McGill Cognitive Computing Laboratory
McGill Cognitive Computing Laboratory
McGill Cognitive Computing Laboratory
Lab Director: Dr. Brendan Johns
Location: 2001 McGill College Avenue, 7th Floor
Contact: mcgillcompcog@gmail.com
ABOUT US
Welcome to the website of the McGill Cognitive Computing Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The lab is run by Dr. Brendan Johns. Research undertaken in the lab is a mixture of computational and experimental studies, with the overarching goal being to better understand the human language and memory systems. Specific emphasis is placed on big data and machine learning approaches to cognition. Particularly, we are interested in how humans are able to acquire representations of word meanings, and in turn how these representations are used in other forms of cognition, such as episodic memory, sentence processing, word learning, memory search, and conceptualization. Secondary interests lie in using the resulting computational models to investigate bilingualism and semantic deficits in aging and Alzheimer's disease. More information on specific research done in the lab can be found in the Publications and Projects section. The lab is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
The McGill Cognitive Computing Laboratory is recruiting graduate students. If you are interested in joining the lab please apply to the McGill Psychology Ph.D. program, and feel free to contact the lab director.