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Jim Davies, of Carleton University\u2019s Institute of Cognitive Science, has a chapter in the new book Daredevil Psychology: The Devil You Know<\/i> about how the blind (and especially the fiction fictional character of Daredevil) perceive the world around us. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Visit:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/145493011X\/themonkeykhomeim<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n Monday, March 30, 2026<\/p> On the weekend of March 21st a number\u00a0of Cog Sci undergrad and grad students, led by Nico Waworuntu and Natalia Gomez Queseda, hosted the first-ever Cognitive Science based hackathon, MindHack 2026. According to Nico, "The goal of this event was to give a space for students of the brain-related fields to come together and... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, March 26, 2026<\/p> ... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, March 19, 2026<\/p> Join us on March 25th from 15:00 \u2013 16:00 for our next Colloquium. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/j\/96979364539 Follow this link for a complete listing of our Colloquia for Winter 2026. The Children's Representational Development Lab investigates multiple areas of children's development, including saving... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Friday, March 13, 2026<\/p> Canada is entering a decade of AI-driven disruption that could reshape millions of jobs. In this article, Cognitive Science PhD student Brendan Conway-Smith argues that Ottawa must move beyond discussion and build practical systems to manage workforce change and create new opportunities. Preparing now, he says, will help Canada navigate the... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, March 12, 2026<\/p> Join us on March 18th from 15:00 \u2013 16:00 for our next Colloquium. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/j\/96979364539 Follow this link for a complete listing of our Colloquia for Winter 2026. Convergence Across the Bands of Cognition\u00a0 with Dr. Christian Lebiere of Carnegie Mellon University, will join via Zoom... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Tuesday, March 3, 2026<\/p> Read this recent Star article entitled:\u00a0Why your child\u2019s Grade 6 math score was decided in kindergarten \u2014 and how experts say Ontario is missing the chance to fix it Carleton University researchers urge the province to introduce universal early numeracy screening for students, similar to what we do for reading. Published Feb 20,... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Monday, March 2, 2026<\/p> Read the February 28th article entitled: Researchers Urge Early Screening for Math... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Saturday, February 21, 2026<\/p> Join us on February 25th from 15:00 - 16:00 for our next Colloquium. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/j\/96979364539 Follow this link for a complete listing of our Colloquia for Winter 2026. Studying the development of predictive language comprehension using a naturalistic EEG paradigm Featuring Professor Jesse... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Monday, February 9, 2026<\/p> We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 2026 Cognitive Science Student Conference, to be hosted by the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University, on\u00a0Friday,\u00a0April 10, 2026.\u00a0The conference will be\u00a0held at Carleton University.\u00a0 \u00a0The central aim of the conference is to provide a venue for students in cognitive... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Friday, February 6, 2026<\/p> Carleton University\u00a0Cognitive Science\u00a0researcher\u00a0Olessia Jouravlev\u2019s\u00a0team is challenging this conventional thinking by exploring whether bilingualism may actually enhance communication among people with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions. Listen to Olessia's interview on CBC:... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Tuesday, February 3, 2026<\/p> The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences invites you to their upcoming Healthy Cities\u00a0event. WHEN: Monday, February 9, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm WHERE: Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre at 290 Lisgar Street As our day-to-day interactions with AI become increasingly more frequent and complex, artificial systems are beginning to occupy roles that... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, January 22, 2026<\/p> Follow this link for\u00a0a complete listing\u00a0of our Colloquia for\u00a0Winter 2026. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom\u00a0(https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/j\/96979364539) Words don't just mean things-they do things to the brain. Join us on January 28th for this Lab Showcase. L-Neuro Lab (PI Dr. Olessia Jouravlev) studies how the brain transforms sounds... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, January 15, 2026<\/p> \u00a0Math Lab Showcase Join us on January 21st 15:00-16:00 for our next Cognitive Science Colloquium. You can join on campus (DT 2203) or Zoom\u00a0(https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/j\/96979364539) This Lab Showcase will feature the Math Lab.\u00a0Presenters: Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre, Dr. Rebecca Merkley, Dr. Mike Slipenkyj, Ayushi Chitranshi, Taeko Bourque, Liza... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Monday, January 5, 2026<\/p> Our Colloquia on January 14th will be a talk by Dr. Laura Sabourin on her research surrounding the heterogeneity of bilingual experience. Studying bilingual or second language processing is a complex undertaking requiring consideration of multiple variables at multiple levels and innovative experimental techniques. Bio: Dr. Laura Sabourin is a... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Sunday, January 4, 2026<\/p> Cognitive Scientist Jim Davies and his Carleton students Sara Abou-Alwan, Gabriel M. Brown, and Faith Chambers published the first paper systematically looking at the contents of people's imaginations. How many objects are depicted? Is there motion? Are they in colour? "Although there has been significant research on imagination's effects and... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Wednesday, December 31, 2025<\/p> Wishing everyone a safe, happy, healthy 2026. Happy New... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Wednesday, December 17, 2025<\/p> Mary Kelly's research on Humanizing AI is one of Carleton's Top 10 stories of 2025. Read the full article.\u00a0 Congratulations, Mary!... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Tuesday, December 9, 2025<\/p> Jim Davies is interviewed on the podcast Cognitive Corner about computational modeling of imagination. Season 2, Episode 4 (20 minutes). Listen on Spotify at https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1oSNbmTJPNSyQuF5dgz3lF... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, November 27, 2025<\/p> Congratulations!!! Our event was attended by 60+ faculty and staff; the view wasn't the best thanks to the fog but the conversation and tributes were great! Not to mention our Lemon Buttercream cake and chocolate cupcakes! ... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Tuesday, November 18, 2025<\/p> For the last Colloquium of the Fall 2025 semester, we invite you all to join us for a Writing Group.\u00a0 When: November 19th, 15:00 - 17:00 Where:\u00a0DT2203 only Looking for motivation to write? Come to our writing group! Bring your ideas (and your laptop or notebook). You can work quietly, share feedback in small... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Monday, October 27, 2025<\/p> Our Colloquia on October 29th will be a Panel Discussion with three Alumni discussing their journey from Cognitive Science to their career. Join on campus (DT 2203) from 3:00 - 4:00 or Zoom... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Friday, October 17, 2025<\/p> Carleton was ranked 4th in Canada in Maclean's 2026 Comprehensive category! Each ranked University was highlighted with its own info page and Cognitive Science was mentioned in Carleton's... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, October 9, 2025<\/p> Theo Pana has just starting his master\u2019s program in Cognitive Science after completing his Bachelor of Cognitive Science with a Concentration in Computation here at Carleton. He will focus his research on modeling human cognition with AI systems to better understand the mind. Vector Institute awards up to $2.1 million in scholarships to... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, October 2, 2025<\/p> Rebecca Merkley is part of a broad initiative with UNESCO called the Global Alliance on the Science of Learning for Education. As background research to assist in drafting UNESCO's 2024 Global Report on Early Childhood Care and Education:The right to a strong foundation, she was commissioned to write a brief on the evidence supporting... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Wednesday, October 1, 2025<\/p> In their latest edition of Minding the Brain, Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans interview Dr. John Zelenski and paddleboarder & author Dan Rubinstein about the benefits of being out in... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, September 25, 2025<\/p> Join us on October 1, 15:00 \u2013 16:00, for our next colloquium on Generative aritifical intelligence (GenAI) with Dr. Jim Davies. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can improve one\u2019s scientific output in terms of quality and speed. In this talk, Dr. Jim Davies will discuss some current GenAI tools and how to use them effectively... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, September 18, 2025<\/p> Join us on Sept. 24, 15:00 - 16:00 for our next Colloquium "How to Make Neurons Compute and Control: Report from the Summit on Neuromorphic Adaptive Programming (SNAP)". Everyone is welcome and you can join on campus (DT2203) or Zoom (https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/j\/96979364539) Scroll down to Meet our Panelists! For more information, see:... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Friday, September 12, 2025<\/p> Applying for scholarships? Join us on September 17th, 15:00-16:00 (during the CU Cog Sci Colloquium) for a Tri-Council Scholarship Workshop! All are welcome! In this workshop, Dr. Muldner will answer questions about the scholarships, as well as provide tips on writing a research statement. Note that the Ph.D. Tri-Council deadlines (NSERC, SSHRC,... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Tuesday, September 2, 2025<\/p> To all our incoming students, welcome to the Department of Cognitive Science! We hope you are ready to explore, ask questions, and engage. Best wishes for a great... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, July 31, 2025<\/p> Lots of studies have looked at moral behavior, but few have looked at moral motivations. In this article in Nautilus magazine, Jim Davies reports on a huge study of almost a million individuals across multiple countries that found that people report being motivated more by helping others than more self-oriented motivations like gaining reputation.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Thursday, July 17, 2025<\/p> Jim Davies participated in a project with musician Dr. Jesse Stewart and poet Jamaal Amir Akbari exploring cross-media improvisation. Over a series of several sessions, the three participants improvised in real time: Davies with calligraphy, Stewart with percussion, and Akbari with poetry. The result was a paper, which includes links to the... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Monday, July 7, 2025<\/p> The latest two episodes of Minding the Brain are now out. Jim Davies interviews Dr. Kim Hellemans and Dr. Andrea Howard in front of a live... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Friday, July 4, 2025<\/p> Cognitive Science PhD student Brendan Conway-Smith recently co-authored an article in The Hill Times addressing Canada\u2019s evolving artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. Here is the link to the article: AI action plan: rewiring government for public good - The Hill... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Wednesday, June 25, 2025<\/p> Kathleen Fraser of National Research Council and Mary Kelly were invited as panelists at Carleton\u2019s 2025 Challenge Conference on AI on May 13. While at the conference, Fraser and Kelly were interviewed by Carleton\u2019s journalism students as part of the AI Challenge Podcast. Listen to the podcast... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div> Monday, June 16, 2025<\/p> Congratulations to the Class of 2025! Follow this link for details of the Departments' convocation ceremonies... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div> Jim Davies, of Carleton University\u2019s Institute of Cognitive Science, has a chapter in the new book Daredevil Psychology: The Devil You Know about how the blind (and especially the fiction fictional character of Daredevil) perceive the world around us. 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2026 Cognitive Science Student Conference<\/h3>
Colloquium on March 25th is a Lab Showcase featuring The Children\u2019s Representational Development Lab<\/h3>
AI Is Reshaping Work, Brendan Conway-Smith Calls for a National Strategy to Protect Canadian Jobs<\/h3>
Colloquium on March 18th–Convergence Across Bands of Cognition<\/h3>
Toronto Star article featuring the Cognitive Science Math Lab<\/h3>
Recent Globe & Mail article featuring Jo-Anne LeFevre<\/h3>
Colloquium on February 25 – Studying the development of predictive language comprehension using a naturalistic EEG paradigm<\/h3>
2026 Cognitive Science Spring Conference – Call for Abstracts<\/h3>
Olessia Jouravlev on CBC Radio’s Fresh Air with Ismaila Alfa:Exploring the Benefits of Bilingualism for Neurodiverse People<\/h3>
Healthy Cities – The Place of AI in the City: Intelligent Machines and the Changing Shape of Social Relationships | Feb. 9<\/h3>
Colloquium on Jan 28th – Lab Showcase with the Linguistic Neurodiversity (L-Neuro) Lab<\/h3>
Colloquium on Jan 21st – Math Lab Showcase<\/h3>
Colloquium Jan 14–Bilingual Language Processing:Multiple Methods at Multiple Levels<\/h3>
Newly released paper by Prof. Jim Davies and 3 CU students on people’s imaginations<\/h3>
Happy New Year!<\/h3>
Humanizing Artificial Intelligence – A Top 10 Story of 2025<\/h3>
Jim Davies on Cognitive Corner Podcast<\/h3>
Retirement party for Jo-Anne LeFevre, John Logan and Adelle Forth – in pictures<\/h3>
Nov 19th Colloquium:<\/h3>
Oct 29th Colloquia: From Cog Sci to Career<\/h3>
Cognitive Science mentioned in MacLean’s 2026 Uni rankings<\/h3>
Cog Sci Master\u2019s student Theo Pana awarded a 2025 Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence<\/h3>
Rebecca Merkley’s UNESCO working paper published<\/h3>
Experiencing Nature – Minding the Brain podcast<\/h3>
Cog Sci Colloquium – Oct 1st – Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)<\/h3>
Cog Sci Colloquium – Sept 24th — How to Make Neurons Compute and Control<\/h3>
Cog Sci Colloquium – Sept 17 – Applying for Scholarships<\/h3>
Welcome to all our incoming students<\/h3>
Jim Davies in Nautilus about Moral Motivations<\/h3>
Jim Davies collaborates with musician Dr. Jesse Stewart and poet Jamaal Amir Akbari<\/h3>
Is social media good for mental health or not?<\/h3>
PhD Student Brendan Conway-Smith Co-Authors Article in the Hill Times on Canada’s AI Strategy<\/h3>
A.I. Challenge Podcast<\/h3>
Congratulations Graduates!<\/h3>
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