Students' health symptoms are tracked Nov 6, 2009
Working with a $200,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, its hoped that the change in how medical absences are reported to schools will lead to improved awareness of contagious diseases, possible biological attacks and other information about the health of students, said David Kirsh,a UCSD professor of cognitive science. If the pilot program works at Monterey Ridge, it could be expanded to include schools and districts across the state and country. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
* The tyranny of e-mail Nov 4, 2009
Tom Stafford, a lecturer in psychology and cognitive science at Sheffield University, said users of modern technology are often driven by the same gamblers instinct that motivates someone to play a slot machine. You never know when something is going to land in your inbox, so there is that tingle of excitement every time you check, Stafford said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Do digital diaries overload brains? Nov 4, 2009
Being able to compress a lot of experiences and summarize them well is part of the very nature of human intelligence, said Douglas Hofstadter, professor of cognitive science at Indiana University, Bloomington, and author of "Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.". "It's about finding the essence of things," he said. (CNN)
Busch attracts football fanatics, science students Nov 4, 2009
Some of the research centers include the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, the Center for Alcohol Studies a one of a kind program at the University the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and the Rutgers Stem Cell Research Center, he said. These research facilities are meant to encourage students to get involved in research, he said. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
I Know How You Did That! Oct 30, 2009
This is all about "expectations and violations," as Laura Schulz, a professor of cognitive science at MIT, explained to me. Children have to know that a scarf shouldn't be poking out of an egg to have that expectation violatedin other words, to feel surprised. (Slate)
Electrical engineers go head to head with Genius on music playlists Oct 28, 2009
Gert Lanckriet, an electrical and computer engineering professor from UC San Diego and Reid Oda, an undergraduate in cognitive sciences at UC San Diego are co-authors on this paper, available at ... Department of Electrical ter Engineering **Department of Cognitive Science. (EurekAlert!)
Why Cosmetics Work: More Depth To Facial Differences Between Men And Women Than Presumed Oct 22, 2009
D. in cognitive science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed postdoctoral research at Harvard University. His research interests are in visual cognition, aesthetics, and the perception of faces. (Science Daily)
Google Wave: Should you care? Oct 20, 2009
Cognitive science professor and author used to give students the of design homework, asking his students to squish a CD player, tape player, clock radio, telephone and answering machine all together in an usable doodad. The point was to fail, but also learn along the way that too much functionality defies a good interface. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Recent 'Momentum' Influences Choices Of Baby Names, Professors Find Oct 15, 2009
It appears in the journal Topics in Cognitive Science. "Our results give support to the idea that individual naming choices are in a large part determined by the social environment that expecting parents experience," the authors wrote. (Science Daily)
Out of the Box Problem Solving Oct 15, 2009
You might take some inspiration from Pete Foley, associate director of the cognitive science group at Procter & Gamble, who was looking for an inspired solution to challenges faced by P&G's feminine-care business unit. Its R&D staff had pursued several approaches, but none of them offered the breakthrough that Foley craved. (FastCompany)
U.S. parents like baby names that aren't overused, study finds Oct 13, 2009
The study, which researchers say is "relevant to understanding how people's everyday decisions are influenced by aggregate cultural processes," appears online today in the journal Topics in Cognitive Science. It is based on 127 years of data from the. (USA Today -- News)
Recent 'momentum' influences choices of baby names, NYU, Indiana psychology professors find Oct 13, 2009
It appears in the journal Topics in Cognitive Science (Wiley-Blackwell). "Our results give support to the idea that individual naming choices are in a large part determined by the social environment that expecting parents experience," the authors wrote. (EurekAlert!)
Burnt ambitions Sep 25, 2009
Page last updated at 11:27 GMT, Thursday, 24 September 2009 12:27 UK. Is there any point to 'frivolous' academic research. (BBC News -- UK)
Torturing 'does not get truth' Sep 23, 2009
His review is published in the journal, Trends in Cognitive Science. Lack of control. (BBC News -- Americas)
How Scientists Think: Fostering Creativity In Problem Solving Sep 23, 2009
Her research is published in an upcoming issue of Topics in Cognitive Science ... Topics in Cognitive Science, 2009; DOI. (Science Daily)
Study: Torture damages brain, leading to misinformation Sep 23, 2009
In the journal, Trends in Cognitive Science, Shane OMara of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience in Dublin, examined the legal memos released in April detailing U.S. "enhanced" interrogation techniques from 2002 to 2005. O'Mara says, "they seem based on the idea that repeatedly inducing shock, stress, anxiety, disorientation and lack of control is more effective than standard interrogatory techniques in making suspects reveal information.". (USA Today -- Tech)
New Delay in 9/11 Trial at Gitmo Sep 22, 2009
In the paper published Monday in the scientific journal, "Trends in Cognitive Science: Science and Society," author Shane O'Mara, a professor at Ireland's Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, wrote that high-stress techniques such as waterboarding, extreme pain, prolonged sleep deprivation and exploiting prisoner's phobias could lead to brain lobe disorders, making the prisoners vulnerable to confabulation - the pathological production of false memories based on suggestions from an... (CBS News)
You Can't Trust A Tortured Brain: Neuroscience Discredits Coercive Interrogation Sep 22, 2009
A new article, published in the journal, Trends in Cognitive Science, reviews scientific evidence demonstrating that repeated and extreme stress and anxiety have a detrimental influence on brain functions related to memory ... Trends in Cognitive Science, September 21, 2009. (Science Daily)
Ego City: Cities Are Organized Like Human Brains Sep 20, 2009
Natural selection has passively guided the evolution of mammalian brains throughout time, just as politicians and entrepreneurs have indirectly shaped the organization of cities large and small, said Mark Changizi, a neurobiology expert and assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer, who led the study ... Marc Destefano, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer, co-authored the paper. (Science Daily)
Why Does Music Make Us Feel? Sep 16, 2009
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S) Mark Changizi is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is the author of the recently published book "The Vision Revolution". . (Scientific American)
Conscious 'Metacognition' In Nonhuman Animals? Sep 15, 2009
Smith makes this conclusion in an article published the September issue of the journal Trends in Cognitive Science (Volume 13, Issue 9) ... Smith, a professor in the UB Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Sciences, is recognized for his research and publications in the field of animal cognition. (Science Daily)
Ex-Priest Questions Repressed Memories Sep 15, 2009
But in an appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Thursday, Shaw submitted a "friend of the court" brief backed by about 100 prominent experts in psychiatry, neuroscience, cognitive science and psychology that dismissed the validity of repressed memories. The brief argued that "'repressed-recovered memories,' 'dissociative amnesia' and related concepts are best described as pernicious psychiatric folklore devoid of convincing scientific evidence. Such theories are quite incapable of... (ABC News)
Hedonism As The Explanation Of Value Sep 14, 2009
What is new is that David Brax s theory also takes into consideration new studies of how people function studies carried out in cognitive science, neuroscience, and psychology. Psychology has come a long way in the last century, providing interesting findings about phenomena that philosophers have long been interested in, especially regarding how emotions affect our thinking and decisions. (Science Daily)
MIND Reviews: The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Sep 13, 2009
In the end one doesn t need to know much about cognitive science to grasp the essence of her argument: if we could only get inside our children s heads, we would learn something deep about ourselves. Note: This article was originally printed with the title, "Reviews and Recommendations.". (Scientific American)
Pa. Student Uses iPhone to Catch Robbery Suspects Sep 1, 2009
Can Duruk, a senior cognitive science and human-computer interaction double major, was attacked by two armed men just before midnight on Friday night, and by 4 a.m. had led the police to the actors and identified both of them in a police lineup. Duruk s story was completely made possible by the technology on his iPhone that he found on the Internet. (Fox News)
Lockerbie bomber's release sparks local anger Aug 21, 2009
Allen Benello, who now lives in San Francisco, said his brother was studying for a master s degree in cognitive science from Cambridge University in England. It s very disappointing and appalling and shocking, he said, of Megrahi s release. (Boston Globe)
Are You Evil? Profiling That Which Is Truly Wicked Aug 16, 2009
But it is indeed evil or rather trying to get to the roots of evil that fascinates , a logician, philosopher and chairman of 's Department of Cognitive Science here. He's so intrigued, in fact, that he has developed a sort of checklist for determining whether someone is demonic, and is working with a team of graduate students to create a computerized representation of a purely sinister person. (Scientific American)
Crows Can Use Three Tools In Sequence Aug 6, 2009
While the ability of crows to use three tools in sequence reveals a competence beyond that observed in any other non-human species, including non-human primates, this study also emphasises the importance of a cautious approach in comparative cognitive science. Seemingly intelligent behaviour can be achieved without the involvement of high-level mental faculties, and detailed analyses are necessary before accepting claims for complex cognitive abilities. (Science Daily)
Brain Develops Motor Memory For Prosthetics Jul 24, 2009
"When your own body performs motor tasks repeatedly, the movements become almost automatic," said study principal investigator Jose Carmena, a UC Berkeley assistant professor with joint appointments in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, and the Program in Cognitive Science. "The profound part of our study is that this is all happening with something that is not part of one's own body. We have demonstrated that the brain is able... (Science Daily)
Eyes have given us real 'superpowers' Jun 21, 2009
Mark Changizi, a neurobiology expert and assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has detailed the most basic scientific assumptions about human vision in his book, titled 'The Vision Revolution: How the Latest Research Overturns Everything We Thought We Knew About Human Vision. "Our brains don't come with user's manuals listing all the powers we're capable of - much of what our eyes can do is still not yet known. That's why I think this is... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
contemporary take on Sapir-Whorf Jun 17, 2009
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2007): 1007 10 ... D. Casasanto et al., "How Deep Are Effects of Language on Thought? Time Estimation in Speakers of English, Indonesian Greek, and Spanish," Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2004): 575 80 ... L. Boroditsky, "Linguistic Relativity," in L. Nadel ed., Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (London: MacMillan, 2003), 917 21; B. W. Pelham et al., "Why Susie Sells... (Harper's Magazine)
Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution May 30, 2009
Mike Groll / APVassar biology and cognitive science professor John Long poses with Madeleine, a swimming robot, in a lab at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Madeleine has four flippers sticking from its sides, and it was used to study a 45-ton marine reptile that patrolled the seas in the Jurassic Period ... Instead, Vassar biology and cognitive science professor John Long and his students can make changes to the tail of Preyro to see which designs help it avoid the predator robot. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Robot Animals Help Scientists Understand Evolution May 30, 2009
Instead, Vassar biology and cognitive science professor John Long and his students can make changes to the tail of Preyro to see which designs help it avoid the predator robot. "We're applying selection," Long explains, "just like natural selection.". (Fox News)
Michelle Obama Urges Graduates To Give Back May 17, 2009
"My grandparents worked in the fields and my mother held down double jobs to help me get here," said Julian, a psychology and cognitive science major who is first in her family to go to college. "I made sure my little cousins came today so they could see the first lady and understand what they can do if they apply themselves.". (Click2Houston, TX)
Brace yourself for techno-convergence May 16, 2009
These include information technology, genetic engineering and biotechnology, nanotechnology (the manipulation of matter at the molecular level, which may allow manufacturing without factories as we know them), and cognitive science (how we know and learn). We may soon have the ability to live much longer lives but are we ready to deal with the resulting increase in problems caused by rapid population growth. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Extraordinary Perception Deficit Sheds Light On How We See May 15, 2009
It was a deficit that Michael McCloskey, professor of cognitive science at Johns Hopkins, discovered when working with the student back in the late 1990s. When AH looks at an object, she sees it clearly and knows what it is, but she s often dramatically wrong about where it is, said McCloskey, who has spent years studying AH s fascinating case. (Science Daily)
Michael Ignatieff: Arrogant Bastard May 14, 2009
I have a minor in philosophy (mainly cognitive science stuff) myself, but the thing to keep in mind here is that these philosophical issues are settled, and an amalgam of these ideas from Kant and Locke and Hobbes and so on have yielded the foundational ideas for democracies as implemented in the USA, Canada, Europe and other places ... HOWEVER (and I'm sure based on your cognitive science background you can appreciate this) philosophy does provide us with some structure in terms of the critical... (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Baboons Benefit From Strong Social Networks May 8, 2009
Additional support for the series is being provided by the Provost's Office, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Science Ethics and Public Policy Program, and the following departments: Biological Sciences, English, Geography, Geological Sciences, Linguistics and Cognitive Science, and Philosophy. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
A Q&A with David Wroblewski May 8, 2009
Tremendously exciting results were coming out of academia, results from philosophy, ethology, cognitive science, and linguistics, all converging, all shedding fascinating new light on what it meant to be conscious, what it meant to be a human being, or an animal. But every contemporary story or novel with a dog in it turned the dog into a puppet, a comic or narrative device. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'Know Your Numbers' offered at church Apr 29, 2009
LA JOLLA ---- UC San Diego Professor of Cognitive Science Terry Jernigan will show how the brain adapts in response to disease, drugs and life experiences when she addresses the UCSD Social Sciences Supper Club session, which starts at 5:30 p.m. May 13 at the UC San Diego Faculty Club. Cost is 65 and includes a wine reception, dinner and parking. (North County Times)
"Legacy Loans," "Nonprime" Mortgages, and Other Nifty New Financial Euphemisms Mar 30, 2009
Using the word legacy to describe phenomena that are causing financial carnage is "crazy," according to George Lakoff, a Berkeley professor of cognitive science and linguistics, because "legacy typically suggests something positive." More insidiously, the word is frequently deployed to deflect blame. Legacy financial issues are, by definition, holdovers from prior regimes. (Slate)
Religious Ideas Burrow Into Brains Mar 27, 2009
Another important body of work in the cognitive science of religion concerns how religious ideas are transmitted between generations. And the name , an anthropologist from Washington University of Saint Louis, is rightfully synonymous with this well-known research. (Scientific American)
What Can Magicians Teach Us about the Brain? Mar 25, 2009
In the cognitive science literature, it is now established that providing misinformation about past events can reduce memory accuracy and create false memories, a fact magicians have intuitively known for centuries. Consider this trick: a person is shown pairs of photographs and asked to choose the more attractive face. (Scientific American)
Tribunes Return To Tourney Mar 17, 2009
R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens. Tuesday March 17, 2009. (R News)
The U of R's Smart Alex Mar 13, 2009
She is a Brain and Cognitive Science major. "It's a combination of psychology, neuroscience and cognition," says Porter. (R News)
Zoo chimp plots stone throwing attacks Mar 10, 2009
Staff at the Furuvik Zoo in Sweden first became suspicious in 1997 when they spotted multiple stone piles at the park's "chimpanzee island" where Santino lives, explained Osvath, a Lund University researcher in the field of cognitive science. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
School of Art recruits new dean from Cornell Feb 27, 2009
Their strength in the sciences, especially in cognitive science disciplines that relate to artistic perception I want to explore that. I want to explore the possibility of collaboration with computing and informational science at Wash. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Decision time Feb 24, 2009
This simple idea underlies the philosophy of Plato and Descartes, forms the foundation of modern economics and drove decades of research in cognitive science. Elliot endlessly deliberated over irrelevant details, like whether to use a blue or black pen, or what radio station to listen to, or where to park his car. (BBC News -- UK)
Campus can’t be its own law Feb 23, 2009
From Wikipedia: "In psychology and cognitive science, CONFIRMATION BIAS is a tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions and to avoid information and interpretations which contradict prior beliefs. Worth thinking about. ". Barefoot wrote on Feb 22, 2009 1:52 PM:" Obviously, CorvEug hasn't read everything and I am not too concerned what he/she believes. ". (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
New abroad program opens Turkey to study Feb 16, 2009
The other mandatory semester-long class is called Cognitive Science of Religion. The program] is a great opportunity for students to study about the region, politics, religion, history, issues with the EU all kinds of things like that, said Jennifer White Reding, associate director of overseas programs. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Professor finds mice assess risk better than humans Feb 13, 2009
Professor Charles Gallistel, co-director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, along with graduate student Fuat Balci recently published a three-year study of how well humans and mice are at assessing risk, according to a press release. Mice] are as good as humans, slightly better [at assessing risk], Gallistel said. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Preparing for the robot takeover 101 Feb 7, 2009
Then again, Douglas Hofstadter, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor of cognitive science at Indiana University, once compared Kurzweil's ideas to a mix of fine cuisine and "the craziest sort of dog excrement.". Such are the polarizing travails of Kurzweil, whose 686-page book, The Singularity Is Near, warned of a future in which intelligent machines become so adept at improving and replicating themselves that they leap beyond the comprehension of mere humans. (Toronto Star)
MIND MATTERSWhy Don't Babies Talk like Adults? Feb 7, 2009
Behaviorism, the scientific approach that dominated American cognitive science for the first half of the 20th century, made exactly this argument. This copycat theory can t explain why toddlers aren t as loquacious adults, however. (Scientific American)
Interested Or Deceptively Flirting? Observers Of First Dates Can Predict Outcome, Study Shows Feb 7, 2009
"The hardest-to-read women were being misperceived at a much higher rate than the hardest-to-read men. Those women were being flirtatious, but it turned out they weren't interested at all," said lead author Skyler Place, a doctoral student in IU's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences working with cognitive science Professor Peter Todd ... Co-authors include Peter M. Todd, Cognitive Science Program, in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington; Lars Penke, University of... (Science Daily)
