Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Jim Davies on the radio about the epidemic of loneliness

Carleton Cognitive Scientist Jim Davies was on CFRA 580’s “The Goods” with Dahlia Kurtz, talking about whether there is an epidemic of loneliness.... More

Friday, March 15, 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

Friday, March 15, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Object processing in the medial temporal lobes: influences of object domain

Date: Mar 20, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker:  Anna Blumenthal Title: Object processing in the medial temporal lobes: influences of object domain Abstract: We live in a rich visual world, surrounded by many different types of objects. The domain to which an object belongs, for example whether it is animate or... More

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Rebecca Merkley – Inequality is today’s greatest challenge to fostering learning

Rebecca Merkley , of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, writes about  Inequality is today’s greatest challenge to fostering... More

Thursday, March 7, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Testing and Expanding the Home Literacy Model: Evidence from Finland

Date: Mar 13, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Gintautas Silinkas-University of Jyväskylä, Finland Title: Testing and Expanding the Home Literacy Model: Evidence from Finland Abstract: The Home Literacy Model (Sénéchal & LeFevre, 2002, 2014) has been developed to explain literacy and language development... More

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Jim Davies on the psychology of why we love music

Carleton Cognitive Scientist Jim Davies was on CFRA 580’s “The Goods” with Dahlia Kurtz, talking about the psychology of why we love music.... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Programming as a Second Language

Date: Mar 06, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Jay Jennings Title: Programming as a Second Language Abstract: Computer programming has become a highly valued and sought after skill, and understanding how the brain processes and learns an inherently artificial programming language has pedagogical implications for... More

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Jim Davies on CBC: why we love sports

Carleton Cognitive Scientist Jim Davies was on CBC’s All in a Day with Alan Neal, talking about the psychology of why we like sports. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/cbc-sport-psychology-interview-with-dr-jim-davies... More

Friday, February 1, 2019

Jim Davies on Beauty and Neuroaesthetics

Interviews with Jim Davies and neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee on the latest podcast episode of Minding the Brain: Beauty and Neuroaesthetics!... More

Thursday, January 31, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Three Perspectives on the Turing Test

Date: Feb 06, 2019 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Josh Redstone Title: Three Perspectives on the Turing Test Abstract: Alan Turing proposed the Imitation Game nearly seventy years ago to replace the question, “Can machines think?” (Turing 1950). In this talk, I will show that since Turing first introduced the... More

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Jim Davies talks about psychics

Jim Davies, of Carleton's Institute of Cognitive Science, speaks about the science of psychics in an interview by Dahlia Kurtz on “The Goods.” Broadcast date: January 6. You can hear Dr. Davies every Sunday at 8:30am at CFRA 580 AM.... More

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Jim Davies on Imagination Is Key to Morality

 Carleton University cognitive science professor Jim Davies is interviewed in the Epoch Times about the psychology of morality and how it relates to the imagination. https://www.theepochtimes.com/imagination-is-key-to-morality_2719993.html  ... More

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Jim Davies on Creating Compelling Creatures

Carleton University Cognitive Science professor Jim Davies appears on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, talking about the psychology of alien design in science fiction.... More

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

ICS Colloquium: Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders

Date: Jan. 16, 2019  3pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Synthia Guimond, PhD  Title: Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders Abstract: People with mental illnesses often experience difficulties with a variety of cognitive domains, which include speed of processing, attention, working and episodic memory, executive... More

Friday, January 4, 2019

Jim Davies on the Psychology of Why We Love Sports

Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of why people like sports on the latest episode of the Minding the Brain Podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2019/01/01/12-why-we-like-sports/  ... More

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Jim Davies on the Science of Santa

 Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, writes in The Conversation about the science of belief (and disbelief) in Santa Claus.... More

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Jim Davies in Nautilus argues that many beliefs are unconscious

Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, argues in Nautilus Magazine that we have many unconscious beliefs.... More

Thursday, November 22, 2018

The science of multitasking, and why you should doodle in class

Jim Davies, of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, has an article in The Conversation about how multitasking is often impossible, but sometimes you should doodle in class. http://theconversation.com/the-science-of-multitasking-and-why-you-should-doodle-in-class-101425  ... More

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

ICS Colloquium: From Embeddings to Concepts: A Study of Representational Structure in Imagination

Date: Nov 28, 2018 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker:  Michael Vertolli Title: From Embeddings to Concepts: A Study of Representational Structure in Imagination Abstract: Imagination can represent relationships between radically different topics, concepts, and objects with minimal effort. An open question in the study of... More

Monday, November 19, 2018

Cog Sci United Way Fundraiser: Tremendous Success

Our annual fundraiser sale on Nov. 20th has brought in a record sales total of $6680.85 to be donated to the United Way. A big thank you to everyone who donated items, volunteered before, during and after the sale, and to all of those who purchased items. We look forward to making next year's... More

Friday, November 16, 2018

ICS Colloquium: Linked Data, Why Bother?

Date: Nov 21, 2018 3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker:  Ahmed El-Roby Title: Linked Data, Why Bother? Abstract: In the post-computers era, and especially after the Internet boom in the 2000's, data is being continuously growing with an unprecedented scale. This growth promotes utilizing this data in many ways: answering... More

Friday, November 9, 2018

ICS Colloquium: The automatization/prototype theory of autonomy of imagined characters

Date: Nov 14, 2018  3pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker:  Jim Davies Title: The automatization/prototype theory of autonomy of imagined characters Abstract: Imagined characters appear a variety of mental phenomena, including imaginary companions, dreams, hallucinations, fantasies, planning, tulpamancy, religious revelation,... More

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Differing perspectives, but a common goal

Dr. Rebecca Merkley, of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science blogged about connecting researchers with practitioners. Read more here: https://bold.expert/differing-perspectives-but-a-common-goal... More

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The Psychology of Why People Believe in Alien Abduction

 Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies on the psychology of alien abduction  in the most recent episode of their podcast, Minding the Brain. Check out more in Jim’s book, “Riveted.” https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/11/01/10-alien-abduction/    ... More

Friday, November 2, 2018

Reminder: United Way Fundraiser: Nov 20: dvd/cd/videogame Sale

Just a reminder that our United Way Fundraiser sale is getting closer. Most items are $3 each or 4 for $10 with every cent being donated to the United Way. For more information about the sale and how to donate items (still being accepted) click here. Hope to see all of you on Nov.... More

Friday, October 26, 2018

Jim Davies on Lifehacker

The productivity tips of Jim Davies, of Carleton’s Institute of Cognitive Science, are reviewed in the website Lifehacker. Dr. Davies recommends switching tasks every half hour.... More

Thursday, October 11, 2018

ICS Colloquium: Neural processing systems that support and factors that affect autobiographical recall

Date: Oct 17, 2018  3pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker:   Dr.Signy Sheldon Title: Neural processing systems that support and factors that affect autobiographical recall Abstract: Autobiographical memory retrieval is complex – it involves binding together various details of a past event into a single memory representation.... More

Thursday, October 4, 2018

ICS Colloquium: Parsing preferences, processing complexity, and scalar implicatures

Date: Oct 10, 2018  3pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Raj Singh Title: Parsing preferences, processing complexity, and scalar implicatures Abstract: Scalar implicatures are inferences that enrich the basic meaning of a sentence. For example, a listener who hears the sentence Sam ate some of the cookies will often conclude... More

Monday, October 1, 2018

20 Questions about the mind with Kim and Jim

In the latest episode of the Minding the Brain podcast, Kim and Jim answer questions about brains and minds in front of a live audience. Tune in for 20 Questions with Kim and Jim! https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/10/01/9-20-questions-with-kim-jim/  ... More

Friday, September 21, 2018

ICS Colloquium – Developing Human-Like Artificial General Intelligence

Date: Sept. 26, 2018  3pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Kate Dudzik Title: Developing Human-Like Artificial General Intelligence Abstract: The challenge of creating human like Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is to develop an agent that can function intelligently on a human-like task. Using Newell’s Single Complex... More

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

CU President donates dvds/cds/videogames to United Way fundraiser

Dr. Benoit Bacon dropped by the Institute of Cognitive Science (22nd floor Dunton Tower) on Sept. 19th to personally donate about 3 dozen dvds, cds and video games for our 3rd annual United Way Fundraiser to be held in the Unicentre Galleria on November 20th.   We are requesting that anyone (on or off campus) please take 5... More

Monday, September 17, 2018

ICS Colloquium – Attention Counts for Learning About Numbers

Date: Sept. 19, 2018  3:00pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Rebecca Merkley Title: Attention counts for learning about numbers Abstract: Learning the meaning of number words is a major milestone for young children’s numerical thinking. In this talk, I will explore the potential role of attentional control skills in this... More

Monday, September 10, 2018

ICS Colloquium – Does Perception Come in Degrees?

Date: Sept. 12, 2018  3pm-4:30pm Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203 Speaker: Susanna Siegel Title: Does Perception Come in Degrees? Abstract: It’s likely that much of our perceptual processing is probabilistic. And in response to perception, we sometimes form degrees of confidence that we measure with probability, called credences. In between... More

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Exercise – Minding the Brain

We all know what exercise is good for your body. But did you know that it’s good for your brain, too? Jim Davies interviews neuroscientist Kim Hellemans on the effects of exercise in the most recent episode of their podcast, Minding the Brain. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/09/01/8-exercise/... More

Friday, August 24, 2018

Secrets of the Human Mind: Throwback 2018 Event

Have you ever considered why a painting or song can make you cry?  Perhaps you have wondered about the effects of pervasive social media culture, lasting stress, or the casual use of marijuana? Are you curious why we are so obsessed with the lives of the rich and famous? If you asked yourself any... More