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Thursday, September 23, 2021

New Contract Instructor position available: CGSC 3201B (Winter 2022)

The Department of Cognitive Science is looking for a Contract Instructor to teach CGSC 3201B for the Winter 2022 term. For more information please click here. Note that applications are due by Friday, October... More

Thursday, May 6, 2021

GRADflix: Your Research in 60 Seconds

Cognitive Science Graduate Student Brendan Conway-Smith participated in "GRADflix: Your Research in 60 Seconds". He prepared a video that describes his research "Modeling Metacognition" in one minute. Here is the link to video : 2021 Carleton University GRADflix submission: Brendan Conway-Smith -... More

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Jim Davies wrote a funny dialogue on how the brain works

Jim Davies published a humorous dialogue where different parts of someone’s brain argue about how to walk a dog. In Nautilus Magazine. https://nautil.us/blog/this-is-how-your-brain-walks-the-doga-dialogue... More

Monday, April 26, 2021

6 New F/W 2021-22 Contract Instructor positions available

Cognitive Science announces that six new Contract Instructor positions are available to apply to for the 2021/22 Fall/Winter terms. Note the deadline of May 21, 2021. To see the courses and to obtain applications please click HERE.... More

Friday, April 23, 2021

CogSci student Kenda Parsons awarded NSERC Summer Internship

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are meant to stimulate interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering. This year’s NSERC Summer Internship was awarded to two students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. A special Congratulations to Kenda Parsons. Kenda is a student in the Department of Cognitive Science and is... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Cog Sci student Kyle Grant wins a FASS Summer Research Intern Stipend

The FASS Undergraduate Summer Research Internship program provides senior undergraduate students with an opportunity to conduct independent research during the summer months, under the supervision of a FASS faculty member.  Each student receives a research stipend of $7500 to support their research. Cognitive Science and Psychology student Kyle... More

Monday, March 29, 2021

Cog. Sci. Colloquium: Can we improve future thinking in children with an episodic specificity induction?

Date: March 31, 2021 03:00-04:30 PM Speakers: Annick Tanguay, Olivia Gardam Title: Can we improve future thinking in children with an episodic specificity induction? Location: Online Abstract Future thinking permeates a host of activities in daily life, including foregoing an unhealthy treat, saving money, remembering to finish one’s homework,... More

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Jim Davies on How to talk to dreamers in real time

Jim Davies writes in Nautilus about how we can communicate with dreaming people in real time.... More

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Carleton Cog Sci Graduate Conference

Carleton Cog Sci Graduate Conference Hosted online by Carleton University's Department of Cognitive Science on April 9th and 10, 2021. About this Event The central aim of our conference is to provide a venue for graduate students in all areas of cognitive science--at both the Master’s and Ph.D. level--to present and receive feedback on... More

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Cog. Sci. Colloquium : A lasting influence of stories on spontaneous thought

Date: Mar 17, 2021 03:00pm -4:30pm Speaker: Buddhika Bellana Title: A lasting influence of stories on spontaneous thought Location: Online Abstract: Stories have an ability to transport us into alternate worlds. Whether it be in the form of a novel, a movie, or a vivid anecdote from conversation, this immersive quality is a central feature of... More

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Carleton HCI Alumna Shares her Autism Research

Jessica Rocheleau, a PhD student in Cognitive Science is focusing her research on understanding autistic people’s privacy and safety online. This research builds off of Rocheleau’s master’s thesis in Human-Computer Interaction which investigated autistic and non-autistic teenagers’ privacy attitudes and behaviours on social media, and... More

Friday, February 26, 2021

Jim Davies’s Book nominated

The latest book by Jim Davies, Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are, has been nominated for book of the year by the Next Big Idea Club. You can hear a few key points from the book at the recording here:... More

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