What is the GLS?

The Graduate Lunch Series is a forum for grad students to present ideas, practice talks or meet to discuss issues of concern or topics you think others might be interested in.

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Past Presentations

September 2018

Sebastian Caballero - "Integrating Characteristics of Executive Functions in Non-Demented Aging: Structure, Trajectories, Classification, and Biomarker Predictors" Abstract - Friday, Sept 28 @12 pm at Smitty Library

July 2018

Aishah Abdul Rahman - "Using EEG to examine inhibitory abilities in children: The effects of time pressure, physical activity, and emotion" Abstract - Friday, July 13 @12 pm in P-226

July 2018

Yu (Karen) Du - "Up is up and north is north: Updating allocentric headings during 3D locomotion in humans" Abstract - Friday, July 20 @12 pm in P-226

June 2018

Joanna Scanlon - "Beyond the Laboratory: Cognitive markers of auditory and visual selective attention in ecologically valid environments" Abstract - Monday, June 4 @12 pm in P-319N

May 2018

Robyn Enns - "Master's Defence Talk" Abstract - Monday, May 7 @12 pm in P-226

March 2018

Jenna Congdon, Erin Scully, and Kim Campbell - "All About Chickadees" Abstract - Wednesday, March 28 @12 pm in Smitty Library

November 2017

Lei Zhang - "Cue combination of visual landmarks and path integration in human spatial positioning" Abstract - Thursday, November 2 @12 pm in P-226

September 2017

Brittany Hope - "Stress, personality, and syndromes: A study of convict cichlid behaviour" Abstract - Monday, September 11 @12 pm in P-226

August 2017

Michele Moscicki, Neil McMillan, and Lisa Smithson - "Preparing for Teaching" - Friday, August 25 @12 pm in P-226

July 2017

Poliana Barbosa - "Are you like me? Maybe, but I will not imitate you!" Abstract Friday, July 7 @12 pm in P-226

June 2017

Colby Nadeau - "Master's Thesis Practice" Abstract Thursday, June 15 @12 pm in P-226

May 2017

Mike Sharp - "The Three-Headed Beast: Three Distinct Explanations for Dehumanization" Abstract Thursday, May 10 @12 pm in Smitty Library

April 2017

The Sturdy Lab (Jenna Congdon, Kim Campbell, Erin Scully, Shannon Mischler, and Alyshia Skurdal) - "Five talks about black-capped chickadees" Abstract Tuesday, April 11 @12 pm in Smitty Library

March 2017

Jiawen Chen - "Profiles of work values-work rewards fit, their longitudinal change and effect on work-related and well-being outcomes" Abstract Wednesday, March 1 @12 pm in Smitty Library

January 2017

Colby Nadeau - "Blood Brain Barrier Disruption Following Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage" Abstract Friday, January 27 @12 pm in P-226

December 2016

Jamin Blatter - "Untitled" Abstract Thursday, December 01 @1 pm in P-226

November 2016

Amelia Shi - "You had to be there: How experience affects people’s beliefs about script-consistent and script-divergent transitions" Abstract Wednesday, November 09 @12 pm in P-226

September 2016

Erin Scully - "Untitled" Abstract Monday, September 12 @12 pm in P-226

July 2016

Katy Chaffee - "The Gender Gap in Intercultural Education: Language Ability and Acculturation of Male International Students" Abstract Monday, July 11 @12 pm in P-226

June 2016

Lei Zhang - "How to update your heading and position during driving?" Abstract Friday, June 10 @12 pm in P-226

May 2016

Evan Shillabeer - "Re-evaluating the ontological basis of Vygotsky's 'zone of proximal development'" Abstract Friday, May 06 @12 pm in P-226

April 2016

Kim Campbell and Jenna Congdon - "An investigation of sex differences in acoustic features of the chick-a-dee call of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)" Abstract and "The effect of varying threat levels of conspecific and heterospecific playback on chickadee behaviour" Abstract Friday, April 08 @12 pm in P-226

February 2016

Naheed Hosan - "Emerging gender differences in adolescent internalizing problems: Interactions between individual characteristics and peer experiences" Abstract Wednesday, February 03 @12 pm in P-226

November 2015

Lei Zhang - "How to update your heading and position during driving" Abstract Friday, November 13 @12 pm in P-226

August 2015

Mike Sharp - "The Construction and Validation of the Belief in Human Essentialism Scale" Abstract Thursday, August 27 @12 pm in P-226

Shawn Douglas - "Emergent Meaning in Metaphor Comprehension" Abstract Thursday, August 20 @12 pm in P-226

June 2015

Jamin Blatter and Katy Chaffee - "On the Pursuit of Self-Esteem: Understanding the Link between Self-Esteem and Self-Control" Abstract and "Three questions about culture, language, and motivation" Abstract Monday, June 8 @12 pm in P-226

May 2015

Lei Zhang and Tiancheng Ma - "Interaction between path integration system and piloting system in driving" Abstract and "Influential Factors in Spatial Learning: Integration between multiple viewpoints" Abstract Thursday, May 21 @12 pm in P-116

April 2015

Emma Blakey and Teresa Mejia - "The Influence of Teacher-child Relationship Quality on Co-occuring Trajectories of Peer Victimization and Internalizing Problems" Abstract and "Mapping the "dark ages" of cognitive development: How do preschoolers develop the ability to respond flexibly to their environment?" Abstract Monday, April 20 @12 pm in P-226

Allison Hahn, Jenna Congdon, Kimberley Campbell, and John Hoang - "Neural response to conspecific call notes varies with experience in chickadees" Abstract, "Chickadee behavioural response to varying threat levels of predator and conspecific calls" Abstract, "Sex-specific acoustic features contained in the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) chick-a-dee call" Abstract, and "Human and black-capped chickadee performance on an octave equivalence experiment" Abstract Monday, April 13 @12 pm in P-226

February 2015

Michael Sharp, Katy Chaffee, and Hajin Lee - "The Role of Human Essentialist Beliefs in Perceptions of Humanlike Representations" Abstract, "Mastery Goals and Positive Reappraisals Independently Predict Language Learning Motivation" Abstract, and "The Role of Human Essentialist Beliefs in Perceptions of Humanlike Representations" Abstract Monday, February 23 @12:15 pm in Smitty Library

January 2015

Donald Atkin - "Untitled" Abstract Wednesday, January 28 @12 pm in P-226

November 2014

Jeff Pisklak and Karen Yu Du - "The Role of Signaled Periods of Non-Reinforcement in a Pigeon Sub-Optimal Choice Task" Abstract and "Weighted integration of landmarks in a one-dimensional spatial search task" Abstract Monday, November 17 @12 pm in P-116

September 2014

Poliana Barbosa - "Do bilinguals lag behind monolingual children in semantic development? Evidence from a narrative task" Abstract Friday, September 26 @11:30 am in P226

October 2013

John Leahy - "Designing Behavioural-Based Measures of Effect at the Community Level for COIN Operations: Challenges of Design and Framework Integration" Abstract Tuesday, October 22 @1 pm

September 2013

Dayuma I. Vargas Lascano, Harvey J. Krahn, Nancy L. Galambos, & Margie E. Lachman - "Personal control and post-secondary educational involvement from the late teens to middle adulthood: a 25-year longitudinal study" Abstract