coggroup September 2019

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[Coggroup] CRAM - This Friday - October 4th
by Cognitive Research at McGill 04 Oct '19

04 Oct '19

Dear all, We are happy to announce the next CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) session this term on Friday, October 4th. Dr. Jordan Axt will be speaking to us about modelling social judgements; title and abstract below. The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 1552 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. Coffee and light snacks will be provided BYOM (Bring your own Mug). All are welcome! Title: Using Signal Detection and Drift Diffusion Analyses to Better Understand Discrimination in Social Judgment Dr. Jordan Axt McGill University -- Abstract: Discrimination based on social information can be a subtle but highly consequential phenomenon. In this talk, I will present a measure for assessing discrimination and review studies showing that discrimination can often occur without conscious awareness or intention. We use a signal detection perspective to argue that in many cases, the magnitude of discrimination can be understood as a combination of noise—the number of overall errors made in evaluation—plus bias—the degree to which those errors benefit one group over another. The degree of noise and bias in social judgment differentially respond to various interventions and likely rely on distinct psychological mechanisms. A drift diffusion modeling analysis further shows how discrimination both emerges quickly and exacerbates during judgment, and how novel interventions can separately alter these two processes. Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla)

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[Coggroup] CRAM - September 20 - Dr. Laura Sabourin
by Cognitive Research at McGill 20 Sep '19

20 Sep '19

Dear all, We are happy to announce the first CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) session this term on Friday, September 20th. Dr. Laura Sabourin is visiting from the University of Ottawa and will be speaking about bilingualism (title and abstract below). The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 1552 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. Coffee and light snacks will be provided. All are welcome! -- What does “being bilingual” mean? Towards a psycholinguistic definition Laura Sabourin (and the ERPLing Lab) Linguistics, U. of Ottawa The psycholinguistics of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and/or bilingualism is a difficult undertaking for many reasons, not least due to the fact that bilinguals and second language (L2) learners are not homogenous groups. In short, the individuals that make up these groups differ with respect to how, when, and how well they have acquired their two languages. Research has shown that such factors impact how bilinguals and L2 learners process and represent their languages in their mind. As a consequence, the results of psycholinguistic studies investigating bilingualism may differ drastically because the “bilinguals” of one study might not ultimately be comparable to the “bilinguals” of another study. It is thus crucial to tease apart the complex variables at play. In order to do so, not only does the field of psycholinguistics need a comprehensive, inclusive and objective language assessment tool that can be used to adequately categorize participants, but we need to carefully determine how experimental data is affected by our categorizations. In the present talk I will present data from a number of different experimental paradigms conducted in our lab that integrate proficiency, age of acquisition, age of immersion, manner of acquisition, and language environment data in order to highlight the insights that can emerge when the multi-faceted nature of “bilingualism” is more fully considered. -- Warm regards, The CRAM Team (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

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[Coggroup] CRAM Fall 2019
by Cognitive Research at McGill 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

Dear all, We at CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) are thrilled to announce the exciting line-up of speakers we have for the Fall 2019 semester: September 20, 2019 Dr. Laura Sabourin, University of Ottawa October 4, 2019 Dr. Jordan Axt, McGill University October 10, 2019 Dr. Ian Charest University of Birmingham October 25, 2019 Dr. Véronique Bohbot, McGill University November 15, 2019 Dr. Cecilia Flores, McGill University November 22, 2019 Dr. Milica Miočević, McGill University CRAM is an interdisciplinary talk series aimed at showcasing the exemplary diversity of cognitive researchers at McGill and the broader Montreal community. The talks will take place at 12:00pm on each date in room 1552 of 2001 McGill College, so make sure to mark your calendars! More information on each talk will be sent out closer to the session. Warm regards, The CRAM Team (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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