cognitive science

Vera Tobin Whether solving a crossword, tackling a Sudoku or completing a jigsaw puzzle, engaging with brain teasers allows many to sharpen their minds by challenging them to think critically, solve problems and recognize patterns. To piece together some cognitive impacts of puzzles, The…

Fey Parrill Fey Parrill, professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently won the Rosalind Franklin Society (RFS) Awards in Science for her paper “Revisioning Cognitive Science Through Holistic Science, Biophilia, and Indigenous Ways of…

Soccer put Case Western Reserve University on Katherine Shiells’s radar. Initially recruited to play on the varsity women’s soccer team, Shiells was sold by the university’s rigorous academic and competitive athletic offerings. Katherine Shiells While Shiells’s soccer career came to an…

Since its establishment in the 1980s, Women’s History Month has taken place each March to encourage the study, observance and celebration of women’s vital impacts on American history. Such impacts are evident throughout Case Western Reserve’s past and present, from the university’s origins as…

What do neuroscience and jigsaw puzzles have in common? Find out during an upcoming event hosted by the Department of Cognitive Science. “Brainwaves” will be held Monday, Feb. 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Building, Room 401. This talk will explore the literal…

Mark Turner, professor of cognitive science, published a book with Cambridge University Press Dec. 1. In Copilots for Linguists: AI, Constructions, and Frames, Turner shows how to conduct research with AI, specifically by using Large Language Foundation Models. It provides research designs and…

Beyond offering collections of words and their meanings, dictionaries act as windows into the evolution of language, revealing the history, culture and constant flux of human expression. In their pages, countless terms can be found that once were “slang”—words and phrases regarded as informal…

Plan to attend the Department of Cognitive Science Colloquium, which will feature Francesca Brittan, associate professor in the Department of Music at Case Western Reserve University. Her presentation is titled: “The Neural Orchestra: Instruments of Mind” and the event will take place from 3 to 4…

Fey Parrill, professor of cognitive science, and PhD student Jeffrey J. Shymanski recently had their work published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. Alongside collaborator Susan Wagner Cook, an associate professor at the University of Iowa, Parrill and Shymanski wrote an article titled “Using the…

On the latest episode of “What Really Matters,” Weatherhead MBA candidate Connor Reider and Director of Admissions Steve Scheidt sit down with Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, and a professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior,…