Friday, November 28, 2014

Dr. Myrto Mylopoulos Talk: “Is there Phenomenology of Agency: Tues, Dec. 9/14. NOTE Room Chg: DT 2203

Dr. Myrto Mylopoulos (Philosophy & Cognitive Science, Carleton, and Institut Jean Nicod, Paris) will deliver a talk titled "Is there Phenomenology of Agency?" The talk takes place on Tuesday December 9. 3:00pm, NOTE ROOM CHANGE:  DT 2203 It is often held that, just as there is something it is like to smell a rose,... More

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Undergraduate Student Research Award: Apply by Dec. 1, 2014

The ICS-USRA provides funding for an undergraduate student who is majoring in Cognitive Science to work as a research assistant on a project supervised by a faculty member in Cognitive Science. For more information and an application form follow this link. Note the Deadline of Dec. 1,... More

Friday, November 14, 2014

Book Launch for Dr. Jim Davies’ Riveted The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe (Thursday, November 20)

Thursday, November 20, 2014, 6:30pm Room 270, Residence Commons Carleton University This is the official book launch of the popular science book Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe by Jim Davies, associate professor at Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive... More

Friday, November 14, 2014

Book Launch for Dr. Jim Davies’ Riveted The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe (Thursday, November 20)

Thursday, November 20, 2014, 6:30pm Room 270, Residence Commons Carleton University This is the official book launch of the popular science book Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe by Jim Davies, associate professor at Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive... More

Monday, November 10, 2014

Dr. Jim Davies: How our perceptions change to match what we can and should do in the world

Dr. Jim Davies of Carleton University's Institute of Cognitive Science has published a blog entry on the Nautilus website about how our perceptions change to match what we can and should do in the world. For example, a glass of water looks closer to you when you're thirsty. http://nautil.us/blog/how-your-brain-gaslights-youfor-your-own-good... More

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

CU in the City with Dr. Jim Davies – Cube Gallery: Nov. 19/14: 7pm

In this talk, Jim Davies, of the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University and director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory, will discuss the science behind why some things seem to resonate with our minds and others do not. Why do we get hooked on a hockey game, or to a novel? Why... More

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

CU in the City with Dr. Jim Davies – Cube Gallery: Nov. 19/14: 7pm

In this talk, Jim Davies, of the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University and director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory, will discuss the science behind why some things seem to resonate with our minds and others do not. Why do we get hooked on a hockey game, or to a novel? Why... More

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Jim Davies blog entry: “Are You Overthinking Things?”

Jim Davies, Carleton associate professor at the Institute of Cognitive Science, has published a blog entry on Wired Innovation Insights titled "Are You Overthinking Things?"  ... More

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Jim Davies to speak at Ottawa Writer’s Festival this Sat. (Oct 25, 12-1pm) re: his book “Riveted.” : Free admission with CU student ID

Institute of Cognitive Science faculty member Jim Davies will speak at the Ottawa Writer's Festival this Saturday (Oct 25, 12-1pm) about his book "Riveted." Anyone with a Carleton Student ID can get in free.... More

Monday, October 20, 2014

Dr. Terry Stewart is presenting a series of workshops on cognitive neural modelling.

Dr. Stewart will be running workshops this week for anyone interested in learning how NENGO works and learning how to use NENGO to build their own neurocognitive models: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday (21st) 2:00 p.m. Wednesday (22nd) 10:00 a.m. Friday (24th) Workshops will be held in room 5220 of the Visualization and Simulation Building (VSIM).... More

Monday, October 20, 2014

Dr. Terry Stewart is presenting a series of workshops on cognitive neural modelling.

Dr. Stewart will be running workshops this week for anyone interested in learning how NENGO works and learning how to use NENGO to build their own neurocognitive models: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday (21st) 2:00 p.m. Wednesday (22nd) 10:00 a.m. Friday (24th) Workshops will be held in room 5220 of the Visualization and Simulation Building (VSIM).... More

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Don’t forget – ICS – Lab Fair is tomorrow – October 16th

  Tomorrow, Thursday, October 16th,  is the annual Institute of Cognitive Science Lab Fair! This is an opportunity for students, Undergraduate and Graduate, to meet many of the faculty of our wonderful department while learning about their research interests and projects. If you are a PhD student looking for a potential methodology... More

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

“Fast Company” has an article about “Riveted,” the book by Carleton’s Jim Davies.

The magazine "Fast Company" has an article about "Riveted," the book by Carleton's Jim Davies. http://www.fastcocreate.com/3036088/4-completely-scientific-ways-to-know-if-your-content-is-compelling Jim Davies: (Institute of Cognitive Science Associate Professor):  Author of Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry,... More

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre: Language and Children’s Early Mathematics interview

Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre (Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science) was interviewed for a story in the Wall St. Journal on Language and Children's Early Mathematics. The article is entitled: The Best Language for Math: Confusing English Number Words Are Linked to Weaker Skills.  ... More

Monday, September 8, 2014

Ida Toivonen presented two papers at a Nordic Conference of Dialectology in August

Ida Toivonen (Carleton ICS and SLaLS) presented two papers at a the Nordic Conference of Dialectology last month. She presented her research on the apocope of infinitival endings in the Åland dialect. She also presented a paper on joint research with Eva Sundberg on the rich variety of lateral consonants in the Åland dialect.... More

Monday, September 8, 2014

Huffington Post article by Jim Davies: Re: Riveted book

Carleton University's Jim Davies (Institute of Cognitive Science) has written an article on the science of laughter and humour for the Huffington Post, based on his new book,... More

Monday, September 8, 2014

Thurs. Sept 11/14: 11:45am – 1pm: The meaning of “each”: Distance Distributivity and Skolemization

Speakers: Dr. Raj Singh (Carleton ICS) and Dr. Ida Toivonen (Carleton ICS and SLaLS) (joint work with former student Dejan Milacic, now at McGill University, Department of Linguistics)   Title: The meaning of "each": Distance Distributivity and Skolemization   Abstract: There are many quantificational expressions in natural language. Somehow,... More

Monday, September 8, 2014

Thurs. Sept 11/14: 11:45am – 1pm: The meaning of “each”: Distance Distributivity and Skolemization

Speakers: Dr. Raj Singh (Carleton ICS) and Dr. Ida Toivonen (Carleton ICS and SLaLS) (joint work with former student Dejan Milacic, now at McGill University, Department of Linguistics)   Title: The meaning of "each": Distance Distributivity and Skolemization   Abstract: There are many quantificational expressions in natural language. Somehow,... More

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Jim Davies: How a Mental Disorder Can Disappear from the World Overnight

Jim Davies writes on the blog of Nautilus science magazine on "How a Mental Disorder Can Disappear from the World Overnight." Davies is an associate professor at Carleton University's Institute of Cognitive Science.  ... More

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Jim Davies: How a Mental Disorder Can Disappear from the World Overnight

Jim Davies writes on the blog of Nautilus science magazine on "How a Mental Disorder Can Disappear from the World Overnight." Davies is an associate professor at Carleton University's Institute of Cognitive Science.  ... More

Thursday, August 14, 2014

What do Blind People actually see by Jim Davies

What do blind people actually see? Jim Davies answers this question on the blog of Nautilus magazine. Davies is an associate professor of cognitive science at Carleton University and director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory. http://nautil.us/blog/what-do-blind-people-actually-see Jim Davies: Author of Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes... More

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Jim Davies’s Book: discussed on CBC Radio One’s “All In a Day” on July 28, 2014

Jim Davies's book  ​ Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe   http://www.jimdavies.org/riveted/ ​ was discussed on CBC Radio One's "All In a Day" on July 28, 2014. The book was described by Sean Wilson, the Artistic Director of... More

Friday, June 27, 2014

Looking for a Non-Academic Job? Check Out What Crystal Blais (PhD Cog. Sc.) Suggests

Crystal Blais (PhD/13) landed her dream job even before she graduated with her PhD in Cognitive Science. Today, she is a Cognitive Neuroscientist at NorDocs Technologies, Inc., a medical devices company that focuses on treatment solutions for substance abuse and other... More

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Mutation Helps Create the Most Durable Religions: by Jim Davies

When people think of religions, they tend to turn to of the big five: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Although these are the most popular religions in the world, they are a minuscule sample of the thousands of religions that have existed over humanity’s history, and a small slice even of religions that... More

Friday, June 13, 2014

Is It Possible to Feel Sympathy For Many People at Once?

People seem to be just as moved to compassion by a tragedy affecting 15 as 500 people. Can we overcome our insensitivity to numbers using imagery and the imagination? In this Psychology Today blog entry, Carleton University associate professor Jim Davies looks at the evidence. Jim Davies: Author of Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes... More

Friday, June 13, 2014

Is It Possible to Feel Sympathy For Many People at Once?

People seem to be just as moved to compassion by a tragedy affecting 15 as 500 people. Can we overcome our insensitivity to numbers using imagery and the imagination? In this Psychology Today blog entry, Carleton University associate professor Jim Davies looks at the evidence. Jim Davies: Author of Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes... More

Friday, June 6, 2014

Jim Davies has his new book reviewed

Kirkus, a book review magazine, has released a glowing review of "Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe," which comes out August 1. The author is Jim Davies, associate professor at Carleton University's Institute of Cognitive Science.... More

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Elizabeth Rosseau (graduate student M.Cog.Sc.) – top 10 finalist in the 2014 3MT competition

Elizabeth Rousseau is a graduate student in the Master of Cognitive Science program at Carleton. She participated in the Carleton 3MT competition in March, 2014 with her topic: The Role of Joint Attention in Second Language... More

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Dr. Chris Herdman receives an award from Trent University

Dr. Chris Herdman, Professor of Cognitive Science and Psychology at Carleton University, recently received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Trent University. The event was held on May 3, 2014 at the 9th Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony in the Barbara Frum Atrium at the CBC Production Facilities in Toronto.    ... More

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Congratulations to the Spring Conference Winners

The Institute of Cognitive Science is pleased to declare another successful Annual Cognitive Science Spring Conference! Every year, graduate students present their work, demonstrating the quality and variety of research done at the Institute, and this year was no exception. Furthermore, the Institute, in collaboration with the Cognitive Science... More

Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Reality of Abstract Psychological Concepts – by Dr. Jim Davies

ICS faculty member Jim Davies writes on the reality of abstract psychological concepts in this blog posting on the Psychology Today blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-imagination/201403/are-desires-real  ... More

Monday, February 3, 2014

Jim Davies blog entry on shape-color associations: chosen as an essential read on Psychology Today

Wassily Kandinsky found that certain shapes, such as triangles and circles, were more often associated with particular colors. But the subsequent research has had trouble replicating these findings. In this Psychology Today blog entry, chosen as an "essential read," Carleton University associate professor Jim Davies describes the different... More

Friday, January 24, 2014

Jo-Anne LeFevre speaks to CBC’s Alan Neal about Math Literacy

Jo-Anne LeFevre discussed math literacy with Alan Neal on CBC’s All in Day radio program on Wednesday, January 22, 2014. You can find out more about math literacy on Jo-Anne’s website, Count Me... More

Friday, January 24, 2014

Jo-Anne LeFevre speaks to CBC’s Alan Neal about Math Literacy

Jo-Anne LeFevre discussed math literacy with Alan Neal on CBC’s All in Day radio program on Wednesday, January 22, 2014. You can find out more about math literacy on Jo-Anne’s website, Count Me... More

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Dr. Deepthi Kamawar awarded a Graduate Mentoring Award

Congratulations to Dr. Deepthi Kamawar who was awarded a Graduate Mentoring Award in the fourth year of the competition.  Previous winners from ICS included Jo-Anne LeFevre (2011) and Andy Brook (2012).   http://gradstudents.carleton.ca/faculty-and-staff/faculty-graduate-mentoring-awards/... More