Thinking Out Loud: Your Brain Matters. Benefits of bilingualism. Memory exercises. Montreal prostitution in the 1800's.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 9, 2016
Researchers in the news
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- 24news.ca picks up the Montreal Gazette's weekly 'Tip Sheet' of events, which includes mention of 'Connecting and Wellness - Your Brain Matters', a conversation with psychology professor William Bukowski and author Susan Pinker about the importance of face-to-face communication, this Thursday at 6:30 pm at the D.B. Clarke Theatre.
- Please note: Bukowski and Pinker will be on CBC's Radio Noon today to discuss the above-mentioned event, part of the Thinking Out Loud Conversations 2016, co-presented by Concordia and The Globe and Mail.
- Co.exist.com picks up continuing coverage of a new Concordia study of the cognitive benefits to children of being bilingual as toddlers. A group of Concordia researchers found that bilingual toddlers had an advantage over their monolingual peers in their cognitive development, notably in the area of problem-solving. The paper was published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
- Nurserey World (UK) posts an excerpt of an interview with Caroline Fitzpatrick, a researcher at Concordia's PERFORM Centre, who talks about a recent study she led with Linda Pagani of Université de Montréal, describing how memory exercises for toddlers can help them succeed later in school.
- Blogger Christopher Moore reprises an earlier review of Beyond Brutal Passions (McGill-Queen's University Press), a portrait of prostitution in 19th-century Montreal, written by Mary Anne Poutanen, an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of History.