Monday, October 16, 2017

The Ethics of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Human-centric Science: Jim Davies at the Ottawa Writers Festival

On Friday, November 3rd, don't miss your chance to see Jim Davies give a talk on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence as a part of the Ottawa Writer's Festival. You can register for free by following this link:  http://www.writersfestival.org/events/fall-2017/nrc-presents-the-ethics-of-big-data-artificial-intelligence-and-human-centric-science.... More

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Discovering FASS Research, Dr. Chris Herdman

The Director of the Visualization and Simulation Centre (VSIM) Dr. Chris Herdman sits down with FASS to discuss his interdisciplinary research and student collaboration.... More

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Colloquia: John Logan. Oct 11th at 3PM in DT 2203

Please join John Logan tomorrow (Oct 11th) from 3PM-4:30PM in Dunton Tower 2203 for the following talk:   Title: Language and Psychopathy   Abstract: Psychopathy is a personality disorder associated with social and affective deficits. Over the past several years my students and I have explored a deficit in another area associated with... More

Monday, October 2, 2017

Colloquia: Daniel Siddiqi. Oct 4th at 3PM in DT 2203.

Please join Daniel Siddiqi this upcoming Wednesday, October 4th from 3PM-4:30PM in Dunton Tower 2203 for this interesting talk:   Title: From Homophony to Unity Presenting work co-authored with Bronwyn Bjorkman (Queens University) and Elizabeth Cowper (University of Toronto) Abstract: English word-forms ending with –ing (e.g. running,... More

Monday, September 25, 2017

Extraterrestrials meet Cognitive Science

Professor Jim Davies of the Institute of Cognitive Science was featured in the Ottawa Citizen this past Saturday, 23rd September, in an article entitled "Why the Aliens Kind of Look Like Us." In her article, author Megan Gillis discusses Davies' insightful theories concerning human perception of aliens in science fiction. Check it out online... More

Friday, September 22, 2017

ICS Admin Staff show their Ravens spirit

Here at the Institute of Cognitive Science, our staff are proud to support Carleton University Spirit Days. Check out the CU Spirit webpage to learn about the perks that students, staff, and faculty can receive for showing their Ravens pride: https://carleton.ca/seo/cuspirit/. From left to right: Jana Patterson, (Acting) Graduate Administrator,... More

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Cognitive Science welcomes two new Faculty members

On July 1st of this year, the Institute of Cognitive Science welcomed two new Faculty members. They are: Olessia Jouravlev: Teaching CGSC 3908 A & B (Fall/Winter) + CGSC 5901 (Winter) and Nadiya Slobodenyuk: Teaching FYSM 1607 A & C (Fall/Winter) + CGSC 2001A (Fall) + CGSC 2002B (Winter) Everyone in the Institute wishes the... More

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Colloquia: Christopher Viger: Sept 20: 3pm: DT 2203

Please join Christopher Viger for the following talk: Title: Small Worlds Big Ideas Abstract: Research into the patterns of neural connectivity using graph theory, connectomics, suggests that the brain has a small-world architecture, in which most connections between nodes are local, with relatively few long-ranging connections. Activity in... More

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Science Literacy Week: Naylor Report 101

Posted on behalf of Justin Singer, ICS Ph.D. Student: On Wednesday, September 20th at 10 AM in CO 270 in the Residence Commons, as part of Evidence for Democracy's Science Literacy Week, I will be hosting a Naylor Report 101. This event will be focused on the recently released Naylor Report, (available at... More

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Wed, Sept 13 Colloquia: Radovan Vadovic: DT 2203: 3pm

Title: Free to Choose: Testing the Pure Motivation Effect of Autonomous Choice Authors: Tomas Sjöström (Rutgers University), Levent Ülkü (ITAM), Radovan Vadovic (Carleton University) Abstract: We conduct an experimental test of the long-standing conjecture that autonomy increases motivation and job performance. Subjects face a menu... More

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Jim Davies: New article – How We Can Catch a Ball When We Don’t Know Where It Will Be

  Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, has a post on the Psychology Today blog that was selected as an essential topic. It describes his research done with Carleton Cognitive Science Ph.D. student Jay Jennings on how our minds use two different ideas of how objects... More

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Jim Davies: New Chapters In “Star Trek Psychology: The Mental Frontier”

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, has published two book chapters in the new book Star Trek Psychology: The Mental Frontier. One is about creativity and the design of Star Trek’s aliens, and the other is about the representation of artificial intelligence in the Star Trek... More

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Jim Davies: New article – Why You Shouldn’t Tell People about Your Dreams

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, has published an article in the Scientific American website about why you should not tell people about your dreams.        ... More

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Jim Davies’s “Riveted” translated into Russian

Cognitive Science’s professor Jim Davies book Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe has been translated into Russian Language. The book can be purchased online at http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/32579951/... More

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Dr. Courtney Humeny Graduated with a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science

Dr. Humeny (Second from the left) with her partner, father, and brother (Left to right).   Dr. Courtney Humeny Graduated with a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science last month, 16th June. Dr. Humeny’s Ph.D. thesis was supervised by Dr. John Logan. Dr. Humeny shared her experience in the program: “My biggest take away from the... More

Monday, June 19, 2017

Dr. Wahida Chowdhury Graduates with a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science

  Dr. Wahida Chowdhury graduated with a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science last Friday, June 16th . The attached photo shows Dr. Chowdhury (center) with her PhD supervisors  Dr. Warren Thorngate (left) and Dr. Robert Biddle (right). Dr. Chowdhury related the following  experiences in the program “When I started the Cognitive Science program, I... More

Friday, June 16, 2017

Jim Davies: New article – Consciousness and Real-World Ethical Implications

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, has an article on the blog for Nautilus magazine about how the understanding of consciousness has real-world ethical implications http://nautil.us/blog/the-moral-importance-of-understanding-consciousness          ... More

Monday, June 12, 2017

Kunio Hessel wins University Medal in Cognitive Science

The institute of Cognitive Science is proud to announce that Kunio Hessel has won the University Medal for Cognitive Science for 2017. Mr. Hessel will be graduating on Friday, June 16th at the 9:30am ceremony. More information about Kunio Hessel can be found... More

Friday, June 9, 2017

ICS Professor Kasia Muldner wins 2017 CU Teaching Award

The office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) are pleased to announce the outstanding educators who have been named 2017 Carleton University Teaching Award winners. Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award: Véronic Bezaire (Department of Chemistry) New Faculty... More

Friday, June 9, 2017

ICS students publish article (with Faculty) in Bilingualism Journal

Former ICS undergraduate student Leah Hoiting and current ICS Master's student Leyna Sanger just co-published a journal article in the International Journal of Bilingualism with Carleton University Faculty members Kasia Muldner (ICS), Lev Blumenfeld (SLALS/ICS) and Ida Toivonen(ICS/SLALS). The article is about how French-English bilingual... More

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Marie-Odile Junker preserves Indigenous Languages and wins a G.G. Award

Dr. Marie-Odile Junker (Linguistics and Cognitive Science) was recently presented with a Governor General's award. For the whole story follow the link below:... More

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Dr. Jim Davies speaks about predicting the future, and the biases we have about it.

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, was featured on American radio station WNPR, talking about how hard it is to predict the future, and the biases we have about it. Dr. Davies appears at time 21:10. You can listen to the show at:... More

Monday, March 20, 2017

Three cognitive science undergraduates have been nominated for their work as teaching assistants in the Department of Computer Science.

Congratulations to Mackenzie Oster, Jeremy Kielbiski, and Kevin Hua! The full list of nominees is available at: https://carleton.ca/tasupport/2017/celebrating-carletons-outstanding-tas-4/... More

Monday, March 20, 2017

Three cognitive science undergraduates have been nominated for their work as teaching assistants in the Department of Computer Science.

Congratulations to Mackenzie Oster, Jeremy Kielbiski, and Kevin Hua! The full list of nominees is available at: https://carleton.ca/tasupport/2017/celebrating-carletons-outstanding-tas-4/... More

Thursday, March 16, 2017

2017 ICS Spring Conference

We invite you to join us for The Institute of Cognitive Science Annual Spring Conference!  Date: April 11th, 2017 Cost: Free Refreshments will be provided. Full Schedule Talks: 12:00 am to 1:30 pm (DT 2203) Poster session: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Residence Commons – 270, 272 & 274)   For further details, please... More

Monday, March 6, 2017

Dr. Jim Davies posts blog for Nautilus Magazine about the “Benefits of Meditation in Mice”

Dr. Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, has an article on the blog for Nautilus magazine about how scientists are bringing the benefits of meditation to mice just by shining light in their eyes.... More

Monday, March 6, 2017

Colloquia: Dr. Olessia Jouravlev: Mysteries of the Bilingual Mind: Mar. 9: 1-2:30pm: DT 2203

Please join the Institute of Cognitive Science for the latest speaker in it's Colloquia series. Speaker: Olessia Jouravlev, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Mysteries of the Bilingual Mind Date: Mar. 9, 2017:  1pm – 2:30pm Dunton Tower 2203 Abstract: About 60% of the world’s population is... More

Monday, February 27, 2017

Dr. Shanna Kousaie: The Impact of Bilingualism on Cognition and the Brain: Thurs. Mar. 2: 1pm: DT 2203

Date: Mar. 2, 2017:  1pm – 2:30pm Dunton Tower 2203 Speaker: Shanna Kousaie, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Title: The Impact of Bilingualism on Cognition and the Brain Abstract: It is estimated that more than 50% of the world’s population is bilingual; however, the majority of language research has focused on... More

Monday, February 27, 2017

Dr. Shanna Kousaie: The Impact of Bilingualism on Cognition and the Brain: Thurs. Mar. 2: 1pm: DT 2203

Date: Mar. 2, 2017:  1pm – 2:30pm Dunton Tower 2203 Speaker: Shanna Kousaie, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Title: The Impact of Bilingualism on Cognition and the Brain Abstract: It is estimated that more than 50% of the world’s population is bilingual; however, the majority of language research has focused on... More

Friday, February 17, 2017

Congratulations to Dr. Nalini Ramlakhan!

Nalini Ramlakhan successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation on Monday, December 19th, 2016. Her title: " Emotion and morality: Determining whether empathy and other emotions are important for morality". Chancellor's Professor Emeritus Andrew Brook supervised the dissertation. The external examiner was Prof. Dan McArthur (York) and the other... More

Friday, February 10, 2017

Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Humeny!

Courtney Humeny successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis January 13. Courtney’s thesis integrated several conceptual frameworks to investigate survivors of a romantic relationship with a psychopath. Qualitative and quantitative analyses revealed that survivors of psychopaths experienced more physically harmful, versatile, and frequent forms of... More

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Colloquia: Dr. Xiaoming (Jason) Jiang: Bridging Language Use and Social Cognition: Feb. 16: 1-2:30pm: DT 2203

Date: Feb. 16, 2017:  1pm – 2:30pm Dunton Tower 2203 Speaker: Dr. Xiaoming (Jason) Jiang, Neuropragmatics and Emotion lab in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the faculty of Medicine, McGill University. Title: Bridging Language Use and Social Cognition: Cognitive Neuroscience Evidence from Pragmatic Inference, Vocal... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Dr. Jim Davies publishes in Nautilus Magazine about the Emotional Power of Video Games

Dr. Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, has an article on the blog for Nautilus magazine about the emotional power that video games have that other art forms don’t. http://nautil.us/blog/video-games-do-guilt-better-than-any-other-art... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Colloquia: Dr. Laura Batterink: Contributions to language from implicit and explicit memory: Feb. 9: 1pm-2:30pm: DT 2203

Date: Feb. 9, 2017:  1pm – 2:30pm Dunton Tower 2203 Speaker: Dr. Laura Batterink, Brain Behavior and Cognition: Department of Psychology Northwestern University Title: Contributions to language from implicit and explicit memory Abstract: A fundamental distinction in human cognition is between implicit cognitive mechanisms, which operate... More

Monday, January 23, 2017

Dr. Jim Davies publishes in Nautilus Magazine about “How considering false histories changes our moral judgments”

Dr. Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, has an article on the blog for Nautilus magazine about why we blame people when something bad happens.... More