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Friday, March 15, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Applying a Phase Theory Approach to the Study of Emotion and Imagination

Date: Apr 03 , 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Gerald C. Cupchik Title: Applying a Phase Theory Approach to the Study of Emotion and Imagination  Abstract: This lecture will examine three central concepts: cognition, emotion, and imagination in relation to mind-body processes in different circumstances. The ideas... More

Friday, March 15, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Object processing in the medial temporal lobes: influences of object domain

Date: Mar 20, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker:  Anna Blumenthal Title: Object processing in the medial temporal lobes: influences of object domain Abstract: We live in a rich visual world, surrounded by many different types of objects. The domain to which an object belongs, for example whether it is animate or... More

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Rebecca Merkley – Inequality is today’s greatest challenge to fostering learning

Rebecca Merkley , of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, writes about  Inequality is today’s greatest challenge to fostering... More

Thursday, March 7, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Testing and Expanding the Home Literacy Model: Evidence from Finland

Date: Mar 13, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Gintautas Silinkas-University of Jyväskylä, Finland Title: Testing and Expanding the Home Literacy Model: Evidence from Finland Abstract: The Home Literacy Model (Sénéchal & LeFevre, 2002, 2014) has been developed to explain literacy and language development... More

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Jim Davies on the psychology of why we love music

Carleton Cognitive Scientist Jim Davies was on CFRA 580’s “The Goods” with Dahlia Kurtz, talking about the psychology of why we love music.... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Programming as a Second Language

Date: Mar 06, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Jay Jennings Title: Programming as a Second Language Abstract: Computer programming has become a highly valued and sought after skill, and understanding how the brain processes and learns an inherently artificial programming language has pedagogical implications for... More

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Jim Davies on CBC: why we love sports

Carleton Cognitive Scientist Jim Davies was on CBC’s All in a Day with Alan Neal, talking about the psychology of why we like sports. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/cbc-sport-psychology-interview-with-dr-jim-davies... More

Friday, February 1, 2019

Jim Davies on Beauty and Neuroaesthetics

Interviews with Jim Davies and neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee on the latest podcast episode of Minding the Brain: Beauty and Neuroaesthetics!... More

Thursday, January 31, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Three Perspectives on the Turing Test

Date: Feb 06, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Josh Redstone Title: Three Perspectives on the Turing Test Abstract: Alan Turing proposed the Imitation Game nearly seventy years ago to replace the question, “Can machines think?” (Turing 1950). In this talk, I will show that since Turing first introduced the... More

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Jim Davies talks about psychics

Jim Davies, of Carleton's Institute of Cognitive Science, speaks about the science of psychics in an interview by Dahlia Kurtz on “The Goods.” Broadcast date: January 6. You can hear Dr. Davies every Sunday at 8:30am at CFRA 580 AM.... More

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Jim Davies on Imagination Is Key to Morality

 Carleton University cognitive science professor Jim Davies is interviewed in the Epoch Times about the psychology of morality and how it relates to the imagination. https://www.theepochtimes.com/imagination-is-key-to-morality_2719993.html  ... More

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Jim Davies on Creating Compelling Creatures

Carleton University Cognitive Science professor Jim Davies appears on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, talking about the psychology of alien design in science fiction.... More

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