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Monday, January 27, 2020

ICS Colloquium: Investigating ways to support student learning of STEM topics

Date: Feb 5, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm  Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Title: Investigating ways to support student learning of STEM topics Speaker: Kasia Muldner Abstract:  In this talk, I will describe research that my students and I are doing here at Carleton University on designing instructional environments and interventions to promote... More

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Jim Davies on CTV about New Year’s Resolutions

Jim Davies, of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on CTV talking about habit-breaking and New Year's Resolutions.... More

Friday, January 17, 2020

ICS Colloquium: A Novel Cognitive Neuroscience Method for Understanding Age Effects in Self-Referential Dynamic Spatial Models

Date: Jan 29, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Title: A Novel Cognitive Neuroscience Method for Understanding Age Effects in Self-Referential Dynamic Spatial Models Speaker: Kathleen Van Benthem Abstract Older age has been linked to an increased risk for critical incidents in aviation (such as terrain & mid-air crashes,... More

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Professor Raj Singh awarded grant from the Ontario Centres of Excellence

Cognitive Science Professor Raj Singh has been awarded an industry partnership grant from the Ontario Centres of Excellence. He is partnering with PaymentEvolution, a fintech company based out of Toronto, to develop AI-powered assistants that can help small businesses comply with the Employment Standards Act in Ontario and similar labour standards... More

Monday, December 9, 2019

Cognitive Science Holiday Dates & Closures

Please note that the Institute of Cognitive Science will be closed from 4:30pm on Monday, December 23rd and will reopen at 8:30am on Monday, January 6th, 2020. We wish all of our students, faculty and staff a joyous and safe... More

Thursday, November 28, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Kimberly Girling

Date: Dec 04, 2019 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower : Room 2203 Title: Misinformation and what to do about it Speaker: Kimberly Girling Abstract Misinformation is a growing issue that is threatening our democracy. In this workshop Dr. Kimberly Girling will present the latest psychological research on why we are so susceptible to... More

Friday, November 15, 2019

Jim Davies’s “Imagination” book released today

Imagination: The Science of Your Mind’s Greatest Power, by Jim Davies, is available!  Kirkus Reviews says that the book is "...ever engaging...A worthy companion to books by Oliver Sacks, Daniel Dennett, and other students of the always puzzling human mind.'' You can buy it at http://jimdavies.org/imagination/buy.html... More

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Artificial Intelligence Outside of Academia and the Concept of Trust

Date: Nov 20, 2019 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower : Room 2203 Title: Artificial Intelligence Outside of Academia and the Concept of Trust Speaker: Nazim Hussain Abstract Over the past few years, there has been a tremendous interest in applications of artificial intelligence in a variety of industries. From healthcare, to financial... More

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Cog Sci United Way Fundraiser raises $8148.05

The Institute of Cognitive Science would like to thank all of the people below as we (a huge team effort) managed to raise $8148.05 for our 2019 Cognitive Science United Way Fundraiser dvd, cd and videogame sale. The $8148.05 is $1467.20 more than our total raised for 2018 and now gives us a 4... More

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

ICS Colloquium: ADHD Symptoms, Academic Anxiety, and Mathematics

Date: Oct 30, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm  Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203  Speaker: Sabrina De Lonardo  Title: ADHD Symptoms, Academic Anxiety, and Mathematics Abstract: ADHD is a lifelong disorder that poses academic challenges for individuals in post-secondary education. ADHD also tends to co-occur with anxiety, especially anxiety around... More

Thursday, October 10, 2019

ICS Colloquium:Modelling Mental Imagery

Date: October 16, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm  Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Sean Riley: Title: Modelling Mental Imagery Abstract: The “mind’s eye” has long been of interest to cognitive science, yet despite decades of research spanning philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology, a formal understanding of mental imagery’s... More

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Minding the Brain won the People’s Choice Award

Minding the Brain won the People's Choice Award for Favourite Canadian Science Site, from the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada! Minding the Brain is a podcast produced at Carleton University by Jim Davies (Cognitive Science) and Kim Hellemans (Neuroscience). Thanks to everyone who voted and to listeners!... More

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