cognitive science

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 Twi...

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, socia...

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 activities—s...

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 s...

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. Wojtalik’...

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 to...

Isabel Davidson is one of 40 students worldwide to serve as a Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) on Campus Fellow in the 2020-21 academic year. As a fellow, Davidson was tasked with submitting op-eds and letters-to-the-editor about Israel and/or the Israeli-Arab co...

Majors: Psychology and cognitive scienceYear: Fourth year Nehal Methi’s academic pursuits and service activities center on kindness, compassion and care. Majoring in psychology and cognitive science, Methi has her sights set on a career working as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. She's spent he...

Members of the university community are invited to participate in a workshop on "Modern Methods for Data Analysis" from Monday, Jan. 11 through Friday, Jan. 15, from 10 a.m. to noon (EST). The workshop will feature an explanation of modern methods for data analysis, such as R (language and environm...

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous fields experienced a rapid shift to virtual operations. For the health care sector, that shift resulted in difficulty accessing routine care from health care professionals, particularly for senior citizens and low-income citizens who may not have devi...