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Posted on January 27, 2017
Researchers in the news
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- Several media join continuing coverage of new research into early brain development describing how the in utero environment can play a role in the development of brain processes. The study, published in Human Brain Mapping, was carried out by Linda Booij, associate professor of psychology in Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science, and researchers from various Quebec institutions, including Sainte-Justine: Outlook India, Zee News India, VG News, Aaj Ki Taza Khabar News and Tell Me Boss.
- An advertorial in the Montreal Gazette announcing the upcoming Thinking Out Loud conversation series previews "Future urban (the city designed)", featuring urban designer and author Ken Greenberg in conversation with Carmela Cucuzzella, associate professor of design and computation art and Concordia Research Chair in Integrated Design, Ecology, And Sustainability (IDEAS) for the Built Environment. The article features Silvano De la Llata, assistant professor of urban design and planning in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and Mazdak Nik-Bakht, assistant professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering. De la Llata and Nik-Bakht talk about the democratization of urban planning.
- Le Petit Journal references the 2010 study led by Diane Poulin-Dubois, psychology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science about a study on the effects of bilingualism on toddlers' executive functioning.The results of the study were published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
- Vital (in Spanish) references a study led by Gad Saad, professor of Marketing and holder of the Concordia Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and Darwinian Consumption, showing that men and women differ in how they weigh mental and emotional filters when making decisions. The paper was published in Evolution and Human Behavior.
- A 4-traders release announces the recent publication in Computer Vision and Image Understanding of a collaborative study describing advances in computer graphics involving online multi-object tracking. The study authors include Mohamed Naiel, a Ph.D. candidate and Research Assistant in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.