The 2025 Cognitive Science Undergraduate Research Day will take place Thursday, April 10th 2025.
Students recently enrolled in a COGS research course will be giving poster presentations of their work. This is a great opportunity for Cognitive Science undergraduates to share their research, and also for lower year students to see the types of research they might wish to complete themselves.
Come join us for a slice of pizza and the chance for everyone to connect and exchange in person!
Date: Thursday, April 10 2025
Time: 4:30pm-7:00pm
Location: 4th floor of the building
Student presenters
| Student | Title | Supervisor | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Friedman |  The Tolerance Principle and the Lower Bounds of Small-LM Learning | Dr. Stevan Harnad | Psychology |
| Audrey Cronin | (Social) Working on Bias: Restructuring the Paradigm | Dr. Katherine Maurer | Social Work |
| Celine Huang | Differences in Cortical Thickness in Children With ADHD, Subclinical ADHD, and Without ADHD | Dr. Tasmia Hai | Educational & Counselling Psychology |
| Charlotte Favre | Characterization of language network reorganization in temporal lobe epilepsy | Dr. Boris Bernhardt | Neurology & Neurosurgery |
| Coco Wang | Uncovering High-Dimensional Neural Structures: A Topological Approach to Representational Similarity Analysis | Dr. Reza Farivar | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences/Integrated Program in Neuroscience |
| Emma Kowal | Unraveling the Factors Influencing Academic Success: A Study of Learning Approaches | Dr. Armin Yazdani | Science |
| Gabriella Medeiros | Investigating the correlation between various discourse measures and level of cognitive impairment in patients with ALS | Dr. Liziane Bouvier | Communication Sciences & Disorders |
| Hanguel Lee | Visual distortions in amblyopia | Dr. Reza Farivar | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences/Integrated Program in Neuroscience |
| Hannah Kogan | he Role of Prosodic Cue Weighting in Lexical Stress Assignment by Anglophones | Dr. Shari Baum | Communication Sciences & Disorders |
| Jiani Zhang | Subclinical Schizotypy-based Quantification of the Practice Effects of Social Role Acceptance | Dr. J. Bruno Debruille | Psychiatry |
| Kunjia (Angelica) Zhang | The Effects of Monocular Flash Suppression on Visual Perception | Dr. Reza Farivar | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences/Integrated Program in Neuroscience |
| Le Thuy Duong Nguyen | Investigating the Emergence of Reciprocal Pro-Social Behaviours in Reinforcement Learning Agents | Dr. Blake Richards | Computer Science/Neurology & Neurosurgery |
| Lindsey Kamienik | Intra-Speaker Variability in Running Speech: Relationship with Cognitive Abilities and Bulbar Status in ALS | Dr. Liziane Bouvier | Communication Sciences & Disorders |
| Mai-Vy Julia Nguyen | Catching a Glimpse: The Role of Features during Object Recognition | Dr. Brendan Johns | Psychology |
| Malek Medkour | Computational Pilot: Optimizing Experimental Design In Temporal Discounting Tasks | Dr. Paul Masset | Psychology |
| Mara Lupescu | A Computational Model of Confidence in Risky Value-Based Decisions | Dr. Paul Masset | Psychology |
| Maria Lagakos | Discovering Models of Action Value from Behavior: A Computational Pilot Approach | Dr. Paul Masset | Psychology |
| Marie-Elise Latorre | Exploring the Impact of Bilingualism and Musical Training on Auditory Processing: A Study on the Frequency-Following Response Latency and Amplitude | Dr. Robert Zatorre | Neurology & Neurosurgery |
| Mariel Kandalaft | Exploring the Link Between Impulsivity and Risky Decision Making, using the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale | Dr. A. Ross Otto | Psychology |
| Megan Tan | A Study of Misinformation Correction within Chinese Canadian Family Group Chats | Dr. Karyn Moffatt | Information Studies |
| Mia Ginsberg | Interaction of beta-Nrxn1 Mutations with Developmental Inflammation in the Emergence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Dr. Edward Ruthazer | Neurology & Neurosurgery |
| Mina Mahdi | From bodily strains to schizophrenic brains: The integration of chlorpromazine in North American psychiatry | Dr. Ian Gold | Philosophy |
| Misha Nakamura Vernet | Assessing how disruptions in cortical activity during a critical developmental period impairs murine social behaviour | Dr. Jean- Francois Poulin | Neurology & Neurosurgery |
| Nicole Vilkoff | Mindflow Mastery: Virtual Voyage to Teen Tranquility - Elevating Emotional Wellness with E-Learning and VR Adventures | Dr. Tatiana Ogourtsova | Physical & Occupational Therapy |
| Saiyara Islam | Unsupervised and supervised category learning of hand-written digits by neural networks | Dr. Stevan Harnad | Psychology |
| Sasha Avrutsky | Trauma, Dreams, and Psychological Boundaries: A Perspective on Emotional Resilience and Psychopathology | Dr. Elizaveta Solomona | Psychiatry |
| Sasha Nuttall | Recollet: Personalized Memory Coaching via Mobile-Based Encoding Strategies | Dr. Reza Farivar | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences/Integrated Program in Neuroscience |
| Sophie Naasz | From Surgical Masks to Niqabs: How Different Face Coverings Influence Judgements | Dr. Jelena Ristic | Psychology |
| Sydney Smith | Sharpen Your Focus: Differential Functioning of Sharpness Discrimination and Blur Discrimination | Dr. Reza Farivar | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences/IPN |
| Teva Alon | The Impact of L1 Writing Script and Orthographic Transparency on L2 English Reading | Dr. Debra Titone | Psychology |
| Vivian Crooks | Individualized mapping of the language system using ultra high-field fMRI | Dr. Boris Bernhardt | Neurology & Neurosurgery |
| Zoe Yurman | The Association Between Category Learning and Categorical Perception | Dr. Stevan Harnad | Psychology |
Organizing Committee
- Ross Otto - Program Director
- Ian Gold
- David Ragsdale
- Blake Richards
- Morgan Sonderegger
- Liana Hall DuMond
Previous Cognitive Science Research Days