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
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
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
Workshop
Pre-registering your study: Why, How, and What if?
October 04, 2019
This workshop is co-sponsored with the Centre for Research in Human Development. 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
Conference
CRBLM Scientific Day 2020
May 12, 2020
SAVE THE DATE!
The 2020 CRBLM Scientific Day will take place at UQAM on Tuesday, May 12.
Dr Aniruddh Patel has been confirmed as the keynote speaker.
More details to follow!
Conference
Language science: The next generation
November 14, 2019
This day-long symposium is affiliated with the 2019 annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society and will feature special guest Dr. Judith Kroll as discussant. Read More
Workshop
Outreach workshop series
July 23, 2019 - August 16, 2019
The CRBLM, Brain Reach, Science Policy Exchange, and The Convergence Initiative are offering a series of workshops on science communication and knowledge mobilization.
The workshops will cover a range of approaches, target audiences, and aspects of the process of planning and delivering science outreach projects.
Participants are welcome to attend all or a subset of the four workshops, registration is required. Read More
Uncategorized
Entrepreneurship for researchers
June 26, 2019
NOTE: This event is now full. Registration is only for the waiting list.
What is the path from scientific findings to commercialization? What resources are available for researchers on this path? Where does business funding come from? How is IP ownership handled? What does a researcher need to know before becoming an entrepreneur? Read More
Lecture
Andrea Stocco (University of Washington, Seattle)
June 11, 2019
Title: Dynamic Causal Modeling Analysis of Flexible Behaviors in Monolinguals and Bilinguals
The fact that bilingualism places unique demands on cognitive control networks, particularly those that enable flexible behavior, is relatively uncontroversial. In the current talk, I will summarize research using Dynamic Causal Modeling to investigate whether these demands have broader implications for shaping bilingual brain functioning. Read More
Lecture
Chantel Prat (University of Washington, Seattle)
June 11, 2019
Title: Resting-State Connectivity and Bilingual Language Experience
My research has consistently focused on how variability in brain functioning relates to individual differences in complex abilities, with a focus on network-level functioning. Recently, my work has shifted from investigating task-based patterns of activation to task-free measures of connectivity. In this talk, I will discuss two lines of research linking individual differences in patterns of resting-state connectivity to bilingual language experience. Read More
Workshop
Conditional Signal Routing in Bilingualism: Using Network-level Computational Models to Explore Bilingual Brains
June 10, 2019
Our combined program of research has leveraged network-level analyses to study complex cognitive abilities broadly, and bilingualism more specifically. In this workshop, we will move from theory to analysis techniques, describing how we have explored the relationship between basal ganglia signal routing and the implications of bilingual language use on mind and brain. Read More
Workshop
Improv for Scientists – workshop series
June 05, 2019
Improvisational comedy, while seemingly a medium for entertainment, has elements that can improve the practice of science. In improv, you learn to be spontaneous, to embrace failure, to effectively tell stories, to be a better listener and to learn how to read and respond to any audience. Because science is collaborative, the same elements that make a good improv scene can translate into better science communication. In this workshop series, we will introduce the fundamentals of improv through a series of guided group and partner exercises and directly link each fundamental element of improv to its application in the practice and communication of science. Read More
Lecture
Bharath Chandrasekaran (University of Pittsburgh)
May 24, 2019
Title: Neurobiological constraints on speech learning in adulthood
My program of research uses a systems neuroscience approach to study the computations, maturational constraints, and plasticity underlying speech perception. Speech signals are multidimensional, acoustically variable, and temporally ephemeral. A significant computational challenge in speech perception (and more broadly, audition) is categorization, that is, mapping continuous, multidimensional, and variable acoustic signals into discrete, behavioral equivalence classes. Read More
Workshop
Mini-workshop on Speech Learning and Neural Responses
May 23, 2019
Visiting speaker Dr. Bharath Chandrasekaran (University of Pittsburgh) will act as a discussant for this workshop, which will include short presentations by the following CRBLM members and students: Read More
Conference
CRBLM Scientific Day
May 13, 2019
Scientific Day is an annual event that showcases the research interests of the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM). The 2019 Scientific Day will be held in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. The day will include a keynote address by Kate Watkins (University of Oxford), poster presentations, lunch, and a musical performance. Read More
Workshop
Introduction to Praat and Praat scripting
April 24, 2019
The goal of this 3-hour workshop is to learn to write basic scripts in Praat, a free software package for the scientific analysis of speech in phonetics (http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/). Read More
Lecture
Marlene Behrmann (Carnegie Mellon University)
April 05, 2019
TITLE: Face and words recognition: Flip sides of the same coin?
ABSTRACT: Understanding the process by which the cerebral hemispheres reach their mature functional organization remains challenging. We propose a theoretical account in which, in the domain of vision, faces and words come to be represented adjacent to retinotopic cortex by virtue of the need to discriminate among homogeneous exemplars. Read More
Panel
Creating an inclusive science ecosystem: A panel discussion on equity, diversity, and inclusion in academia
April 03, 2019
What is the current state of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in academia and the world of science? Why is EDI such an important factor in optimizing the academic ecosystem? What can faculty, staff, and students do to help get us to a fully inclusive academic world? Read More
Conference, Lecture
MOBI-CRBLM Symposium
March 29, 2019
The Montreal Bilingual Brain Initiative (MOBI) in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music are presenting a full-day symposium on bilingualism. Read More
Lecture
Mara Breen (Psychology, Mount Holyoke College)
March 15, 2019
TITLE: Hierarchical linguistic metric structure in speaking, listening, and reading
Workshop
Lunchtime discussion: to-do list and time management
February 28, 2019
Workshop
CRBLM Social Media Workshop for Researchers
January 29, 2019
This workshop will offer practical tips, tricks and general advice for academics looking to get involved on social media. Read More
Lecture
Invited speaker: Edward W. Large (University of Connecticut)
November 29, 2018
Title: How baby gets the groove: Modeling rhythm learning, perceptual narrowing, and enculturation
Ontogeny is a complex, emergent process that arises from interactions between the developing organism and the structures present in the rearing environment. In the field of infant development, one of the most well known consequences of organism-environment interactions is the adaption and re-organization of perception-action systems to structural regularities in the environment, a phenomenon called “perceptual narrowing” or “perceptual fine tuning.” Read More