The first (of a new series) Cognitive Science Undergraduate Research Presentation Day will take place on April 11, 2016! Students currently enrolled in a COGS research course will be giving oral presentations of their work. There will be prizes for the best presentations, as determined by a panel of judges.

Time and location

April 11, 2016, 10AM – 3:30PM
Stewart Biology Building, W4/12

Overview of Schedule

10:00 – 10:15 Opening remarks
10:15 – 11:15 Session 1 (4 talks)
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Session 2 (4 talks)
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:45 Session 3 (4 talks)
14:45 – 15:15 Break / Deliberations
15:15 – 15:30 Best presentation award, wrap-up

Program

Session 1
10:15 - 10:30	Is the Communication Process achieved? From Composer, to performer, to listener Jordana Saks Supervisor: Stephen McAdams (Schulich Music School)
10:30 - 10:45	Reading the mind in the blink of an eye: A clearer image Jordan Pollock Supervisor: Ian Gold (Psychology)
11:00 - 11:15	Effects of self-deception on the physiological and emotional components of the stress response Ailish Skoropada Supervisor: Jens Pruessner (Psychology)
Session 2
11:45 - 12:00	Predicting Behaviour from Neuronal Correlations Calem Bendell Supervisor: Erik Cook (Physiology)
12:15 - 12:30	Cross Cultural Differences in White Lie Perception Renuka Giles Supervisors: Marc Pell and Kathrin Rothermich (School of Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Session 3
13:45 - 14:00	Neural Activation in the Assessment of Sexual Concordance in Men and Women Lucy Adirim Supervisors: Irv Binik and Mayte Parada (Psychology)
14:00 - 14:15	The Neural Correlates of Social and Monetary Reward: Aberrant Modality-Specific Reward Processing and its Implication in Psychiatric Disorders Blair Lavery Supervisor: Anna Weinberg (Psychology)
14:15 - 14:30	Neuropolitical Decision Making Matthew Satterthwaite Supervisor: Lesley Fellows (Neuroscience)
14:30 - 14:45	Attentional Selection of Social Information Olivia Larson Supervisor: Jelena Ristic (Psychology)

Judging Panel

• Prof. Meghan Clayards (Linguistics)
• Prof. Kristine Onishi (Psychology)
• Jonathan Côté (Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience)
• Edward Newell (Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science)

The judging panel is subject to change.

Organizing Committee

• Ryan Bouma
• Jackie CK Cheung
• Meghan Clayards
• Kristine Onishi
• Joelle Pineau
• David Ragsdale
• Dirk Schlimm