Cognitive Science Undergraduate Research Presentation Day 2016
The first (of a new series) Cognitive Science Undergraduate Research Presentation Day will take place on April 11, 2016! Students currently enrolled in a COGS research course will be giving oral presentations of their work. There will be prizes for the best presentations, as determined by a panel of judges.
Time and location
April 11, 2016, 10AM – 3:30PM
Stewart Biology Building, W4/12
Overview of Schedule
10:00 – 10:15 Opening remarks
10:15 – 11:15 Session 1 (4 talks)
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Session 2 (4 talks)
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:45 Session 3 (4 talks)
14:45 – 15:15 Break / Deliberations
15:15 – 15:30 Best presentation award, wrap-up
Program
Session 1 | |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Is the Communication Process achieved? From Composer, to performer, to listener Jordana Saks Supervisor: Stephen McAdams (Schulich Music School) |
10:30 - 10:45 |
Reading the mind in the blink of an eye: A clearer image Jordan Pollock Supervisor: Ian Gold (Psychology) |
11:00 - 11:15 |
Effects of self-deception on the physiological and emotional components of the stress response
Ailish Skoropada Supervisor: Jens Pruessner (Psychology) |
Session 2 | |
11:45 - 12:00 |
Predicting Behaviour from Neuronal Correlations Calem Bendell Supervisor: Erik Cook (Physiology) |
12:15 - 12:30 |
Cross Cultural Differences in White Lie Perception Renuka Giles Supervisors: Marc Pell and Kathrin Rothermich (School of Communication Sciences and Disorders) |
Session 3 | |
13:45 - 14:00 |
Neural Activation in the Assessment of Sexual Concordance in Men and Women Lucy Adirim Supervisors: Irv Binik and Mayte Parada (Psychology) |
14:00 - 14:15 |
The Neural Correlates of Social and Monetary Reward: Aberrant Modality-Specific Reward Processing and its Implication in Psychiatric Disorders Blair Lavery Supervisor: Anna Weinberg (Psychology) |
14:15 - 14:30 |
Neuropolitical Decision Making Matthew Satterthwaite Supervisor: Lesley Fellows (Neuroscience) |
14:30 - 14:45 |
Attentional Selection of Social Information Olivia Larson Supervisor: Jelena Ristic (Psychology) |
Judging Panel
- Prof. Meghan Clayards (Linguistics)
- Prof. Kristine Onishi (Psychology)
- Jonathan Côté (Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience)
- Edward Newell (Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science)
The judging panel is subject to change.
Organizing Committee
- Ryan Bouma
- Jackie CK Cheung
- Meghan Clayards
- Kristine Onishi
- Joelle Pineau
- David Ragsdale
- Dirk Schlimm