coggroup February 2019

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[Coggroup] CRAM - February 22
by Cognitive Research at McGill 22 Feb '19

22 Feb '19

Dear all, We are happy to announce the next CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) speaker this term. On Friday, February 22nd, Dr. Caroline Palmer from McGill Psychology will be speaking about synchronization between singers (title and abstract below). The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. All are welcome! -- Dr. Caroline Palmer, McGill Psychology "Ears, head and eyes: How singers synchronize" Individual and joint (interpersonal) behaviours yield different sensorimotor demands on each person. In a musical ensemble, for example, the sheer number of sensory events increases; auditory feedback produced by oneself must be identified and integrated with feedback from other group members. This can be difficult, especially when musicians' target pitches are identical as in Unison singing, or the same but offset temporally, as in Rounds. We examined the relationship between auditory and visual cues, endogenous rhythms, and body movement in duet singers' temporal coordination of tones. 32 experienced vocalists sang a familiar melody in Solo and two Duet conditions. The vocalists sang duets in Unison (simultaneously producing identical pitches) and Round conditions (one vocalist, the Follower, produced the same pitch sequence at an 8-tone delay from their partner, the Leader) while facing Inward (full visual cues) and Outward (reduced visual cues). The relationship between the parts (Unison / Round) and the presence of visual cues influenced singers' temporal coordination. I will describe singers' head movements that suggest that body movement and temporal coordination are tightly linked in this interpersonal behavior. Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla) See our website for more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/events- colloquia-0/brownbag-series Please consider joining the coggroup list serve to receive day-off updates about CRAM and information about other cognition-related talks at McGill: http://mx0.psych.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/coggroup (you can unsubscribe using the same link)

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[Coggroup] CRAM - February 15
by Cognitive Research at McGill 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

Dear all, We are happy to announce the first invited CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) speaker this term. On Friday, February 15th, Dr. Karen Li from Concordia Psychology will be speaking about cognitive-motor interactions in aging (title and abstract below). The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. All are welcome! -- Dr. Karen Li Sensory-motor and cognitive interactions in aging: Multidisciplinary approaches Abstract: Healthy aging is associated with gradual changes to sensory, motor, and cognitive functioning. Each domain is more commonly studied in isolation, however everyday functional capacity often involves interactions among multiple domains. We have adapted the dual-task paradigm (simultaneous performance of two tasks) to study cognitive-motor interactions in aging and examine how older adults utilize cognitive capacity differently from young adults to maintain posture and gait. The additional cognitive demands associated with auditory aging are further considered within this paradigm and suggest that cognitive capacity is particularly taxed in those with age- related hearing loss. Training intervention studies to increase cognitive capacity will be presented that further suggest that cognitive capacity is a mediator between hearing and mobility in old age. -- Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla) See our website for more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/events- colloquia-0/brownbag-series Please consider joining the coggroup list serve to receive day-off updates about CRAM and information about other cognition-related talks at McGill: http://mx0.psych.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/coggroup (you can unsubscribe using the same link)

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[Coggroup] Positions available at Concordia: Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Coordinator // Chercheuse postdoctorale & coordinatrice de recherche
by Krista Byers-Heinlein 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

The Concordia Infant Research Lab <https://infantresearch.ca> currently has an open position for a post-doctoral fellow to work on an NIH-funded longitudinal, two-site study investigating language development in bilingual infants and children. Start date is negotiable, March 1, 2019 – Sept 1, 2019. We also have an open research coordinator position. Start date is negotiable, March 1, 2019 – August 1, 2019. Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. Preference is given to candidates who can commit to 2+ years in this position. For more information, please consult the attached documents. Participants should forward a cover letter, CV, copy of (unofficial) transcripts, and the names of three potential referees to Melanie Brouillard (kbh.coordinator(a)concordia.ca). Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis starting February 15, 2019. ---- Le laboratoire de recherche de Concordia <https://infantresearch.ca> est présentement à la recherche d'un(e) chercheur(euse) postdoctoral(e) qui participerait à une étude longitudinale sur deux sites financée par les NIH portant sur le développement du langage chez les nourrissons et les enfants bilingues. La date de début de travail est négociable, du 1er mars 2019 au 1er septembre 2019. Nous sommes également à la recherche d'un(e) coordinateur(trice) de recherche. La date de début de travail est également négociable, du 1er mars 2019 au 1er août 2019. Les candidats doivent être éligibles à travailler au Canada. Priorité sera donnée aux candidats qui peuvent s’engager au poste pour 2 ans ou plus. Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter les documents ci-joints. Les candidats sont demandés d'envoyer une lettre de motivation, un CV, une copie (non officielle) de leur relevé de notes et les noms de trois références potentielles à Melanie Brouillard (kbh.coordinator(a)concordia.ca). Les demandes seront évaluées sur une base continue à compter du 15 février 2019. -- Krista Byers-Heinlein, PhD Concordia University Research Chair in Bilingualism Associate Professor of Psychology Centre for Research in Human Development, PY 170-10 Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke St. West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6 (514) 848-2424 x2208 infantresearch.ca k.byers(a)concordia.ca <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campai…>

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[Coggroup] TODAY - Feb. 6 - Cognition & Circuits Series - Brenda Banwell - 4pm - de Grandpré Communications Centre
by Annie Le Bire 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

[cid:image007.png@01D3AC96.4388D870] [cid:image004.png@01D39F4E.40B16770]<http://www.facebook.com/NeuroMontreal> [cid:image005.png@01D39F4E.40B16770]<http://twitter.com/TheNeuro_MNI> [cid:image006.png@01D39F4E.40B16770]<https://ca.linkedin.com/company/the-montreal-neurological-institute> Events Cognition & Circuits Lecture Series The Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Cognition and Cognitive Maturation in Children Brenda Banwell, MD, FRCPC, FAAN Chief of Child Neurology Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 4 pm de Grandpré Communications Centre *PS. Coffee & snacks will be served* Abstract: The onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) during childhood or adolescence leads to both focal lesional pathology as well as a more global neurodegenerative biology. Cognitive impairment is one of the major morbidities of pediatric MS, and occurs despite a relative low risk of physical disability in this population. Impaired processing speed correlates with disruption of white matter trajectories. Executive function, and the maturational expectations of executive domains, are particularly vulnerable. The available literature will be presented, as well as unpublished recent data from the Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease study. Future directions for research, strategies for cognitive rehabilitation and the concept of resiliency in pediatric MS will be proposed. Next Seminars: https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/events/cognition-and-circuits-seminar-series [cid:image006.jpg@01D3A4D6.9D165740]

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