article entitled: Researchers Urge Early Screening for Math... More

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Colloquium on February 25 – Studying the development of predictive language comprehension using a naturalistic EEG paradigm

Join us on February 25th from 15:00 - 16:00 for our next Colloquium. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96979364539 Follow this link for a complete listing of our Colloquia for Winter 2026. Studying the development of predictive language comprehension using a naturalistic EEG paradigm Featuring Professor Jesse... More

Monday, February 9, 2026

2026 Cognitive Science Spring Conference – Call for Abstracts

We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 2026 Cognitive Science Student Conference, to be hosted by the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University, on Friday, April 10, 2026. The conference will be held at Carleton University.   The central aim of the conference is to provide a venue for students in cognitive... More

Friday, February 6, 2026

Olessia Jouravlev on CBC Radio’s Fresh Air with Ismaila Alfa:Exploring the Benefits of Bilingualism for Neurodiverse People

Carleton University Cognitive Science researcher Olessia Jouravlev’s team is challenging this conventional thinking by exploring whether bilingualism may actually enhance communication among people with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions. Listen to Olessia's interview on CBC:... More

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