Monday, September 27, 2021

A Passion for Perennial Learning: Cog Sci’s Dr. Andy Brook

Read how easy it was and why Dr. Andy Brook set up an award for Graduate... More

Monday, September 27, 2021

Colloquium: Cognitive Control Determines the Fate of Memory Representations

Date: Wednesday, Sep 29 2021 @03:30PM -04:30PM Title: Cognitive Control Determines the Fate of Memory Representations Location: Online Speaker: Tarek Amer Abstract: Cognitive control, or the ability to selectively focus attention on task-relevant information, while simultaneously ignoring task-irrelevant information, supports performance across... More

Thursday, September 23, 2021

New Contract Instructor position available: CGSC 3201B (Winter 2022)

The Department of Cognitive Science is looking for a Contract Instructor to teach CGSC 3201B for the Winter 2022 term. For more information please click here. Note that applications are due by Friday, October... More

Thursday, May 6, 2021

GRADflix: Your Research in 60 Seconds

Cognitive Science Graduate Student Brendan Conway-Smith participated in "GRADflix: Your Research in 60 Seconds". He prepared a video that describes his research "Modeling Metacognition" in one minute. Here is the link to video : 2021 Carleton University GRADflix submission: Brendan Conway-Smith -... More

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Jim Davies wrote a funny dialogue on how the brain works

Jim Davies published a humorous dialogue where different parts of someone’s brain argue about how to walk a dog. In Nautilus Magazine. https://nautil.us/blog/this-is-how-your-brain-walks-the-doga-dialogue... More

Monday, April 26, 2021

6 New F/W 2021-22 Contract Instructor positions available

Cognitive Science announces that six new Contract Instructor positions are available to apply to for the 2021/22 Fall/Winter terms. Note the deadline of May 21, 2021. To see the courses and to obtain applications please click HERE.... More

Friday, April 23, 2021

CogSci student Kenda Parsons awarded NSERC Summer Internship

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are meant to stimulate interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering. This year’s NSERC Summer Internship was awarded to two students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. A special Congratulations to Kenda Parsons. Kenda is a student in the Department of Cognitive Science and is... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Cog Sci student Kyle Grant wins a FASS Summer Research Intern Stipend

The FASS Undergraduate Summer Research Internship program provides senior undergraduate students with an opportunity to conduct independent research during the summer months, under the supervision of a FASS faculty member.  Each student receives a research stipend of $7500 to support their research. Cognitive Science and Psychology student Kyle... More

Monday, March 29, 2021

Cog. Sci. Colloquium: Can we improve future thinking in children with an episodic specificity induction?

Date: March 31, 2021 03:00-04:30 PM Speakers: Annick Tanguay, Olivia Gardam Title: Can we improve future thinking in children with an episodic specificity induction? Location: Online Abstract Future thinking permeates a host of activities in daily life, including foregoing an unhealthy treat, saving money, remembering to finish one’s homework,... More

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Jim Davies on How to talk to dreamers in real time

Jim Davies writes in Nautilus about how we can communicate with dreaming people in real time.... More

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Carleton Cog Sci Graduate Conference

Carleton Cog Sci Graduate Conference Hosted online by Carleton University's Department of Cognitive Science on April 9th and 10, 2021. About this Event The central aim of our conference is to provide a venue for graduate students in all areas of cognitive science--at both the Master’s and Ph.D. level--to present and receive feedback on... More

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Cog. Sci. Colloquium : A lasting influence of stories on spontaneous thought

Date: Mar 17, 2021 03:00pm -4:30pm Speaker: Buddhika Bellana Title: A lasting influence of stories on spontaneous thought Location: Online Abstract: Stories have an ability to transport us into alternate worlds. Whether it be in the form of a novel, a movie, or a vivid anecdote from conversation, this immersive quality is a central feature of... More

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Carleton HCI Alumna Shares her Autism Research

Jessica Rocheleau, a PhD student in Cognitive Science is focusing her research on understanding autistic people’s privacy and safety online. This research builds off of Rocheleau’s master’s thesis in Human-Computer Interaction which investigated autistic and non-autistic teenagers’ privacy attitudes and behaviours on social media, and... More

Friday, February 26, 2021

Jim Davies’s Book nominated

The latest book by Jim Davies, Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are, has been nominated for book of the year by the Next Big Idea Club. You can hear a few key points from the book at the recording here:... More

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Convocation Story: Like Father Like Son

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Insight from Professor Jim Davies

A great pop song is compelling. But what's happening inside our brain that makes it so enjoyable? Professor Jim Davies from Carleton's Department of Cognitive Science discusses findings from his book Riveted about systems in our brain and how they respond to art, religion, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBaGM1Dbt4I&feature=youtu.be... More

Friday, February 5, 2021

Cog. Sci. Colloquium: From false memories to counterfactual thinking and back

Date: Feb 10, 2021 @ 3:00pm-04:30pm Title: From false memories to counterfactual thinking and back Location: online Speaker:  Felipe De Brigard - Duke University Abstract: False memories, or the psychological experience of remembering something that did not happen or that did not happen quite as you seem to remember it, is a common event.... More

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

New book by Jim Davies released today

Jim Davies (cognitive science) has published a new book, released today. Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are, the Science of a Better You, is all about the science of improving your productivity, happiness, and morality. It’s available at bookstores and through online sellers.  http://www.jimdavies.org/science-of-better/buy.html... More

Friday, January 29, 2021

Oxford University Spotlight: Dr. Rebecca Merkley

 Oxford University’s Experimental Psychology Department Spotlights 100 Women Graduates, including Cognitive Science’s Dr. Rebecca Merkley This year (2020) marks 100 years since women were first awarded degrees at Oxford in 1920.  Our Centenary Project is part of a wider University of Oxford initiative to celebrate the many ways in... More

Friday, January 22, 2021

Cog. Sci. Colloquium:How computational modeling can force theory building in psychological science

Date: Jan 27, 2021 @ 3:00pm-04:30pm Title: How computational modeling can force theory building in psychological science Location: Online Speaker: Olivia Guest Abstract: Psychology endeavors to develop theories of human capacities and behaviors based on a variety of methodologies and dependent measures. We argue that one of the most divisive... More

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Program Spotlight on Cognitive Science

Please follow this link to the Program Spotlight video for Cog Sci. https://youtu.be/gRJOkc4E3DE... More

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Cog. Sci. Colloquium: What comparative psychology can learn from developmental psychology: The case for premising consciousness

Date: Jan 20, 2021 03:00pm - 4:30pm Speaker: Kristin Andrews - York University Title: What comparative psychology can learn from developmental psychology: The case for premising consciousness Location: online Abstract: Comparative psychology and developmental psychology both can be traced back to the work of Darwin. While developmental psychology... More

Friday, December 4, 2020

Andrew Brook Distinguished Lecture series “The ad hoc construction of linguistic meaning”

We are pleased to announce that this year’s Andrew Brook Distinguished Lecture series will be delivered by Dr. Daniel Casasanto from Cornell University. Date: Dec 9, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: online Join Zoom Meeting https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96022456264 Meeting ID: 960 2245 6264 Passcode: 877883 Title: The ad hoc construction of... More

Friday, November 20, 2020

Cog. Sci. Colloquium: Transitioning from academia to the “outside” world: tips & tricks

Date: Nov 25, 2020 04:00pm - 5:30pm Location: online Title: Transitioning from academia to the “outside” world: tips & tricks Speaker: Roxana-Maria Barbu Abstract: We live in confusing times. Personal interaction and networking are hard for some of us as it is, and even harder virtually. We also live in an age where students pursuing... More

Thursday, November 19, 2020

The Carleton Cognitive Science Association is hosting a virtual Prof Panel

The Carleton Cognitive Science Association is hosting a virtual Prof Panel on Wednesday, November 25th from 3:00-4:30 pm. This event gives the opportunity for current Cognitive Science students to interact with many faculty members in the Department. A large portion of the event will be allocated to A Q&A session, so this is a... More

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Cog. Sci.Colloquium : Searching for the visual number form area: An adventure in open science

Date: Nov 18, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: online Title: Searching for the visual number form area: An adventure in open science Speaker: Rebecca Merkley Abstract: The triple-code model of number representation proposed that there are three distinct brain regions for three different numerical representations: verbal words, visual digits and... More

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Cog. Sci. Colloquium “The Essence of Psychological Essentialism.”

Date: November 11, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: online Title: The Essence of Psychological Essentialism Speaker: Joshua Knobe Abstract: People appear to understand the social world in terms of essences. This notion plays a key role in the way that people ordinarily think about social categories (gender categories, religious categories, etc.)... More

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Jim Davies on how people behave in times of upheaval

CBC’s Fresh Air interviews Jim Davies about how people behave in times of upheaval. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-193-fresh-air/clip/15800193-cognitive-scientist-author-artist-jim-davies-times-upheaval... More

Monday, October 19, 2020

Cog. Sci. Colloquium : How Regret Works

Date: October 21, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: online Title: How Regret Works Speaker: Keith Markman Abstract: Regret is a counterfactual emotion – elicited by an upward counterfactual comparison between one’s present state of reality and an imagined better state of reality – that is differentiated from other comparison-based emotions such... More

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Colloquium :Modifiable Factors Affecting Neural Decline in Aging: The roles of context and experience

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Sunday, October 4, 2020

Inclusion Week 2020 Events

The Department of Cognitive Science's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee would like to bring your attention to the events being organized by Carleton’s Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities for Inclusion Week 2020, including the Neuroscience of Inclusion Panel: https://carleton.ca/equity/events/  ... More

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Cog. Sci. Colloquium : The Predicament of Quantity”: Analog Magnitudes and the Emergence of Number

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Monday, September 21, 2020

Cog. Sci. Colloquium – Fall 2020 – Sept 23

Date: Sept 23, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: online Title: The “A Day in the Life” project: A preliminary report Speaker: Garrison W. Cottrell - CSE Department – UCSD- La Jolla, CA Abstract:  The goal of this research project is to create a model of the human visual system with anatomical and experiential constraints. The... More

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Congratulations Professor Jim Davies on his 2020 Carleton Teaching Award

The entire Department of Cognitive Science (Faculty, Staff and Students) wishes to congratulate Professor Jim Davies on his 2020 Carleton University Teaching Award. Jim receives his Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for his exceptional impact on student learning in blended and online environments. See more about Carleton teaching... More

Monday, September 7, 2020

DCS Colloquium – Modeling uncertainty in animal welfare and ethics

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