{"id":8056,"date":"2016-11-22T14:22:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T19:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?p=8056"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:37:03","slug":"jim-davies-discusses-learning-colloquium-dec-1-12pm-1pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/2016\/jim-davies-discusses-learning-colloquium-dec-1-12pm-1pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Davies discusses: What is Learning?: Colloquium: Dec. 1: 12pm -1pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Jim Davies discusses: What is Learning?: Colloquium: Dec. 1: 12pm -1pm\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date: December 1, 2016 12:00 \u2013 1:00 p.m. Dunton Tower 2203<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speaker: Dr. Jim Davies, Carleton University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Title:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><strong>Learning: A definition for Cognitive Science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>What is learning? In this talk Jim Davies will describe different varieties of learning at different levels of analysis and suggest a definition of learning, informed by cognitive science and findings from other disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bio:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Jim Davies is an associate professor in the Institute of Cognitive&nbsp;Science at Carleton University. Director of the Science of Imagination&nbsp;Laboratory, he explores processes of visualization in humans and&nbsp;machines and specializes in artificial intelligence, imagination, artistic compellent and&nbsp;creativity. His work has shown how people use visual thinking to solve&nbsp;problems, and how they visualize imagined situations and worlds.&nbsp;In his spare time, he is a published poet, an&nbsp;internationally-produced playwright, and a professional painter,&nbsp;calligrapher, and swing dancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>You are welcome to bring your lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: December 1, 2016 12:00 \u2013 1:00 p.m. Dunton Tower 2203 Speaker: Dr. Jim Davies, Carleton University Title:&nbsp;Learning: A definition for Cognitive Science Abstract:&nbsp;What is learning? 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