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

Monday, September 25, 2023

Cog Sci student Taran Allan-McKay and A.I.

Carleton University FASS on Instagram: "As mounting concerns about the ethics of AI continue to make headlines, Cognitive Science student Taran tells us about his interest in ethical AI, and how his well-rounded knowledge in psychology, neuroscience and philosophy impact his approach to the field of Computer Science. Taran just completed a... More

Monday, September 25, 2023

Colloquium: Modeling Cognition with Computational Architectures

Date: 27 September 2023 @3:00PM-04:00PM Title: Modeling Cognition with Computational Architectures Location: Online & DT 2203 Abstract: Cognitive architectures are useful for the validation of new findings with prior, empirically supported theories of cognition and psychology. Additionally, they provide a roadmap for developing more... More

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Jim Davies interviewed on CFRA radio about leisure time

Kristy Cameron interviews Jim Davies on CFRA radio about an interesting social survey in Statistics Canada which found 2 in 3 Canadians are satisfied with how much leisure time they have. The overall satisfaction definitely depends on age demographics. Older Canadians seem to be more satisfied. What is the science behind leisure time? Duration:... More

Thursday, September 14, 2023

New Minding the Brain episode on distinguishing fantasy from reality

The September episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. In this month's episode Kim interviews Jim about distinguishing fantasy from reality in our memories. When we think of a hypothetical situation, or a fantasy, and remember it, how does the mind later know that it was just make-believe?... More

Thursday, September 14, 2023

In-Person Professional Development Talk: Teaching Thinking in the Age of Large Language Models

Title: Teaching Thinking in the Age of Large Language Models Speaker: Jim Davies Location:  2203 Dunton Tower (IN PERSON ONLY) Date & Time : September 20, 3:00pm to 4:00pm Abstract: ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) allow students to have AIs generate essays and give good short answers to test questions. Having an AI do the... More

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Nadine Charanek wins a PhD student of the year award from findaphd.com

Nadine Charanek, a 3rd year PhD student from Linguistic Neurodiversity Lab (PI Dr. Olessia Jouravlev), was awarded a PhD student of the year award. This international award is given by findaphd.com organization. Nadine was selected from thousands of applicants because of her solid research record, outstanding academic performance, and engagement... More

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Grad Research Showcase Featuring Ayushi Chitranshi and Liza Kahwaji

Grad Research Showcase featuring Ayushi Chitranshi and Liza Kahwaji - Department of Cognitive Science... More

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Jim Davies on Minding the Brain talking about animal consciousness

The August episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. In this month's episode Kim interviews Jim about animal consciousness. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/08/01/64-animal-consciousness/... More

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Dr. Ozlem Cankaya: Preschool Children and Play

Dr. Ozlem Cankaya, a graduate of the Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science, recently published an article on preschool children and play. Dr. Cankaya is a professor at McEwan University in Edmonton, AB. The article is open access. Read it here: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/11/8/151... More

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Graduate students speak at the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM)

Last week, Brendan Conway-Smith and Nico Turcas travel to the Netherlands to speak at the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM). There, they presented two separate publications: Metacognitive threshold: a computational account (Brendan Conway-Smith) Modelling the Effects of Working Memory Demands on Accuracy Rates of Relational... More

Monday, July 31, 2023

New Fall 2023 Contract Instructor Position available

A new Cognitive Science Contract Instructor Position** is now available for the 2023 Fall Term:   CGSC 3301 A: Language and Cognitive Science: Fall 2023 [0.5 credit] To read the job description and obtain the required application please click here. Note the application deadline (with CV) is Monday, August 28,... More

Thursday, July 27, 2023

How does the brain deal with conflicting sensory information?

SAGEOPEN ACCESS Read the blog post from our Early Career Prize Winner How does the brain deal with conflicting sensory information? This is the question that our Early Career Prize Winner, Ramy Kirollos, sought to answer in his recently published article. Read the article by Carleton's Cog Sci PhD graduate Ramy Kirollos here.  ... More

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Jim Davies on the dangers of AI on CKCU

Bev Forcier interviews Jim Davies about artificial intelligence, dangers of AI, and consciousness on CKCU FM in Ottawa. Aired July 10, 2023. Interview spans from time 48:30 to 58:26. Click here and then click “LISTEN NOW.”  ... More

Friday, June 16, 2023

Cog Sci Faculty make an appearance at Convocation

To celebrate all of our Cognitive Science graduates at the 2023 Convocation ceremony held on Jun 16, 2023 several members of our Faculty attended: From Left to right we have: Professor John Anderson Professor Rebecca Merkley Professor Chris Herdman Professor Mark MacLeod Professor John Logan Professor Jo-Anne LeFevre (Chair of the Department).... More