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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Jim Davies interviews Kim Hellemans about video game addiction

Jim Davies interviews Kim Hellemans and Ian Richard, the co-president of Carleton University e-sports, about video game addiction. Is it real? How much is it like drug addiction?... More

Friday, November 18, 2022

Brendan Conway-Smith (PhD student) speaking at the AAAI 2022 Fall Symposium

Brendan Conway-Smith is presently speaking at the AAAI 2022 Fall Symposium — a leading international conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI is one of the primary conferences of high impact in machine learning and artificial intelligence research. Brendan is presenting an accepted paper written with Robert West “System-1 and System-2... More

Friday, November 18, 2022

We value the future less because we can’t imagine it as clearly

People tend to value things less when they're in the distant future. Part of that is because we have a harder time imagining it. Read about the role of imagination in how we value things in the future in Jim Davies's article in Nautilus.... More

Monday, November 14, 2022

Cog Sci’s 2022 Fall Convocation Senate medal winner: Kaleigh E. St Jacques

Kaleigh E. St Jacques is this Fall's Carleton University Senate Medal winner in Cognitive Science. She graduated on Saturday, Nov. 12th and also received her degree with High Distinction. This are Kaleigh's own words: Deciding to study Cognitive Science at Carleton University was an easy decision to make! The program itself encompasses many of my... More

Monday, November 14, 2022

Cog Sci Congratulates our Fall Graduating Students

The Department of Cognitive Science (Faculty and Staff) would like to congratulate all of our graduating students who's Convocation was held on Saturday, November 12, 2022. The following is a list of those students and their achievements: Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement St. Jacques, Kaleigh Bachelor of Cognitive Science Sharp,... More

Friday, November 11, 2022

Professional Development Talk: “Landing a Job Interview …And What to Expect if you Do”, AKA, the “How to get a job talk”

Date: Wednesday, 16 Nov 2022 @ 3:30 PM -04:30PM Location: Online / DT 2203 Title: “Landing a Job Interview …And What to Expect if you Do”, AKA, the “How to get a job talk” The process of applying for a job in academia seems like a well-guarded secret, and it seems like every department has its... More

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Are videogames good for you or bad for you?

Are video games good for you or bad for you? Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of video games in this month's episode of Minding the Brain podcast.... More

Monday, November 7, 2022

Jim Davies publishes a journal article on the psychology of why we find things compelling

Jim Davies has published a paper on why we find things compelling in Journal of Mind and Behavior. This theory was first published in his first popular science book, Riveted. This is the theory's first appearance in a peer-reviewed journal article.... More

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Cog Sci makes $4155 for the United Way

The Department of Cognitive Science would like to thank all the Volunteers (individuals and departments) would contributed their time (some very early in the morning) and or materials to the success of our United Way Fundraiser (Dvd, Cd and Videogame sale) on Nov. 2, 2022 in the Unicentre Galleria. We managed to sell $4155.00... More

Friday, October 28, 2022

Why do people dislike the word “moist?

Do you dislike the word ``moist?'' Lots of people do. Jim Davies is interviewed on CFRA's The Goods on why. Aired April 7, 2019.... More

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans design an educational video game with two undergraduate students

Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans supervised two Carleton undergraduate students, Alexander Salgo and Galen O'Shea, in the creation of a video game that trains you to learn about action potentials in neurons. It is available in the iOS store (apps.apple.com/us/app/postsynaptic-simulator/id1401481595) and can be run on iPhones and iPads. You can read a... More