cognitive science

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,…

Students in the Department of Cognitive Science have organized a talk with Rebecca Lee, a graduate student at the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado – Boulder. Titled, “The People Calling Others Racist Are the True Racists’: Ideology and Semantic Variation of Racist on…

Undergraduate students from the cognitive science department organized a speaker series titled “Cognition in a Changing World.” Fernanda Pérez-Gay Juárez, a cognitive neuroscientist from McGill University, will present “Psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: Links between trust,…

Stepping onto campus for the first time as a Case Western Reserve University student is exciting as you consider your future, what knowledge you will gain here and who you will form friendships with along the way. But there are plenty of uncertainties, too. Even the most basic everyday…

Vera Tobin Vera Tobin, an associate professor of cognitive science at Case Western Reserve University, recently wrote an essay in Aeon. In the essay, titled “The Art of the Plot Twist,” Tobin states that surprise twists have two kinds of value. “One is the charm of the surprise itself. When a…

Jessica Wojtalik, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, authored a published research article confirming the efficacy of cognitive enhancement therapy for cognitive and behavioral outcomes in patients with early-course schizophrenia.…

Student Satya Moolani was recently featured in an article posted by Senior Transportation Connection. The article, titled “Student Studies Transportation and Social Isolation,” highlighted Moolani’s research project conducted on transportation in American life and how his grandmother inspired him…