cognitive science

This study, being conducted by Fey Parrill (PI) of the Department of Cognitive Science, is seeking participants to answer a set of questions about your current state and yourself, watch a short video clip, do some math problems, describe the video clip, answer some more questions about yourself, and...

When Thomas Franco, a senior studying cognitive science, first started at Case Western Reserve as a first-year student, he entered on a pre-med path. But as he wrapped up his second year, he felt as though he lacked purpose in the field. He opted to pursue other interests, even considering pre-law. ...

John Brogan, a senior studying cognitive science, recently published his second book, which is based on personal experiences. The fictional poetry book, titled St. Augustine and the Piano, loosely follows Brogan’s travels with just a keyboard and linguist St. Augustine. In the fall just a week bef...

The World Literature Colloquium will continue Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 4:30 p.m. in Mather House, Room 100. Todd Oakley, professor of cognitive science, will speak on the topic "Deonstemic Modals in Legal Discourse: The Cognitive Semiotics of Layered Action." The Department of Classics and the Inter...

John Brogan’s book, In Reflection of Nature, begins indoors. The Case Western Reserve senior describes sitting with his mother in her living room, listening as “she opened up to me for the first time about the intricacies and pain that go along with her continuing battle with cancer.” It is the fa...

Newborns' first poop can reveal their future 'cognitive' status ANI News: Meeyoung O. Min, research assistant professor in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, led a study that revealed a baby’s first stool has the potential to predict future cognitive problems. As p...

A newborn’s first stool can signal the child may struggle with persistent cognitive problems, according to Case Western Reserve University Project Newborn researchers. In particular, high levels of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) found in the meconium (a newborn’s first stool) from a mother’s alcoho...

The Anthropology Spotlight Lecture Series will feature Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, vice president for research at FrameWorks Institute, on Monday, April 13, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in Mather Memorial, Room 201. Kendall-Taylor will present on “Framing for Change: A Cultural-Cognitive Approach to Communi...

The Distributed Little Red Hen Lab, co-directed by Mark Turner, Institute Professor and professor of cognitive science, has won a Google Summer of Code 2015 grant to fund student coders working in the Red Hen Lab on computational and statistical tools for the study of multimodal communication. The ...

Mark Turner, Institute Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science, received an Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The five-year, €250,000 prize will support his collaborations with faculty members at the University of Osnabrück and other German universit...