Conference, Uncategorized, Workshop
Innovation and entrepreneurship for researchers
March 11, 2020
What is the path from scientific findings to commercialization? What resources are available for researchers on this path? How do you even know if a start-up is the right path for you? Read More
Lecture
Reiko Mazuka (RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan)
March 18, 2020
Title: Investigating human language acquisition using phonological features of Japanese Read More
Workshop
Poster-making in Inkscape
April 22, 2020
Conference season will be around the corner before you know it: time to brush up on your poster-making skills! Inkscape is a free software similar to Adobe Illustrator that can be used to edit figures and create polished documents of any size. This hands-on workshop will cover the basics of image file types, introduce the Inkscape interface, and walk through the tools and functions that you will need for making a poster. Read More
Conference
CRBLM Scientific Day 2020
May 11, 2020
SAVE THE DATE!
The 2020 CRBLM Scientific Day will take place at the MNI on Monday, May 11.
Dr Aniruddh Patel has been confirmed as the keynote speaker.
More details to follow!
Uncategorized
Lunchtime discussion: Staying motivated for Grad students and post-docs
February 13, 2020
Are you thriving or surviving in the juggling act of doing research, writing, job applications, and other tasks? Have you lost sight of why you are doing all this in the first place? Do you have fantastic strategies for staying motivated? Come to an informal lunchtime discussion to exchange tips on how to manage competing demands, avoid procrastination, and focus on long-term goals. Read More
Uncategorized
Drew Rendall (Departments of Biology and Psychology, University of New Brunswick)
February 14, 2020
Title: Comparative perspectives on language structure and evolution: grounding linguistic meaning in shared processes of vocal production, perception, affect and cognition in human and nonhuman primates
Groupe de lecture, Reading group
Reading group: Hot Off the Press
October 02, 2019 - December 25, 2019
Workshop
TMS workshop with Kate Watkins
May 15, 2019
Title: Stimulating speech: Auditory-motor interactions in production and perception
In my lab, we use non-invasive brain stimulation to explore auditory-motor interactions during speech perception and speech production. I will describe how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) works and provide a number of examples of how we have used this method in combination with behaviour and other measures of brain function. Read More
Lecture
Sara Incera (Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University)
May 21, 2019
Title: The timing of the cognitive processes underlying bilingualism and the perception of foreign accents: Evidence from mouse tracking
The mouse-tracking paradigm allows researchers to better understand how cognitive processes unfold over time by recording participants’ responses using a computer mouse. In this talk, I will present a diverse set of cognitive experiments in which I used the mouse-tracking paradigm for data collection. Read More
Workshop
Mouse-tracking workshop with Sara Incera
May 22, 2019
Title: Creating and analyzing mouse-tracking experiments
The goal of this four-hour workshop is to create and analyze mouse-tracking experiments. During the first half of the workshop, participants will become familiar with the computer software MouseTracker (download here – only works on Windows os). Read More