Cognitive Science is a multi-disciplinary field, which is young and rapidly growing. At the CBCS Journal Club, we encourage critical discussion on the diverse research areas that fall under the umbrella of Cognitive Science. Sessions are lively and throw light on how scientific research is done.
The CBCS Journal Club meets bi-monthly. Each session is led by a presenter and a discussant, decided on a volunteer basis. Published research is presented. Papers are circulated a week in advance – for listeners to read, then attend the session, if they wish to. Sessions have a 1 ½ hour duration and take place at the Centre, on Saturdays.
Participation in the Club is open to all members of CBCS.
Here’s a list of the sessions we’ve had so far :-
Session 2024-25
| Date |
Paper |
Presenter |
Moderator |
| 09/04/2025 |
Effects of Focal Brain Damage on Political Behavior across different Political Ideologies |
Kundal Kohli |
Pathik Mondal, Parth Mohanty |
| 27/03/2025 |
Metabolic costs of cognition. |
Noel Tomy |
Nabhojyoti C. |
| 08/02/2025 |
Cognify at IIT Madras : Exploring Toy Designs for Neurodivergent Children |
Nabhojyoti, Satej, Shivya (Team NeuroQ), Simra, Shashwat, Shradha (Team Neurobots), Yatika (Team Khel; Tripti Jain) |
– |
| 07/01/2025 |
A neural basis of choking under pressure. |
Nabhojyoti C. |
Parth Chandak |
| 20/11/2024 |
The contributions of motor skill proficiency to cognitive and social development in early childhood. |
Nabhojyoti C. |
Aratrika Patnaik |
| 19/10/2024 |
Innate Ideas vs. Constructed Concepts: Evaluating Plato’s Theory of Forms Through the Lens of Cognitive Science. |
Shailendra Patel |
Open Discussion |
| 28/09/2024 |
On the relationship between mind perception and social support of chatbots. |
Satej Jagatap |
Shailendra Patel |
| 13/04/2024 |
The Representational Theory of Mind. |
Shailendra Patel |
Open Discussion |
Session 2023-24
| Date |
Paper |
Presenter |
Moderator |
| 20/01/2024 |
Friedlander, K. J., & Fine, P. A. (2018). “The penny drops”: Investigating insight through the medium of cryptic crosswords. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 904. |
Akanksha Pendharkar |
Amruthavalli |
| 7/10/2023 |
Hu, X., Uhle, F., Fliessbach, K., Wagner, M., Han, Y., Weber, B., & Jessen, F. (2017). Reduced future-oriented decision making in individuals with subjective cognitive decline: A functional MRI study. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 6, 222-231.
|
Utkarsh Shukla |
|
| 23/09/2023 |
Xu, Q., Gregor, S., Shen, Q., Ma, Q., Zhang, W., & Riaz, A. (2020). The power of emotions in online decision making: a study of seller reputation using fMRI. Decision Support Systems, 131, 113247.
|
Sumit Sannmath |
Utkarsh Shukla |
| 02/09/2023 |
Pelowski, M., Specker, E., Gerger, G., Leder, H., & Weingarden, L. S. (2020). Do you feel like I do? A study of spontaneous and deliberate emotion sharing and understanding between artists and perceivers of installation art. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14(3), 276–293. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000201 |
Amruthavalli |
Poulami Kar |
| 19/08/2023 |
Neys, W. D. (2006). Dual Processing in Reasoning: Two Systems but One Reasoner. Psychological Science, 17(5), 428–433. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01723.x |
Rohit Singh |
Poulami Kar |
| 05/08/2023 |
Paolo Capotosto, Valentina Sulpizio, Gaspare Galati & Antonello Baldassarre (2023). Visuo-spatial attention and semantic memory competition in the parietal cortex. |
Ankita Rani |
Amruthavalli |
Session 2022
| Date |
Paper |
Presenter |
Moderator |
| 31/01/2022 |
Norenzayan, A., Atran, S., Faulkner, J. & Schaller, M. (2006). Memory and mystery: The cultural selection of minimally counterintuitive narratives. |
Ansh Bharadwaj |
Hurshitha Vasudevan |
| 07/02/2022 |
Mon, S.K., Nencheva, M., Citron, F.M.M., Lew-Williams, C. & Goldberg, A.E. (2021). Conventional metaphors elicit greater real-time engagement than literal paraphrases or concrete sentences. |
Sayali Pethe |
Dr. Supriya Ray |
| 21/02/2022 |
Frick, A., Brandimonte, M.A., & Chevalier, N. (2021). Disentangling the respective contribution of task selection and task execution to self-directed cognitive control development. |
Tripti Verma |
Ganga Tiwari |
| 12/03/2022 |
Ferrier, D.E., Bassett, H.H., & Denham, S.A. (2014). Relations between executive functions and emotionality in preschoolers : Exploring a transitive cognitive-emotion linkage. Frontiers in Psychology. |
Moon Majumdar |
Amruthavalli |
| 26/03/2022 |
Felker, E., Klockmann, H., & De Jong, N. (2019). How conceptualizing influences fluency in first and second language speech production. Applied psycholinguistics. |
Swati Kushwaha |
Kriti Das |
| 16/04/2022 |
Pan, Y., Cheng, QP. & Luo, QY (2012). Working memory can enhance unconscious visual perception. |
Hurshitha Vasudevan |
Gokul Krishna |
Logistics of the club is managed by the J.C. Committee.
For any support or further information, you may contact