Thursday, June 27, 2024

Audibility and Aging Brains: How Hearing Loss Increases Risk of Dementia

Audibility and Aging Brains: How Hearing Loss Increases Risk of Dementia | Carleton... More

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Carleton’s FIVE University Medal Winners in Cognitive Science

The entire Department of Cognitive Science wishes to Congratulate a record FIVE Undergraduate students being awarded each a University Medal in Cognitive Science in this Spring’s 2024 Convocation. The five award winners include: Meagan Choo-Kang In her words: I did not originally intend to go into cognitive science. I discovered this program by... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Cog Sci Departmental Admin John Tracey is Retiring

Friday, June 28th will be John Tracey's last day of work as the Departmental Administrator with the Department of Cognitive Science. He has been the Department's Administrator for 10 of his 40 years of full time employment at Carleton University.... More

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Jim Davies interviewed about the future effects of deepfake technology on media trust and journalism

Jim Davies is interviewed by Grace Oborne on Midweek, from the Carleton University School of Journalism about the future impact of deepfake technology on journalism. Listen at time 44:40 to 47:40.... More

Monday, April 15, 2024

Minding the Brain on Fake News

A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. In this month's episode Jim Davies interviews Dr. Gordon Pennycook on the psychology of fake news. Are people actually being irrational when they believe it? This episode has both audio and video versions!... More

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Kathryn Jajo-Yacoub Wins 2024 Provost Scholar Award

Funded by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and administered by Teaching and Learning Services, the Provost Scholar Award is valued at $1,000 and is given to undergraduate students who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in research, community engagement, immersive learning and/or international activities. Kathryn... More

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards 2023 Recipients

About the Award The Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are meant to stimulate a student's interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering. Students work closely together with eligible FASS faculty that can supervise their research. The awards are also meant to encourage students to undertake graduate studies and pursue a... More

Monday, April 1, 2024

Brendan Conway-Smith speaks at Stanford University

Brendan Conway-Smith speaks at Stanford University, at the AAAI 2024 Spring Symposium. Brendan presents his paper 'Toward Autonomy: Metacognitive Learning for Enhanced AI Performance,' co-authored with Robert L. West. The paper proposes adding meta-learning into AI systems, to achieve more autonomous learning and problem-solving... More

Monday, March 25, 2024

2024 Carleton Cognitive Science Graduate Conference

2024 Carleton Cognitive Science Graduate Conference - Department of Cognitive... More

Thursday, March 21, 2024

AI for Small Businesses: Prof. Raj Singh’s contribution

Cognitive Science's professor Raj Singh has been working as a partner with a fintech company, PaymentEvolution, based out of Toronto. Importantly, they also highlight the contributions of one of our grad students, Katie Van Luven, who has done outstanding work on the project. For detailed information please see here.      ... More

Thursday, March 21, 2024

FASS Faculty Members Receive SSHRC Grants (Including Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre)

FASS Faculty Members Receive SSHRC Connection Grants Congratulations to the following FASS faculty members who were awarded Connection Grants in the November 2023 competition: Barbara Leckie (English Language and Literature), along with a co-applicant at the University of Ottawa, received funding for their project titled “Common Sense:... More

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Cognitive Science’s New(ish) Floor Signage

The Department of Cognitive Science is pleased to show off it's newish floor sign located on the 22nd floor of Dunton Tower. The Logo was designed by one of our Graduate Students: Brendan Conway Smith. Faculty members included: Back row (left to right): John Anderson, Raj Singh, Jim Davies, Jo-Anne LeFevre (Chair), Mark MacLeod,... More

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Jim Davies (cognitive science, computer science) radio interview

Jim Davies appears on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa, talking about the impact artificial intelligence on society, and whether AIs could ever be conscious, in an interview with Bev Forcier. Aired May, 2023. 10 minutes.... More

Friday, February 23, 2024

Jo-Anne LeFevre: Publish or Perish: The What, Why, How, Where, and When of Publishing in Academia

Date: Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 Time: 03:00PM-O4:00PM Location: DT 2023 & Online Title: Publish or Perish: The What, Why, How, Where, and When of Publishing in Academia Speaker: Jo-Anne LeFevre Abstract: I will cover a range of issues about academic publication, including what it is, why it is necessary, how you get started, where you should... More

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

2024 Carleton Cognitive Science Graduate Conference

2024 Carleton Cognitive Science Graduate Conference - Events - Department of Cognitive... More

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Thinking about God makes Christians more prone to take risks

Does thinking about God make Christians more likely to take risks? Jim Davies writes about the latest research in Nautilus Magazine.... More

Monday, January 22, 2024

Cog Sci Prof Jim Davies talks to CBC radio about Puzzles

Today, Monday, January 22, 2024 Professor Jim Davies spoke to Ottawa CBC morning radio personality Hallie Cotnam about... More

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Colloquium: Motoric Format

Date: 24 Jan 2024 @3:00PM-04:00PM Title: Motoric Format Location: Online & DT 2203 Abstract: My aim in this paper is to contribute to recent efforts geared towards elucidating the nature of motor representations, i.e., the psychological states that serve as the primary bridge between an agent’s immediate intention and their subsequent... More

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

FASS Fair on February 10th!

Arts and Social Sciences Fair brings students - current and future - and professors together at our downtown Arts, Performance and Learning Centre, the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, to celebrate what makes the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences a great place to study. Attendees can pick-and-choose from panels, interactives, and... More

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Minding the Brain on AI and Existential Risk

A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This month's episode features Jim Davies interviewing Darren McKee about his new book and the possible threat of advanced artificial intelligence to human civilization.... More

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Chatbots improving political discourse

Talking politics in a polarized society can get heated fast. Chatbots could help us keep our cool. Check out the new Jim Davies article in Nautilus. ... More

Monday, December 4, 2023

Bloomberg News interviewed Dr. Raj Singh 

Bloomberg News interviewed Dr. Raj Singh about the digital intelligent assistants his lab has created in partnership with PaymentEvolution, a fintech company based out of Toronto. The assistants help small businesses in Canada comply with employment standards legislation. Many DCS students worked on the project. Congratulations to the team for... More

Friday, December 1, 2023

Summer 2024 Contract Instructor Positions now available

Four Summer Cognitive Science Contract Instructor Positions are now available to apply for . For the list of positions and information on how to apply please follow this link: Job Opportunities - Department of Cognitive Science (carleton.ca) Note that all applications complete with CVs are due on Thursday, January 4, 2024.  ... More

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Jim Davies interviewed about artificial intelligence and academic integrity

Jim Davies was interviewed about AI and AI: Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity in this Abyssinia Abebe article in The Charlaton. “Carleton University sees technology discourse, first “A.I. student.” "  ... More

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Jim Davies on Happiness and Sadness

Jim Davies is interviewed by Waqar Ahsan on his Philocity video show about happiness and sadness. Episode 7. 28 Minutes. ... More

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Jim Davies on why did that come to mind?

When you are asked to think of a zoo animal, how does your mind choose what pops into your consciousness? Jim Davies reports in Nautilus magazine about a study suggesting that it is done by weighting certain features in a multi-dimensional feature space. In this case, people tend to call to mind striking, dangerous,... More

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Suchanya Limpakom: Cognitive Science University Medal recipient: Fall 2023 Convocation

The Department of Cognitive Science congratulates Suchanya Limpakom; Our Cognitive Science University Medal winner for the 2023 Fall Convocation. In Suchanya's own words: I have always been interested in the human mind and how people think and perceive the world. At the same time, I am also highly interested in technology and linguistics.... More

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Cog Sci’s Final United Way Fundraiser Sales of Dvds, Cds and Videogames

The Department of Cognitive Science would like to thank the couple of dozen volunteers (individuals and FMP) who contributed their time (some very early in the morning) and or materials to the success of our Final United Way Fundraiser (Dvd, Cd and Videogame) sale on Nov. 7, 2023 held in the Nideyinàn building. We... More

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

The cognitive sciences solving HR problems

Canadian HR Reporter published a piece highlighting the collaboration between Dr. Raj Singh's lab and PaymentEvolution, a Toronto-based company focused on payroll, payments, and HR. The innovations produced through the partnership have been generously funded by grants from OCI and MITACS, and many DCS students have worked together with developers... More

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

The Psychology of film soundtracks

Ever wonder what goes into composing a  movie soundtrack that makes you feel scared, or hopeful, or tender? Jim Davies talks to Hollywood film composer Joe Kraemer (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher) about the psychology of film soundtracks on November's Minding the Brain episode! #67 The Psychology of Soundtracks with Joe Kraemer... More

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Jim Davies on why we like scary movies

Why do we like scary movies? Jim Davies on CP24 news television show talking about the psychology of liking horror. Length: 5 minutes. ... More

Friday, October 13, 2023

Jim Davies interviewed about the psychology of the music of Star Wars

On the CinemaPsych podcast, Jim Davies and Hollywood film score composer Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation; Jack Reacher) are interviewed about the psychology behind the brilliant music of the Star Wars films. Davies and Kraemer previously collaborated on a chapter on Star Wars music in the book Star Wars Psychology: The Dark... More

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Colloquium: Forty years of research on numerical cognition: Summing it up

Date: 18-Oct-2023 @03:00PM -04:00PM Location: Online & DT 2203 Title: “Forty years of research on numerical cognition: Summing it up”. Speaker: Jo-Anne LeFevre Abstract: In July, I was the recipient of the Donald O. Hebb award for “significant contributions to the study of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive science” in Canada. ... More

Friday, September 29, 2023

Jim Davies publishes in Nautilus about how familiarity affects what we can see

Jim Davies publishes in Nautilus magazine about a new psychology study showing that people can detect changes better in images they are familiar with--a departure from the traditional view that we can only see clearly a tiny part of our visual field.... More

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Neurodivergence and Language Processing in Bilinguals: Are Language Impairments Greater in a Native Language?

Arthur Hamilton delivered a talk on the findings of his ongoing doctoral research on neurodivergence and bilingualism at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science. He is conducting this research together with his supervisor Dr. Olessia Jouravlev (PI of the L-NEURO Lab at Carleton University) and... More