Workshop
Drop-in student writing sessions
January 13, 2023 - April 14, 2023
Starting Friday, January 13th and every other Friday thereafter, CRBLM will be hosting student writing sessions: A chance to concentrate, create and collaborate with peers from CRBLM member institutions. From 10am to noon at two locations! Montreal (McGill, SCSD, 2001 McGill-College, room 831) and Ste Foy (Université Laval, Cervo research center, room F2432). Coffee and snacks will be provided. Registration is appreciated, but drop-ins are also welcome. Read More
Conference
CRBLM Scientific Day 2021
May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021 (this event has now passed)
Scientific Day is an annual event that showcases the research interests of the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM). The 2021 Scientific Day will be held online. The day will include a keynote address by Dr Aniruddh Patel, poster presentations, and an annual general assembly. Read More
Workshop
Pre-registering your study: Why, How, and What if?
December 09, 2020
Pre-registration is gaining popularity as a way to increase transparency and replicability. Pre-registration allows researchers to specify their research plans in advance, including hypotheses, sample, and planned analyses. Many journals, including Psychological Science (click here for the a list of journals), recognize preregistered research by awarding a Preregistered badge. Read More
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
Lecture
Research lecture: Ocke-Schwen Bohn (Aarhus University, Denmark)
May 17, 2023
Title: “Too old to learn new sounds? A comparison of perceptual training efficacy in young and old adults”
Dr. Ocke-Schwen Bohn is a professor of English Linguistics at Aarhus University in Denmark.
Social event, Workshop
CRBLM 5à7: International perspectives on academic jobs
May 17, 2023
CRBLM 5à7 events are an informal and relaxed forum for students and postdocs to support each other and network while exploring different themes. The May 17 event will feature an international panel of academic professionals, with discussion focused on how (and why) to find international opportunities for graduate school, postdoc, or permanent positions. Read More
Conference
CRBLM Scientific Day 2023
May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023
Scientific Day is an annual event that showcases the research interests of the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM). The 2023 Scientific Day will be on campus at the Université de Montréal. Read More
Growing Up in Science - Past Events
Growing Up In Science: A conversation with Michael Hove
May 10, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Michael Hove
When: Wed. May 10, 2023 at 4pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Where: By zoom ONLY
Workshop
ACFAS practice
May 08, 2023
The CRBLM is offering a practice session to anyone presenting at ACFAS. The session is targeted at those presenting in their second language, but Francophones are also very welcome! Lunch will be served. Read More
Social event, Workshop
CRBLM 5à7: Inspiration from Outreach
April 13, 2023
CRBLM 5à7 events are an informal and relaxed forum for students and postdocs to support each other and network while exploring different themes. The April 13 event will highlight community outreach projects led by our faculty members and graduate students, with a discussion on how outreach activities simultaneously are inspired by and can inspire academic research. We will also explore how outreach can take many forms – in-person or remote, highly social or independent, large or small time commitments, targeted populations or general public, long-term or one-off. Read More
Growing Up in Science - Past Events
Growing up in Science: David Ragsdale
April 12, 2023
Speaker: David Ragsdale
When: Wednesday, April 12 at 15:00
Where: By zoom or in-person at UdeM (Pavillon Marie-Victorin D-427)
A video recording of this past event can be found here.
The Montreal chapter of Growing up in Science invites you to our second event of 2023: a conversation with Dr. David Ragsdale.
Workshop
Neuroanatomy refresher : Language and the Brain
April 03, 2023
Want to learn more about the brain regions involved in language?
This workshop will go over the different brain areas and networks important for various aspects of language, including speech, comprehension, reading, and writing. At the end of the workshop you will have a better idea of what each area does, how to locate it on the brain and the main white matter connections between regions. You will also learn about brain plasticity in the context of how language learning and linguistic experiences can alter brain connectivity and structure. Read More
Growing Up in Science - Past Events
Growing up in science: Jorge Armony
March 29, 2023
Speaker: Jorge Armony
When: Wednesday, March 29 at 15:00
Where: By zoom or in-person at UdeM (Pavillon Marie-Victorin D-427)
The Montreal chapter of Growing up in Science invites you to our first event of 2023: a conversation with Dr. Jorge Armony
Social event, Uncategorized, Workshop
CRBLM 5à7: Alternatives to the Tenure Track
March 16, 2023
CRBLM 5à7 events are an informal and relaxed forum for students and postdocs to support each other and network while exploring different themes. The March 16 event will focus on alternatives to the tenure track, with CRBLM alumni invited back to share their experiences in not-for-profit, industry, or alt-ac careers. Read More
Social event, Workshop
CRBLM 5à7: Investing in Your Academic Identity On-line and On Paper
February 16, 2023
CRBLM 5à7 events are an informal and relaxed forum for students and postdocs to support each other and network while exploring different themes. The February 16 event will focus on curating your web presence and putting your best foot forward in grant proposals and job applications. We are delighted to have a panel of CRBLM members on hand to share tips and answer questions. Thank you to Susan Ballinger, Deb Titone, and Gigi Luk for joining us! Read More
Workshop
Workshop: Science popularization / Workshop sur la vulgarization scientifique
February 10, 2023
Atelier, Workshop
Workshop: Editing, peer review and its ethics
February 03, 2023
The CeReBeLluM, the newly formed CRLBM student-led journal, will be offering a workshop on editing, peer reviewing, and its ethics, led by Professor Heather Newell. This workshop is open to all and the talk will be accessible in both languages. Read More
Social event, Workshop
CRBLM 5à7: Telling the story of your research
January 19, 2023
CRBLM 5à7 events are an informal and relaxed forum for students to support each other and network while exploring different themes. The Jan 19 event will focus on communicating your research in a concise and audience-friendly way. We are delighted that CRBLM alumna Dr Fernanda Pérez-Gay Juárez will share her experiences in Science Communication and talk about her neuroscience video series, SINAPSIS [click on CC for subtitles]. Read More
Lecture
Michael Erard: “How we pay attention to first words”
January 06, 2023
In collaboration with the CRBLM, the Montreal Bilingualism Initiative (https://www.mcgill.ca/mobi/) will host Michael Erard, Ph.D., as our first guest speaker of 2023. Coffee & Snacks will be provided! Registration recommended (below).
Abstract: How we pay attention to first words Read More
Social event, Workshop
Conference prep for students and postdocs
November 10, 2022
This event is an informal and relaxed chance for students to support each other and prepare for upcoming conferences. The event will warm up with some tips and discussion on networking at conferences. Students can bring a finished or draft poster on a USB for a chance to practice presenting (5 mins max) and get some feedback. Il est possible de présenter en français ou en anglais. Whether you are gearing up for a specific conference (e.g., Society for Neuroscience), or are just thinking ahead, all are welcome. Tous et toutes sont les bienvenu-es. Des rafraîchissements seront servis ! Refreshments will be served! Please register below. Read More
Lecture
Research talk: Wentao Gu (Nanjing Normal University, Institute of Linguistic Science and Technology)
October 19, 2022
Title: Effects of Speaker Traits on Acoustic and Perceptual Characteristics of Speech
Dr. Wentao Gu is a visiting professor in McGill’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders for the 2022-23 year. This talk will be offered in-person only. Registration requested but not required – all are welcome. Read More
Lecture
Connecting language learning and language evolution: The creation of a sign language in Nicaragua
August 18, 2022
Languages are highly patterned abstract systems, shared within communities of speakers. Where do their patterns come from, and why are some characteristics apparently universal across languages? The birth of a new, natural human language provides an opportunity to observe how such structure arises. We consider the case of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL), a young, urban sign language that emerged from within a community of children brought together in an educational setting in the 1970s. Originating in gestural communication among 50 children, NSL is a rich, natural language with over 1500 users today. By taking an apparent time approach, comparing present-day age cohorts, we can capture patterns of change in the linguistic structure of the language as it was transmitted over successive generations of learners. Read More