Monday, February 24, 2020

ICS Colloquium: Clarifying Metacognition through Computational Modeling

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Prof. Jim Davies is interviewed on Quirks and Quarks on Imagination

Exploring the science of imagination, so we can build a creative... More

Monday, January 27, 2020

ICS Colloquium: Investigating ways to support student learning of STEM topics

Date: Feb 5, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm  Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Title: Investigating ways to support student learning of STEM topics Speaker: Kasia Muldner Abstract:  In this talk, I will describe research that my students and I are doing here at Carleton University on designing instructional environments and interventions to promote... More

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Jim Davies on CTV about New Year’s Resolutions

Jim Davies, of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on CTV talking about habit-breaking and New Year's Resolutions.... More

Friday, January 17, 2020

ICS Colloquium: A Novel Cognitive Neuroscience Method for Understanding Age Effects in Self-Referential Dynamic Spatial Models

Date: Jan 29, 2020 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Title: A Novel Cognitive Neuroscience Method for Understanding Age Effects in Self-Referential Dynamic Spatial Models Speaker: Kathleen Van Benthem Abstract Older age has been linked to an increased risk for critical incidents in aviation (such as terrain & mid-air crashes,... More

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Professor Raj Singh awarded grant from the Ontario Centres of Excellence

Cognitive Science Professor Raj Singh has been awarded an industry partnership grant from the Ontario Centres of Excellence. He is partnering with PaymentEvolution, a fintech company based out of Toronto, to develop AI-powered assistants that can help small businesses comply with the Employment Standards Act in Ontario and similar labour standards... More

Monday, December 9, 2019

Cognitive Science Holiday Dates & Closures

Please note that the Institute of Cognitive Science will be closed from 4:30pm on Monday, December 23rd and will reopen at 8:30am on Monday, January 6th, 2020. We wish all of our students, faculty and staff a joyous and safe... More

Thursday, November 28, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Kimberly Girling

Date: Dec 04, 2019 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower : Room 2203 Title: Misinformation and what to do about it Speaker: Kimberly Girling Abstract Misinformation is a growing issue that is threatening our democracy. In this workshop Dr. Kimberly Girling will present the latest psychological research on why we are so susceptible to... More

Friday, November 15, 2019

Jim Davies’s “Imagination” book released today

Imagination: The Science of Your Mind’s Greatest Power, by Jim Davies, is available!  Kirkus Reviews says that the book is "...ever engaging...A worthy companion to books by Oliver Sacks, Daniel Dennett, and other students of the always puzzling human mind.'' You can buy it at http://jimdavies.org/imagination/buy.html... More

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Artificial Intelligence Outside of Academia and the Concept of Trust

Date: Nov 20, 2019 03:00pm -4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower : Room 2203 Title: Artificial Intelligence Outside of Academia and the Concept of Trust Speaker: Nazim Hussain Abstract Over the past few years, there has been a tremendous interest in applications of artificial intelligence in a variety of industries. From healthcare, to financial... More

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Cog Sci United Way Fundraiser raises $8148.05

The Institute of Cognitive Science would like to thank all of the people below as we (a huge team effort) managed to raise $8148.05 for our 2019 Cognitive Science United Way Fundraiser dvd, cd and videogame sale. The $8148.05 is $1467.20 more than our total raised for 2018 and now gives us a 4... More

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

ICS Colloquium: ADHD Symptoms, Academic Anxiety, and Mathematics

Date: Oct 30, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm  Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203  Speaker: Sabrina De Lonardo  Title: ADHD Symptoms, Academic Anxiety, and Mathematics Abstract: ADHD is a lifelong disorder that poses academic challenges for individuals in post-secondary education. ADHD also tends to co-occur with anxiety, especially anxiety around... More

Thursday, October 10, 2019

ICS Colloquium:Modelling Mental Imagery

Date: October 16, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm  Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Sean Riley: Title: Modelling Mental Imagery Abstract: The “mind’s eye” has long been of interest to cognitive science, yet despite decades of research spanning philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology, a formal understanding of mental imagery’s... More

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Minding the Brain won the People’s Choice Award

Minding the Brain won the People's Choice Award for Favourite Canadian Science Site, from the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada! Minding the Brain is a podcast produced at Carleton University by Jim Davies (Cognitive Science) and Kim Hellemans (Neuroscience). Thanks to everyone who voted and to listeners!... More

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Jim Davies published in Nautilus about the similarities of remembering and imagining

Carleton University’s Jim Davies, of the Institute of Cognitive Science, published in Nautilus magazine about the brain similarities of remembering and imagining. http://nautil.us/blog/the-neural-similarities-between-remembering-and-imagining... More

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Cog Sci Professors Muldner and Jouravlev discuss their Research

Cognitive Science Professors' Kasia Muldner and Olessia Jouravlev are interviewed by Kim Sigouin for the FASS newsletter about their research. Click below to see the whole article. https://carleton.ca/fass/story/two-up-and-coming-cognitive-science-researchers/... More

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Explanation and Artificial Neural Networks

Date: October 02, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203  Speaker: Andre Vellino  Title: Explanation and Artificial Neural Networks Abstract: As machine, learning systems become increasingly better than humans at making optimal choices, our ability and willingness to trust these choices will depend on their ability to also... More

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Virtual Fire – Real Behavior: Perception and action during fire evacuation

Date: September 25, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm  Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203  Speaker: Max Kinateder  Title: Virtual Fire – Real Behavior: Perception and action during fire evacuation Abstract: Why do people sometimes not evacuate when necessary? How is behavior guided by the social and architectural environment in emergencies? Fire evacuation... More

Monday, September 16, 2019

Minding the Brain Podcast nominated for a science award

Minding the Brain made it into the top five nominated science media for this year's People's Choice Award for Favourite Canadian Science Site, from the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada! Minding the Brain is a podcast produced at Carleton University by Jim Davies (Cognitive Science) and Kim Hellemans (Neuroscience). ... More

Monday, September 9, 2019

Jim Davies on Rogers TV about multitasking

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on Rogers TV, talking about the benefits and drawbacks of multitasking, particularly in regards to study habits. https://youtu.be/tQfkaTBZOMM  ... More

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

ICS Talks: Research in developmental numerical cognition: The case of Chile

When: Sep 11, 2019 Time: 04:00 PM Location: DT 2203 Speaker: Christian Peake Title: Research in developmental numerical cognition: The case of Chile Peake, C.1 & Susperreguy, M.I.2 Faculty of Education, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile Faculty of Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,... More

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Jim Davies on burnout

Jim Davies, of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on the radio show “The Goods” with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This June 2, 2019 episode explores burnout.... More

Monday, July 29, 2019

Detecting foreign accents in song

Current and former ICS students publish a journal article. Title "Detecting foreign accents in song". Authors: Marly Mageau, Can Mekik, Ashley Sokalski, Ida Toivonen.  Journal: Phonetica.... More

Friday, July 5, 2019

Jim Davies interviews a man who hears voices on Minding the Brain

Jim Davies interviews a man who hears voices in his head, and how he has learned to deal with them. Learn the story of Gregory Shankland on the latest episode of the Minding the Brain Podcast. ... More

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Carleton University Early Career Researchers Recognized by New Frontiers in Research Fund

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Friday, May 24, 2019

All F/W 2019/20 Contract Instructor Applications are now closed

All current 2019/20 Fall/Winter Contract Instructor applications are now closed. Only successful applicants will be contacted. Thank you.    ... More

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Jim Davies on the radio about how your childhood affects your relationships as an adult

Jim Davies, of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on the radio show “The Goods” with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This May 12, 2019 episode is about how your childhood affects your relationships as an adult.... More

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Jim Davies Interviewed about Imagination

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, is interviewed on the podcast “Prof Talks” about imagination and why we find things compelling. https://prof-talks.com/2019/04/25/jim-davies-pod/ A briefer written version of the is interview can be found here: https://prof-talks.com/2019/04/25/jim-davies/... More

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Jim Davies: The Psychology of Sports

Jim Davies, of the Institute of Cognitive Science, was written up in the CBC about the psychology of sports.... More

Monday, May 6, 2019

Showcasing Carleton’s Research Strengths in Public Safety and Cognition

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Sabrina Di Lonardo wins ICS TA award

What does it take to be a truly outstanding TA? Just ask the 3rd year seminar class, Sabrina Di Lonardo’s students: “Support was truly unparalled.” “Great environment for an 8:30 class on a Friday morning” “keeping everyone in the loop” “always willing to help even if it meant taking hours with a student” These... More

Friday, March 29, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Applying a Phase Theory Approach to the Study of Emotion and Imagination

Date: Apr 03 , 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Gerald C. Cupchik Title: Applying a Phase Theory Approach to the Study of Emotion and Imagination  Abstract: This lecture will examine three central concepts: cognition, emotion, and imagination in relation to mind-body processes in different circumstances. The ideas... More

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Meet New CSGSA Executive Board!

The Cognitive Science Graduate Students Association (CSGSA) is a GSA registered departmental society which aims to bring the Graduate students (closer together both academically and socially. We run several events throughout the year, including pub nights, games nights, research and writing workshops. Who are We? Congratulations to our New CSGSA... More

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Jim Davies on the radio about stress

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on CFRA talking about the toll stressful jobs take on you.... More

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Cog Sci Undergrads visit the Heardman ACE Lab

On March 22 a group of ICS Undergraduate students visited the Herdman ACE lab on campus.  ... More