Adaptive Neuromorphics Intelligence Memory and Unified Systems (ANIMUS) Lab

Director: Mary Kelly
Location: VSIM building
Website: https://carleton.ca/animus/
Research in the ANIMUS lab focuses on developing new kinds of artificial neural networks, neural models, and cognitive architectures inspired by cutting-edge developments in artificial intelligence and cognitive science

Advanced Cognitive Engineering Laboratory (ACE Lab)

Director: Chris Herdman
Location: VSIM building
Website: www.carleton.ca/ace

The mission of the ACE laboratory is to discover and apply fundamental principles of human perception and cognition to research and design issues in the aviation industry

Canal Lab

Director: John Anderson
Location: VSIM 2201
Website: CANAL Lab

The Canal Lab studies the interaction of cognitive reserve (lifestyle factors), and contextual factors (e.g., time of day, caffeine, and mood) on cognitive performance in older adults. The goal is to describe the complex set of circumstances that lead to optimal cognitive performance in older age.

Carleton Cognitive Modeling (CCM) Lab

Director: Robert West
Location: VSIM building, 5th floor
Website: CCM Lab

The CCM Lab concentrates Carleton University’s expertise on cognitive modeling, involving a wide variety of experimental work.

Child Language and Literacy Research Lab

Director: Monique Sénéchal
Location: 210/214 Social Sciences Research Building (SSRB)
Website: Child Language and Literacy Research Lab

Research at the Child Language and Literacy Research Lab tries to understanding how children learn language and literacy from events that occur naturally in their lives, as well as the basic mechanisms that underlie the acquisition of reading and writing.

Children’s Representational Development Lab (CRDL)

Director: Deepthi Kamawar
Location: 6110 HCI building
Website: www.crdl.ca

The focus of the CRDL is children’s cognitive development and their ability to deal with representations

Interactive technologies, learning, and affect lab

Director: Kasia Muldner
Location: VSIM 5210
Website: Kasia Muldner’s site

The lab investigates how to design interactive learning environments to help students learn, relying on both traditional and AI methods.

Language and Brain Laboratory

Director: Masako Hirotani
Location: 168 Paterson Hall
Website: www.carleton.ca/lbl

The Language and Brain lab investigates the mechanisms of human language processing and its neurocognitive basis.

Linguistic Neurodiversity (L-Neuro) Lab

Director: Olessia Jouravlev

Location: VSIM building
Website: https://www.olessiajouravlev.com

Research in the L-Neuro lab focuses on examining neurocognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in language processing in neurotypical individuals and individuals with developmental or psychiatric conditions.

Math Lab

Director: Jo-Anne LeFevre

Location: VSIM building
Website: Math Lab – Carleton University

The Math Lab focuses on how people process arithmetic and other numerical knowledge.

Science of Imagination Laboratory

Director: Jim Davies
Location: VSIM building, 5th floor
Website: http://scienceofimagination.pbworks.com

Focuses on understanding human visual imagination, including visuospatial memory, reasoning, and the generation of visual scenes and simulations.