The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) are holding a research open house Thursday to highlight some of the excellence in research within each of the three units. The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to […]
Like all athletes, dancers are prone to injuries, and the risk increases among those performing at the elite level. From stress fractures to overuse syndromes, dance injuries have a serious impact on a performer鈥檚 current and future ability. 91亚色 dance Professor Donna Krasnow first began聽conducting research after she personally experienced a series of injuries. Now […]
91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok accepted the $100,000 Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement at a formal ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa December 14, 2010. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism and cognitive development. The award was […]
In her new book Freud and Education, author Deborah Britzman follows the threads of the concept of education 鈥 its dangers and promises and its illusions and revelations 鈥 throughout Sigmund Freud鈥檚 body of work. Britzman, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色's Faculty of Education,聽defines how fundamental Freudian concepts such as the psychical apparatus, the […]
The recognition that emotions such as fear can drive investment choices is a relatively new one. Classical economics long viewed people as hyper-rational. But in the 1960s, a new 铿乪ld called behavioural economics emerged to show that鈥檚 far from the case, reported Macleans.ca Dec. 1: Julie Tyios was already a savvy investor by her mid-20s, […]
A Montreal Gazette story on six tips for fostering a love of sports in children mentioned a 91亚色 study that examined how to keep children engaged in sport. The Nov. 29 story quotes the work of Professor Jessica Fraser-Thomas: You signed your kids up for organized sport in hopes of keeping them active. But there's […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Michael Friendly will talk about statistics next week as part of the Science & Technology Studies Research Seminar Series. 鈥淭he First (Known) Statistical Graph: Michael Florent van Langren and the 'Secret' of Longitude鈥 will take place Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 12:30 to 2pm in Norman鈥檚, 203 Bethune College, Keele campus. All are […]
Four professors at 91亚色 had their Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) renewed by the federal government yesterday, bringing $5.6 million to invest in their research at the University. Tier 1 CRCs were renewed for professors Gordon Flett,聽Eric Hessels and John Tsotsos. Professor Leah Vosko was awarded an Advancement Chair, taking her from a Tier 2 to […]
Marc Bornstein, senior investigator and head of Child & Family Research at the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in Washington, DC, will talk about positive parenting Wednesday as part of the Faculty of Health鈥檚 LaMarsh Speaker Series. The talk, 鈥淧ositive Parenting and Positive Development in Children鈥 will take place Wednesday, Nov. 17, […]
A team of Canadian researchers, including a 91亚色 professor, has uncovered further evidence that bilingualism can delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 by up to five years. The study, published today in the journal Neurology, follows up on a 2007 study led by 91亚色, which found that lifelong use of two or more languages […]
Marc Bornstein is one of the preeminent developmental researchers in the world and is currently the head of the Child聽and Family Research program at the National Institute of Child Health聽& Human Development in the United States. As a researcher, Bronstein has聽received numerous聽awards for his research from such organizations as National Institute of Child Health聽& Human […]
Writing yourself a feel-good letter can lead to a long-term boost in emotional well-being, although it won鈥檛 work if you鈥檙e extremely needy,聽a 91亚色 study has found. Individuals who wrote themselves a compassionate or optimistic letter every day for a week were less depressed up to three months later and reported an overall increase in […]
Research Month celebrates the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Throughout November, the Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring our faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by between 10 am and 2 pm each Wednesday to learn what 91亚色's researchers are doing. The Research Month index on 91亚色's Research […]
People who can no longer recognize faces compensate with heightened voice recognition abilities, says a 91亚色 study, which also finds that our brains may identify people and things on separate neurological planes. The study, recently published in the journal Neuropsychologia looked at a rare disorder called prosopagnosia, in which the ability to visually identify […]
Bilingual speakers can delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and its symptoms for between four and five years, according to studies conducted by researchers at Toronto鈥檚 Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, wrote the Toronto Star Oct. 15 : In a soon to be published study three researchers from Baycrest 鈥 Ellen Bialystok, Fergus Craik and […]
A lifetime of speaking two or more languages appears to pay off in old age, with recent research showing the symptoms of dementia can be delayed by an average of four years in bilingual people, wrote The Wall Street Journal online Oct. 11: Over time, regularly speaking more than one language appears to strengthen skills […]
Why is it that some smart people do really dumb things? That鈥檚 the question 91亚色 psychology Professor Maggie Toplak is trying to answer through her research on rationality. What she鈥檚 found is that intelligence as measured by IQ tests is not the same as rationality or a rationality quotient (RQ). 鈥淭here鈥檚 a folk idea that […]
You can read how researchers from the Centre for Vision Research at 91亚色聽used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the effect of video-game experience on the neural control of increasingly complex visuomotor tasks in young men, in the October issue of Cortex, an Elsevier journal, wrote MediLexicon.com Sept. 27: Lead author and PhD […]
It used to be a hockey arena. Now it houses the latest functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, wrote the Canadian Jewish News Sept. 22: Last week, 91亚色 officially opened the Sherman Health Science Research Centre, a facility for research in brain and vision, biomechanics, virtual reality and robotics. Planning for the facility, which […]
Just months after the reissue of 91亚色 Professor Geoffrey Reaume鈥檚 book Remembrance of Patients Past, documenting 19th- and early-20th-century life from the viewpoint of psychiatric patients at the former Toronto Insane Asylum, he will help unveil nine memorial wall plaques at the Centre for Addiction聽& Mental Health (CAMH). The unveiling of the memorial wall plaques […]