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Jim Davies: News Archive

(Since October 2015, newest first)

April 23, 2024: Jim Davies is interviewed by Grace Oborne on Midweek, from the Carleton University School of Journalism about the future impact of deepfake technology on journalism. Listen at time 44:40 to 47:40. https://soundcloud.com/capital-news-online/midweek-february-14-2024
April 23, 2024: Jim Davies published a preprint on PsyArXiv about the cognitive biases implicated in alien abduction beliefs.
Davies, J. (2024). Cognitive biases implicated in alien abduction beliefs. PsyArXiv, submitted March 5.
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/zm4es
April 23, 2024: Jim Davies was at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, talking about the psychology of art in the context of three paintings, as a part of a telethon for TVO. Aired April 2, 2024. On the video link below it runs from time 48:03 to 57:00. https://www.youtube.com/live/6HjDVrxbS1g?si=2FyArJXyTMgiqBgm&t=2883
April 23, 2024: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Episode 75: Eve: Waking the Monster. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
April 2, 2024: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. In this month's episode Jim Davies interviews Dr. Gordon Pennycook on the psychology of fake news. Are people actually being irrational when they believe it? This episode has both audio and video versions! https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2024/04/01/fake-news-with-gordon-pennycook-72/
March 25, 2024: Jim Davies has given many talks on the potential dangers the existence of Large Language Models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, have on teaching students how to think. One of these talks was recorded. You can watch Teaching Thinking in the Age of Large Language Models here. This talk was given on March 7, 2024. https://youtu.be/tqYguN0bzPg
March 1, 2024: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This month's episode is about Nutritional Neuroscience. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2024/03/01/71-nutritional-neuroscience/
Februrary 29, 2024: Jim Davies appears on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa, talking about the impact artificial intelligence on society, and whether AIs could ever be conscious, in an interview with Bev Forcier. Aired May, 2023. 10 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/jim-davies-interviewed-about-ai-and-society-on-ckcu-fm
February 6, 2024: Jim Davies has a 45 second video about the kinds of things that trigger habits. Even better, you can remember them with the abbreviation HABIT. Watch the video here: https://twitter.com/Carleton_U/status/1745510375380914459
February 2, 2024. Why do people like puzzle games so much? Jim Davies is interviewed on CBC Ottawa Morning about Wordle and other puzzles that people love, and the psychology behind it. Seven minutes and 30 seconds. Aired January 21, 2024. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2302348867848
February 1, 2024: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This month's episode is about Aloneliness and the Value of Solitude. Kim Hellemans interviews Dr. Robert Coplan. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2024/02/01/70-aloneliness-and-the-value-of-solitude/
January 21, 2024: Does thinking about God make Christians more likely to take risks? Jim Davies writes about the latest research in Nautilus Magazine. https://nautil.us/thinking-about-god-may-encourage-risk-taking-495042/
Republished February 29, 2024 in Big Think as "Thnking about God may encourage risk taking." https://bigthink.com/thinking/thinking-about-god-may-encourage-risk-taking/
January 17, 2024: Jim Davies is interviewed about the impact of generative Artificial Intelligence on higher education in this news article in University Affairs. Bryan, E. (2023). Western appoints first-ever chief AI officer. University Affairs. December 19, 2023 Online news article retrieved January 17, 2024 from https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/western-appoints-first-ever-chief-ai-officer/
January 11, 2024: Jim Davies appears in a video by Carleton University about how to keep your New Year's resolutions. Very short! https://twitter.com/Carleton_U/status/1742959531406118967
Dr. Davies also appeared on Zoomer radio podcast, talking about the same thing (12:50 to the end at 19:27; aired January 7, 2024): https://zoomerradio.ca/podcasts/zoomer-week-in-review-podcast/january-7-2024-new-year-resolutions-canadian-ceo-salaries/, CBC Radio Calgary Eyeopener with Loren McGiniss on December 29, 2023, CBC Radio Weekend's Fresh Air (aired Dec 30, 2023) https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/cbc-fresh-air-resolutions-with-jim-davies?si=3c7be93e4ca549288636d4d37a6a7b33&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
and A Little More Conversation with Ben O'Hara-Byrne (podcast episode Why we fail to fulfill our New Year's resolutions, time 31:50 to 46:58, released January 3) https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ctSx2a27L5cjrWo2wtJ9r
January 9, 2024: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This month's episode features Darren McKee about his new book and the possible threat of advanced artificial intelligence to human civilization. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2024/01/01/69-ai-existential-risk/
January 8, 2024: Jim Davies is interviewed on 580AM CFRA about Tips for Making Your New Year's Resolutions Stick and Mistakes to Avoid. Released January 2. Six and a half minutes. https://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/audio-podcasts/oaw-tips-for-making-your-new-year-s-resolutions-stick-and-mistakes-to-avoid-1.21175100?mode=Article
January 8, 2024: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Gretchen: Time to Wake a Monster with a Moth. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
December 20, 2023: New paper by Nico V. Turcas, Jim Davies, and Robert L. West. Turcas, N. V., Davies, J., & West, R. L. (2023). Modelling the Effects of ACT-R Working Memory Demands on Accuracy Rates of Relational Reasoning Problems. Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM). 1--7.
December 20, 2023: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Dichall: Recruiting the Monster. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
December 15, 2023: Talking politics in a polarized society can get heated fast. Chatbots could help us keep our cool. Check out the new Jim Davies article in Nautilus. https://nautil.us/ai-can-help-democracy-465321/
December 14, 2023: Jim Davies is featured on the CBC about why people fail at their New Year's resolutions. (Published early 2023) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/experts-say-this-is-why-we-fail-to-fulfil-our-new-year-s-resolutions-1.6701535
December 1, 2023: The new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This month's episode is about eating disorders. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/12/01/68-eating-disorders/
November 28, 2023: Jim Davies was interviewed about AI and AI: Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity in this Abyssinia Abebe article in The Charlaton. Published July 7, 2023. https://charlatan.ca/carleton-university-sees-technology-discourse-first-a-i-student/
November 23, 2023: Jim Davies is interviewed by Waqar Ahsan on his Philocity video show about happiness and sadness. Episode 7. Aired sometime in June, 2023, I think. 28 Minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18s4iGAFkIc
November 17, 2023: When you are asked to think of a zoo animal, how does your mind choose what pops into your consciousness? Jim Davies reports in Nautilus magazine about a study suggesting that it is done by weighting certain features in a multi-dimensional feature space. In this case, people tend to call to mind striking, dangerous, large animals. https://nautil.us/why-did-that-come-to-mind-382889/
November 17, 2023: Jim Davies on why we like to be scared on 580 CFRA radio with Patricia Boal. Aired October 26, 2023. Runtime 8 minutes. https://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/audio-podcasts/oaw-why-do-we-like-being-scared-an-expert-explains-1.20411118
November 17, 2023: Jim Davies appears on 610 AM Radio NL with Jeff and Bill about why we like to be scared. Aired October 31, 2023. These interviewers had a lot of great ideas! 8 minutes. https://t.co/jScujXC96z
November 17, 2023: A new episode, number 71, of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Gretchen: The Hiding Place of Magical Glasses. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
November 14, 2023: Yet another TV appearance about why we enjoy being scared! This time on CTV, Aired November 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoLhaeL04Tw
November 1, 2023: Ever wonder what goes into composing a movie soundtrack that makes you feel scared, or hopeful, or tender? Jim Davies talks to Hollywood film composer Joe Krae Ever wonder what goes into composing a movie soundtrack that makes you feel scared, or hopeful, or tender? Jim Davies talks to Hollywood film composer Joe Kraemer (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher) about the psychology of film sountracks on November's Minding the Brain episode!
October 31, 2023: Jim Davies appears on CBC television talking about why we like to be scared and watch horror movies. Jim's interview is from 18:10 to 24:38. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2277452867723
October 26, 2023: Why do we like scary movies? Jim Davies on CP24 news television show talking about the psychology of liking horror. Length: 5 minutes. https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=2794175
October 24, 2023: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This month's episode features Carleton University Psychology Professor Johanna Peetz, who talks about the science of spending (and not spending!) money. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/10/01/66-money-and-spending/
October 13, 2023: On the CinemaPsych podcast, Jim Davies and Hollywood film score composer Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation; Jack Reacher) are interviewed about the psychology behind the brilliant music of the Star Wars films. Davies and Kraemer previously collaborated on a chapter on Star Wars music in the book Star Wars Psychology: The Dark Side of the Mind. This podcast aired August 28, 2023. Listening time 1 hour and 15 minutes. https://cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com/2023/08/28/episode-068-this-music-makes-me-feel-the-psychology-of-star-wars-1977-music-with-jim-davies-joe-kraemer/
Septermber 29, 2023: Jim Davies publishes in Nautilus magazine about a new psychology study showing that people can detect changes better in images they are familiar with--a departure from the traditional view that we can only see clearly a tiny part of our visual field. https://nautil.us/were-not-so-blind-to-detail-after-all-366763/ (Published August 22, 2023)
September 20, 2023: Kristy Cameron interviews Jim Davies on CFRA radio about an interesting social survey in Statistics Canada which found 2 in 3 Canadians are satisfied with how much leisure time they have. The overall satisfaction definitely depends on age demographics. Older Canadians seem to be more satisfied. What is the science behind leisure time? Duration: 14:34 https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2023-08-16-cfra-leisure-time-with-jim-davies
September 14, 2023: The September episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. In this month's episode Kim interviews Jim about distinguishing fantasy from reality. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/09/01/65-distinguishing-fantasy-from-reality/
August 8, 2023: The August episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. In this month's episode Kim interviews Jim about animal consciousness. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/08/01/64-animal-consciousness/
July 13, 2023: Bev Forcier interviews Jim Davies about artificial intelligence, dangers of AI, and consciousness on CKCU FM in Ottawa. Aired July 10, 2023. Interview spans from time 48:30 to 58:26. Click here and then click "LISTEN NOW." https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/43/61222.html
May 12, 2022: Undergraduate student Ludivine Blais took the lead on a project that implemented a virtual reality environment representing a memory palace of a walkthrough of the brain with mnemonics to help students remember brain areas and functions. This resulted in a paper published in a peer-reviewed conference. Way to go, Ludivine! Blais, L., Qorbani, H.S., Arya, A., & Davies, J. (2022). A memory palace for brain anatomy and function represented in virtual reality. Proceedings of the Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age conference (CELDA-22). In D. G. Sampson, D. Ifenthaler and P. Isaias (Eds). IADIS Press. 331--334. https://www.jimdavies.org/research/publications/celda/2022/BlaisQorbaniAryaDavies2022.html
May 11, 2023: Jim Davies's short vampire story The Drink was published in the book Ghosts & Other Chthonic Macabres from Broken Keys Publishing. This book won the 2023 New Book of the Year award from Faces Magazine. https://facesmag.ca/awards/
May 8, 2023: Jim Davies and his graduate student Sean Riley published a paper in Brain and Cognition exploring the nature of vividness in mental imagery. See https://jimdavies.org/research/publications/brain-and-cognition/2023/RileyDavies2023.html.
Riley, S.N. & Davies, J. (2023). Vividness as the similarity between generated imagery and an internal model. Brain and Cognition, 169, 105988, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2023.105988
May 1, 2023: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This month's episode is about the major theories of consciousness. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/05/01/62-theories-of-consciousness/
April 25, 2023: A September 2019 article in Nautilus I forgot to put here! Most of the Mind Can't Tell Fact from Fiction. https://nautil.us/most-of-the-mind-cant-tell-fact-from-fiction-237537/
April 24, 2023: The April episode of Minding the Brain podcast went live on April 1. Jim interviews Kim about the psychology and neuroscience of left handed people (and turtles!) https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/04/01/61-handedness/
March 12, 2023: The March episode of Minding the Brain podcast is live. Enjoy casual Q and A with 20 More Questions with Kim and Jim. Do brain training apps work? Is reading fiction a waste of time? What's the best part of your brain to lose? Find out! https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/03/01/60-20-more-questions-with-kim-jim/
March 10, 2023: The Michael Shermer Podcast interviews Jim Davies about ethics, happiness, and Davies's book Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are. Episode released March 8, 2023. 1 hour and 46 minutes long. https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/jim-davies-how-to-be-a-better-person/
February 17, 2023: Jim Davies talks about the neurochemistry of love in this 45-second video produced by Carleton University. https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1625521328710197248/pu/vid/720x1280/ARlimwVgqSobW5Yf.mp4
February 13, 2023: Artificial intelligence image generators have become a rage. How do they think like artists, and how do they think differently? Will they put artists' careers in danger? Are they ultimately a force for good in this world? Jim Davies explores these issues from a cognitive science perspective in this article in Nautilus magazine entitled "How AI Can Prompt Your Inner Artist." https://nautil.us/how-ai-can-prompt-your-inner-artist-261470/
February 3, 2023: How does the mind understand and keep track of time? And what does the FedEx logo have to do with it? Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of time in February's episode of the podcast Minding the Brain. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/02/01/59-time/
January 10, 2023: On January 3 Jim Davies appeared on radio syndication, talking about how to set good goals and keep your new year's resolutions. He appeared on the following radio shows:
Here and Now in Toronto with Mary Ito
Mainstreet in Cape Breton with Wendy Bergfeldt
Shift in New Brunswick with Vanessa Vander Valk
All Points West in Victoria with Kathryn Marlow
Up North in Sudbury/Thunder Bay with Jonathan Pinto
Airplay in Whitehorse with Dave White
On the Go in St. John's with Anthony Germain
On the Coast in Vancouver with Gloria Macarenko
Up to Speed in Winnipeg with Faith Fundal
Trail's End in Yellowknife with Lawrence Nayally
Mainstreet in Halifax with Jeff Douglas
Afternoon Drive in London, Ontario
Breakaway in Quebec City with Alison Brunette
Afternoon Edition in Saskatchewan with Garth Materie
Homestretch in Calgary
Radio Active in Edmonton with Jessica Ng
January 5, 2023: Jim Davies interviews Marina Milyavskaya about how to set good goals on the Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2023/01/01/58-goals/
January 2, 2023: Jim Davies talks about how to keep your New Year's Resolutions on CBC National Television. (6 minutes) https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2157390915977
December 3, 2022: Egg Embry discusses how much he likes the game mechanics of Jim Davies's Role-Playing Game Things That Go Squeak in the Night in this article in D20 Radio: The Gamer Nation. Published September 9, 2022. https://www.d20radio.com/main/things-that-go-squeak-in-the-night-system-discussion-combining-game-mechanics/
December 2, 2022: Jim Davies appears on CTV Morning Live television in an interview by Annette Goerner about how exercise in the winter can help your mood and cognitive abilities. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2573669 or watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/3Fq9F6DepkA
December 1, 2022: Jim Davies interviews Kim Hellemans and Ian Richard, the co-president of Carleton University e-sports, about video game addiction. Is it real? How much is it like drug addiction? https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/12/01/57-video-game-addiction/
November 30, 2022: Why do people like to watch sports so much? CityNews interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of sports fandom, in the context of the World Cup. You can read or listen (11 minutes 40 seconds). https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/there-are-different-reasons-behind-watching-sports-university-professor-6146731
November 28, 2022: Jim Davies appears on the radio show The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This May 5, 2019 episode explores morning people and night people. What's your chronotype? https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-05-05-cfra-morning-people-night-people
November 27, 2022: Jim Davies appears on the radio show The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This March 10, 2019 episode explores whether there is an epidemic of loneliness. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-03-10-cfra-is-there-an-epidemic-of-loneliness
November 18, 2022: Jim Davies published a short story The Drink in the horror anthology Ghosts and other Cthonic Macabres from Broken Keys Publishing. The story tells of the struggles of a vampire who gets thrown off of a boat in the ocean. https://books2read.com/u/4Avpj0
November 17, 2022: Jennifer Hsiung interviews Jim Davies on CP24 in this televised interview of why people are drawn to scary things, and what that has to do with the nightmares we have. 5 minutes, 20 seconds. Aired October 31, 2022. https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=2553370&jwsource=cl
November 15, 2022: People tend to value things less when they're in the distant future. Part of that is because we have a harder time imagining it. Read about the role of imagination in how we value things in the future in Jim Davies's article in Nautilus. https://nautil.us/why-your-brain-isnt-into-the-future-245128/
November 14, 2022: Jim Davies is interviewed about the role of numbers in scientific reporting on Midweek. Time 8:46-13:21. Released October, 2022. https://soundcloud.com/capital-news-online/midweek-october-12-2022#t=0:00
November 12, 2022: Jim Davies is interviewed by the Independent Game Designers Network about his 2022 tabletop role-playing game Things that Go Squeak in the Night. 17 minutes. https://youtu.be/rjoCxaa3FMg
November 8, 2022: Are video games good for you or bad for you? Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of video games in this month's episode of Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/11/01/56-video-games/
November 8, 2022: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Eve: Revealing the Soulsucker Faerie. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
November 7, 2022: Jim Davies has published a paper on why we find things compelling in Journal of Mind and Behavior. This theory was first published in his first popular science book, Riveted. This is the theory's first appearance in a peer-reviewed journal article. https://www.jimdavies.org/research/publications/journal-of-mind-and-behavior/2022/Davies2022.html
November 4, 2022: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Gretchen: the Techie Raccoon. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
November 2, 2022: The kindle version of Jim Davies's most recent book, Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You, is on sale during the month of November for only $2. You can buy it in Amazon's kindle store and read it on a kindle device or on the free app. http://www.jimdavies.org/science-of-better/buy.html
October 28, 2022: Do you dislike the word ``moist?'' Lots of people do. Jim Davies is interviewed on CFRA's The Goods on why. Aired April 7, 2019. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-04-07-cfra-why-people-hate-the-word-moist
October 27, 2022: A nice review of Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You was published on Booklist. https://www.booklistonline.com/Being-the-Person-Your-Dog-Thinks-You-Are-The-Science-of-a-Better-You/pid=9741709
October 25, 2022: Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans supervised two undergraduate students, Alexander Salgo and Galen O'Shea, in the creation of a video game that trains you to learn about action potentials in neurons. It is available in the iOS store and can be run on iPhones and iPads. The four published a short paper about the game, available at https://jimdavies.org/research/publications/celda/2021/SalgoOsheaHellemansDavies2021.html
October 17, 2022: The Minding the Brain podcast was selected by the Genius Lab Gear website as one of the best neuroscience podcasts of 2022!
October 12, 2022: Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Neimann of cheating in an in-person chess game by using AI. Can AI help us know whether Magnus's accusations have merit? Jim Davies writes about chess and cheating in the 21st century in Nautilus. https://nautil.us/the-chess-cheat-in-the-21st-century-242071/
October 7, 2022: Jim Davies's tabletop role-playing game Things that Go Squeak in the Night has a positive review on the Rolling Boxcars website. https://rollingboxcars.com/2022/10/06/onward-brave-mice-things-that-go-squeak-in-the-night/
October 6, 2022: Jim Davies interviews Kim Hellemans on the Minding the Brain podcast about the world's most-consumed drug: Caffeine! Grab a cup of coffee and give it a listen. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/10/01/55-caffeine/
September 26, 2022: Jim Davies is interviewed on the CinemaPsych podcast about real artificial intelligence and Spielberg's 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Was the AI in that movie realistic? Can AIs be conscious? Can humans love machines? Listen and find out! https://cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com/2022/09/26/episode-052-we-might-love-david-if-he-wasnt-so-creepy-a-i-artificial-intelligence-2001-with-jim-davies/
Here is a version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34d16j-xJQU
September 11, 2022: Ever wonder why, if the universe is so big, we haven't communicated with any other intelligent life? Jim and Kim tackle this question in the latest episode of the Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/09/01/where-are-all-the-aliens/
September 11, 2022: Two new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council are out. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
August 31, 2022: What does imagination have to do with memory? A lot, it turns out. Why are mindfulness and imagination incompatible? Check out this episode of the Conversations.Buzz podcast Jim Davies interviewed by Dave Williams (43 minutes). https://soundcloud.com/dwradio/jim-davies-imagination
August 30, 2022: When people get older, they experience cognitive decline. But it's not as simple as all that. In some ways, we get smarter as we age. Jim Davies explores how in this article in Nautilus magazine. https://nautil.us/heres-where-our-minds-sharpen-in-old-age-9944/
August 17, 2022: Jim Davies appears on an episode of the Clearer Thinking podcast, talking about habit formation and animal consciousness. Interview by the great Spencer Greenberg. https://clearerthinkingpodcast.com/episode/117
August 12, 2022: Jim Davies interviews Kim Hellemans about the effects of alcohol on the mind and brain in the August episode of Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/08/01/53-alcohol/
August 10, 2022: Christiane Wisehart interviews Jim Davies about comparing the effectiveness of charities. Should you donate to the best climate change charity, or the best animal welfare charity, or the best human health charity? Dr. Davies does an analysis to figure out which one does the most good on the Examining Ethics podcast. https://www.prindleinstitute.org/podcast/jim-davies/
August 9, 2022: Jim Davies wrote a tabletop role-playing game called Things that Go Squeak in the Night. It was successfully kickstarted and is now available for purchase at DriveThruRPG. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/384448/Things-That-Go-Squeak-in-the-Night
July 21, 2022: How much are animal lives worth, morally speaking? There is enormous disagreement in the literature concerning this question. This paper, for the first time, tries to answer the question by estimating the probability of truth of each theory out there: it takes the uncertainty in the field seriously. In this journal article economist Richard Bruns and cognitive scientist Jim Davies look at six animals, many of which are commonly eaten, and try to draw some conclusions.
Bruns, R. & Davies, J. (2022). Moral weights of six animals, considering viewpoint uncertainty. Seeds of Science. (21 pages) https://doi.org/10.53975/k36y-md1m
July 20, 2022: July's episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is out. This one is about hacking your reward system. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/07/01/52-hacking-your-reward-system/
July 7, 2022: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Episode 59: Gretchen: Unlocked Cell Phone. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
June 30, 2022: How can you be as good a person as you can be? Mary Ito interviews Jim Davies about what science says about how to be a better person on this episode of the CRAM podcast. Youtube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Sticher
June 27, 2022: Is our collective situation that bad? Is there no point in trotting out evidence if it won't change people's minds? Jim Davies writes that recent research shows some optimism in Nautilus Magazine. https://nautil.us/dont-give-up-on-facts-20409/
June 21, 2022: Jim Davies writes about the difference between creativity and imagination in this short article in Imaginezine. https://imaginezine.com/jim-davies/
June 8, 2022 : A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Eve: The Stout House. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
June 6, 2022: Jim Davies uses a treadmill desk at work, and made a video about it. This video was featured on the Born to Walk webpage. https://borntowalk.org/2016/02/26/diy-treadmill-desk/
June 2, 2022: Jim Davies and Jack Parsons published an article in the journal Cognitive Science reviewing what we know about the neuroscience of the different parts of analogical reasoning. This article is a revised version of Mr. Parson's paper he wrote as an undergraduate honours thesis at Carleton's Department of Cognitive Science. https://jimdavies.org/research/publications/cognitive-science-journal/2022/ParsonsDavies2022.html
June 1, 2022: Kim Hellemans interviews Dr. Benicio Frey about depression and treatment of it in June's episode of the Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/06/01/51-the-future-of-depression-treatment-with-dr-benicio-frey/
May 24, 2022: Jim Davies is interviewed about the psychology of sports fandom on Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel. Why do people watch the Olympics? The entire piece is 44 minutes. Jim's segment is from 3:00 to 10:31. Aired February 18, 2022. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-102-radio-noon-quebec/clip/15896092-have-watching-olympics
May 18, 2022: Jim Davies published an opinion article in Scientific American about our ethical obligations to (potential) conscious artificial intelligence. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-shouldn-rsquo-t-try-to-make-conscious-software-mdash-until-we-should/
May 11, 2022: Minding the Brain is listed as the number 2 best cognitive science podcast (out of 18) on the Feedspot website. Check out the list for other podcasts about the mind and brain! https://blog.feedspot.com/cognitive_science_podcasts/
May 4, 2022: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Eve: A Sparrow in Human Clothing. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
May 3, 2022: The April and May episodes of Minding the Brain are out: Eastern and Western Thinking (featuring Richard Nisbett; you can also see a video version.) and Happiness (featuring Darren McKee).
March 18, 2022. Jim Davies wrote a short horror story, Billable Hours, about a cursed object. Available at Altered Reality Magazine. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/billable-hours-by-jim-davies/
March 16, 2022: Jim Davies has an article in Medium about the relative benefits of e-books, print books, and audio books. https://medium.com/@jim.davies/should-i-read-e-books-print-books-or-audio-books-33157b5e3c5e
March 1, 2022: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled Eve: Recruiting Waffles. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
March 1, 2022: Kim Hellemans interviews Michael Hildebrand about the neuroscience of pain on the March episode of Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/03/01/48-pain/
February 25, 2022: Jim Davies published an article in Philosophical Psychology about why some of the people we imagine we feel in conscious control of (such as daydream characters) and some we do not (such as dream characters.) https://www.jimdavies.org/research/publications/philosophical-psychology/2022/Davies2022.html
February 21, 2022: Jim Davies appears on Element FM in Toronto, talking about why we are attracted to horror media. Released November 2020. https://soundcloud.com/elmntfm/mot-jim-davies-corinne-hart
February 16, 2022: Positive book review by Mei Anne of Being The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are. https://keepfitkingdom.com/being-the-person-your-dog-thinks-you-are-the-science-of-a-better-you/
February 14, 2022: Why do we like watching sports so much? Jim Davies explores the psychology of sports fandom in this article in The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-like-watching-the-olympics-so-much-176506
February 7, 2022: Katherine Dines interviews Jim Davies about why we like to be scared on Ottawa's Move 100. https://twitter.com/Move100Ottawa/status/1453467435328229382
February 7, 2022: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out. This month's episode is entitled An Empty Storehouse. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
February 3, 2022: Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies on this month's Minding the Brain episode, asking "where are all the geniuses?" https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/02/01/47-where-are-all-the-geniuses/
February 1, 2022: Jim Davies writes about how current AI lags far behind the brain's computational power in Nautilus Magazine. Published October 27, 2021. https://nautil.us/why-ai-lags-behind-the-human-brain-in-computational-power-13069/
January 31, 2022: Jim Davies is interviewed in this French-language article about why we seek out scary experiences. Posted December 30, 2021. https://www.lequotidien.com/2021/10/30/pourquoi-aimons-nous-avoir-peur-141a742dd67b140b0c56a17f3a6e62ba?nor=true
January 27, 2022: Jim Davies appears on the CRAM podcast, talking about the science of how to make yourself happier. (25 m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6843-Pgbnrk
January 26, 2022: Jim Davies writes in Nautilus magazine about a new AI trained to make ethical decisions. https://nautil.us/ai-is-already-making-moral-choices-for-us-now-what-13740/
January 25, 2022: Jim Davies is interviewed in The National Post about work habits during the pandemic. Published May 20, 2020. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-day-on-covid-19-we-are-forming-new-work-habits-because-of-the-lockdown-and-thats-going-to-be-a-problem
January 20, 2022: Jim Davies talks with Robyn Bresnahan about how the pandemic has messed with our perception of time. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/15886524-where-gone
January 19, 2022: Jim Davies interviews Dr. Carole Hooven about the psychology of testosterone in the latest epsiode of the Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2022/01/01/46-testosterone/
January 19, 2022: Episode 53 of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, entitled Eve: Somthing Rotten at the Council is out. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
January 14, 2022: Weird dreams may serve an evolutionary purpose. Jim Davies on Wisconsin Public Radio. December 20, 2021. https://www.wpr.org/weird-dreams-may-serve-evolutionary-purpose
January 12, 2022: Jim Davies appears on the radio, talking about how to motivate yourself to exercise in the era of the pandemic. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/15888544-how-find-motivation-exercise
January 6, 2022: Jim Davies writes for Nautilus about how you can save more animals by donating $100 USD to a highly-effective charity than by going vegan for a year. https://nautil.us/blog/you-can-save-more-animals-by-donating-100-than-going-vegan
December 31, 2021: Jim Davies on CTV about how to keep your new year's resolutions. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2351884
December 16, 2021: Jim Davies's tabletop RPG Things That Go Squeak in the Night was funded on Kickstarter in the first 20 hours, eventually getting pledges totalling to twice that of the funding goal! This means two stetch goals were achieved: a hardcover book and a ribbon bookmark in it. Thank you to everyone who help make this happen! The book should be released around mid-2022. In the meantime, you can read the latest episode in the serial Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, fiction set in the world of the game: episode 52: Eve: Trapped Girl. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
December 10, 2021: Jim Davies is interviewed at his Alma Mater, Oswego State University of New York, about curiosity and science. https://alumni.oswego.edu/s/1552/bp18/interior.aspx?sid=1552&gid=1&pgid=4544&cid=7701&ecid=7701&crid=0&calpgid=15&calcid=1238
December 8, 2021: A new episode of Minding the Brain, this one on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is out. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/12/01/45-seasonal-affective-disorder/
December 7, 2021: Jim Davies is interviewed for the Legends of Tabletop podcast about his upcoming tabletop role-playing game Things that Go Squeak in the Night, now on kickstarter. https://soundcloud.com/legends-of-tabletop/190-jim-davies-things-that-go-squeak-in-the-night
December 4, 2021: Jim Davies is interviewed on the Fresh Out the Box podcast about his upcoming tabletop role-playing game Things that Go Squeak in the Night, now being Kickstarted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7BnLhTdPAg
November 28, 2021: Jim Davies is interviewed by the CBC about why time seems to pass differently during the pandemic. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/where-did-time-go-blame-pandemic-1.6260238
November 23, 2021: Jim Davies designed a tabletop role-playing game (like Dungeons & Dragons). In it you play heroic mice. You can back the kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gallantknightgames/things-that-go-squeak-in-the-night.
November 3, 2021: The Minding the Brain podcast has a new episode on the science of free will. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/11/01/45-free-will/
November 3, 2021: A new episode of Jim Davies's serialized fiction story, Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Coucil is out. This month's episode is called Eve: Magnitrude. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
October 29, 2021: Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans interviewed on "The Goods" on CFRA about their podcast, Minding the Brain. Originally aired November 23, 2019. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-11-23-cfra-jim-and-kim-talk-about-the-minding-the-brain-podcast
October 25, 2021: Jim Davies is interviewed for the CBC about how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts our sense of time passing. https://www.cbc.ca/life/culture/why-this-year-of-disrupted-routines-messed-with-our-sense-of-time-1.6104743
October 25, 2021: A new episode of Jim Davies's serialized ficiton is out. You can see episode 50, The Twisted Tower at Altered Reality Magazine: https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
October 22, 2021: Jim Davies gave a talk to high school students at the Research Skills Academy about the career of a scientist. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/what-is-a-scientific-career-like
October 21, 2021: Jim Davies talks to the Ottawa Citizen about the future of the handshake in a post-COVID world. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/how-the-future-of-the-handshake-and-our-social-habits-may-change-post-pandemic
October 19, 2021: Jim Davies gave a talk about artificial intelligence and the possibility that we will have conscious software someday, and the ethical ramifications. You can watch the talk at https://vimeo.com/608985115. (14 minutes)
Davies, J. (2021). Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence. Theoretical and Foundational Problems in Information Studies. Part of the special session on Neosentience, Biomemetics, and the Insight Engine 2.0, Duke University, September 15.
October 13, 2021: Jim Davies writes in Nautilus magazine on a new theory that holds that dreams are weird because they prevent overfitting in brains. https://nautil.us/blog/weird-dreams-train-our-brains-to-be-better-learners
September 28, 2021: Jim Davies finds that releasing all of your pre-recorded lectures week by week (the "Disney+" model) isn't any better than releasing them all at once (the "Netflix" model) in this article in Academic Matters. https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/is-sharing-recorded-lectures-all-at-once-as-effective-as-releasing-them-week-by-week/
September 14, 2021: Episode 49 of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micea Council, entitled Eve: The Brutish Dog is available at Altered Reality Magazine. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/episode-49-eve-the-brutish-dog/
September 10, 2021: Kim Hellmans interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of conspiracy theories on this month's episode of the Minding the Brain Podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/09/01/43-conspiracy-theories/
September 10, 2021: Jim Davies published a whimsical fantasy poem in Altered Reality Magazine called ``Roly Poly.'' Read it online at https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/roly-poly-by-jim-davies/
August 9, 2021: The new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out, entitled Eve: Drawings From a Missing Child, available at https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
August 8, 2021: Jim Davies writes about how your mind practices activities while you are asleep in Nautilus Magazine. https://nautil.us/blog/why-your-sleeping-brain-replays-new-rewarding-experiences
July 16, 2021: Jim Davies publishes in Nautilus magazine about a new, large meta-analysis of interventions to make people happier. https://nautil.us/blog/new-evidence-that-therapy-can-make-you-happier
July 5, 2021: Episode 47 of Even Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, Vivian's Room, is available at Altered Reality Magazine. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
June 30, 2021: The book Imagination: The Science of Your Mind's Greatest Power by Jim Davies is available to listen to, free, on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/album/6KRjDS9lEHI1pNGFJf6zng
June 22, 2021: Dr. Alex Gill interviews Dr. Jim Davies about his book "Imagination: The Science of Your Mind's Greatest Power." October 1, 2020 on CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/interview-with-jim-davies-about-imagination-book
June 21, 2021: Jim Davies gave a keynote presentation at the Interdisciplinary Student Reseach Conference on Healthcare (ISRCH-21) conference on May 8, 2021. An audio recording of the talk is available.
June 13, 2021: Jim Davies appears on the podcast Harvesting Happiness about being the best person you can be. Aired March 24, 2021. Jim's interview starts at time 34:25. https://harvestinghappinesstalkradio.com/awake-and-aware-the-science-of-becoming-a-better-human-and-society-with-stuart-shanker-jim-davies-phd/
June 1, 2021: Jim Davies interviews Iva Ivanova about talking in this month's episode of Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/06/01/41-talking/
May 19, 2021: Kim Hellemans explores neurodiversity in the May episode of the Minding the Brain Podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/05/01/40-neurodiversity/
May 19, 2021: The May episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, entitled Eve: Pananima, Jim Davies's episodic fiction, is out. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
May 12, 2021: Jim Davies appears on the podcast Something You Should Know, about his new book, Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are (starting at time 26:13). Released February 18, 2021. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/how-to-exude-self-confidence-what-it-means-to-be-a-better-person
May 9, 2021: Jim Davies publishes in Nautilus magazine about how mindfulness can help reduce cognitive bias. https://nautil.us/blog/a-simple-way-to-reduce-cognitive-bias
April 28, 2021: Jim Davies published a humorous dialogue where different parts of someone's brain argue about how to walk a dog. In Nautilus Magazine https://nautil.us/blog/this-is-how-your-brain-walks-the-doga-dialogue
April 22, 2021: Jim Davies created a video about how to memorize a speech using a memory palace. In it, he walks a student through her talk and shows her how to do it. https://youtu.be/NCNRr39gxUM
April 16, 2021: Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans on how your mind controls what you do in this new episode of the Minding the Brain Podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/04/01/39-control-why-you-do-what-you-do/
April 14, 2021: Jim Davies writes in Nautilus Magazine about free will, and how whether we believe in it or not probably doesn't affect our morality. https://nautil.us/blog/do-we-have-free-will-maybe-it-doesnt-matter
April 13, 2021: Jim Davies speaks to the Charlatan about how COVID-19 might affect the horror genre. Published August 7, 2020. https://charlatan.ca/2020/08/scaring-away-black-mirror-covid-19-reshapes-horror-genre/
April 12, 2021: Jim Davies speaks on a video panel with psychologists to discuss the psychological issues involved with the television show WandaVision. With Dr. Travis Langley, Alex Langley, Dr. Janina Scarlet, Dr. Yoni Sobin, and Dr. Tracy Vozar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hu7F1r621U
April 11, 2021: A new paper came out in Entertainment Computing from The Science of Imagination Laboratory. It describes a system that creates quests in video games based on character preferences and using AI planning systems.
Breault, V., Ouellet, S. & Davies, J. (2021). Let CONAN tell you a story: Procedural quest generation. Entertainment Computing. 38, 100422, 1--9.
If you click on this link before May 25, 2021, you can have free access to this paper. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1csC86gYiZoR45
The website for this paper is at http://jimdavies.org/research/publications/entertainment-computing/2021/BreaultOuelletDavies2021.html
April 9, 2021: Jim Davies is interviewed in Altered Reality Magazine about his fiction and poetry writing. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/interview-with-jim-davies/
April 8, 2021: Jim Davies appears in a Spanish-language interview about his book Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You on Voice of America.
April 6, 2021: Jim Davies appears on the Young Money podcast, talking about the financial advice in his book Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You. https://bit.ly/3ucPEQ0
March 29, 2021: Jim Davies speaks about the post-COVID future of handshaking etiquette. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/post-covid-19-future-of-handshake-etiquette-alternatives-1.5927850
March 17, 2021: Jim Davies writes in Nautilus about how we can communicate with dreaming people in real time. https://nautil.us/issue/98/mind/what-if-you-could-describe-your-dreams-while-dreaming This article was chosen as one of the five best ideas of the day by the Aspen Institute on March 31, 2021.
March 16, 2021: Jim Davies is interviewed on Messiah Community about imagination. Aired May 15, 2020. http://messiahcommunity.com/imagination-the-science-of-your-minds-greatest-power/
March 12, 2021: Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans: This is your brain on COVID. https://carleton.ca/ravenmag/story/hellemans-davies-covid-brain/
March 11, 2021: Jim Davies appears on KGNU in Colorado, talking about the science of self-improvement. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2021-03-10-kgnu-interview-on-the-science-of-a-better-you
March 6, 2021: A great review of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council was posted on the Two Bluestockings podcast, starting at time 12:35. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1334503/8011249-hump-day-shenanigans-guilty-prayer-by-steve-henn-and-eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-serial-by-jim-davies?play=true
March 3, 2021: An episode on synesthesia is out on the Minding the Brain Podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/03/01/38-synesthesia/
March 2, 2021: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out, entitled A Visit to Gregory Bookkeeper. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
February 25, 2021: The latest book by Jim Davies, Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are, has been nominated for book of the year by the Next Big Idea Club. You can hear a few key points from the book at the recording here: https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/person-dog-thinks-science-better-bookbite/26095/
February 15, 2021: Jim Davies published an article in Nautilus Magazine about how imaginary people might be able to help wiht loneliness. https://nautil.us/blog/can-you-treat-loneliness-by-creating-an-imaginary-friend
February 11, 2021: Jim Davies talks about what makes for a compelling pop songs on a promotional video for Carleton University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBaGM1Dbt4I&feature=emb_imp_woyt
February 5, 2021: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council has been released. This chapter is called Waffles Ribeye https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
February 3, 2021: A new episode of Minding the Brain Podcast is out. Jim interviews Kim about behavioral addictions. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/02/01/37-behavioral-addiction/
February 2, 2021: Jim Davies has published a new book, released today. Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You, is all about the science of improving your productivity, happiness, and morality. It's available at bookstores and through online sellers. http://www.jimdavies.org/science-of-better/buy.html
January 8, 2021: A podcast episode of Minding the Brain is out on the subject of dreams. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/01/01/36-dreams/
January 3, 2021: Jim Davies appears on CTV, talking about the psychology of new year's resolutions. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/the-key-to-achieving-your-2021-new-year-s-resolutions-is-creating-new-habits-carleton-professor-1.5250839?autoPlay=true
December 2, 2020: Jim Davies interviews Kim Hellemans about depression in the December episode of the podcast Minding the Brain. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/12/01/35-depression/
December 2, 2020: A new episode of Even Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, called Eve: Coffee at Dawn is out at https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
November 13, 2020: Tonight Jim Davies will appear on The Moment of Truth to talk about the psychology of why we enjoy scaring ourselves with horror movies. 7pm on ELMNT FM. Tune in in Toronto at 106.5 FM or Ottawa at 95.7 FM, or stream online at elmntfm.ca.
November 8, 2020: The Minding the Brain Podcast has episodes out for October, Choke! Why We Sometimes Fail Under Pressure, and November, Personality Disorders.
November 2, 2020: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council has been released, called The Daughter. It is the final episode in the story arc that has been released over the last several years. A complete story is up at https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/. Next month a new saga will begin!
October 21, 2020: CBC's Fresh Air interviews Jim Davies about how people behave in times of upheaval. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-193-fresh-air/clip/15800193-cognitive-scientist-author-artist-jim-davies-times-upheaval
September 20, 2020: Jim Davies won the 2020 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award. https://carleton.ca/teachinglearning/2020/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2020-carleton-university-teaching-awards/
September 2, 2020: Kim Hellemans and Jim Davies talk about how the psychology and neuroscience of sleep on the latest episode of the Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/09/01/32-sleep/
September 2, 2020: Check out the latest episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council. This episode is called The Forces of Good. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
August 24, 2020: Chris Kurys interviews Dr. Jim Davies about the psychology of wearing (and not wearing) masks on 1310 News Ottawa Radio. Aired July 23, 2020. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/wearing-a-mast-1310-radio-interview-ottawa
August 23, 2020: Jim Davies talks about imagination on the Beyond Reality Radio with JV Johnson, which aired on over 50 radio stations. Release date: December 12, 2019. http://beyondrealityradio.com/imagination-is-the-minds-most-powerful-tool-jim-davies-121219-2/
August 20, 2020: Jim Davies publishes on the blog of Nautilus magazine about how psychologists ran an experiment to shed scientific light on an old philosophical problem. http://nautil.us/blog/this-vision-experiment-resolved-a-centuries_old-philosophical-debate
August 13, 2020: Jim Davies will publish his first tabletop role-playing game with Gallant Knight Games. The Kickstarter is expected sometime in 2021. Players take the roles of superheroic mice protecting children from supernatural threats, from the world of Davies's serialized fiction Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council. The game is entitled Things that Go Squeak in the Night. http://www.gallantknightgames.com/gallant-knight-games-to-partner-with-jim-davies-to-publish-things-that-go-squeak-in-the-night/
August 11, 2020: Check out the latest episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council. This episode is called Riding the Bear. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
August 5, 2020: Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about how imagination can make you happier or miserabler on the latest episode of the Minding the Brain podcast! https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/08/01/31-how-imagination-can-make-you-happy-or-miserable/
July 29, 2020: Jim Davies is featured on Capital Current about taking time to watch the world during the pandemic. https://capitalcurrent.ca/insect-watching-during-the-pandemic-in-a-standstill-world-natures-transformations-offer-soulful-reassurance/
Riveted by Jim Davies was reviewed on episode 1.6 of the podcast Books to Business. Aired November 24, 2019. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly95b3Vydm9pY2V0b3RoZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz/episode/YjVkZjgwNTktYWUwYS00MDAxLWFjNWQtZjJiNTJjNDFhNWM0
July 8, 2020: Jim Davies, of Carleton's department of cognitive science, is interviewed about how consuming news can be bad for your happiness. https://www.talkspace.com/blog/coronavirus-mental-health-staying-informed-balance/
July 7, 2020: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, called Hunter is Hunted, is available at https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
July 7, 2020: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast on the student mental health has been released. Check it out at https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/07/01/30-student-mental-health/.
June 17, 2020: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, called Scuttle and Scuffle, is available at https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
June 17, 2020: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast on the psychology of climate change has been released. Check it out at https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/05/31/29-climate-change-psychology/.
May 27, 2020: Jim Davies, of Carleton's Department of Cognitive Science, appears on the radio show ``The Goods'' with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This June 30, 2019 episode is about the psychology of the workplace and open-plan offices. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-06-30-cfra-open-plan-offices
May 26, 2020: Jim Davies, or Carleton University's Department of Cognitive Science, was on the front page of the Ottawa Citizen yesterday, talking about the possible impact of the pandemic on our habits. http://jimdavies.org/media/2020-05-25-pandemic-habit.pdf
May 15, 2020: Publisher's weekly has a positive review of Jim Davies book Imagination: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781643132037
May 12, 2020: Jim Davies published an article in his Psychology Today blog that was selected as an essential read: Wrapping Your Brain Around a Pandemic. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-science-imagination/202005/wrapping-your-brain-around-pandemic
May 5, 2020: Jim Davies publishes a new episode of Even Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council: Episode 33: Meeting the Bear. Check out the entier series at https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
May the 4th be with you, 2020: Jim Davies's article on the psychology of the Coronavirus pandemic was selected as an essential read on the Psychology Today website. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-science-imagination/202005/wrapping-your-brain-around-pandemic
May 1, 2020: In this month's episode of the podcast Minding the Brain, Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about psychological issues related to the Coronavirus. Why are people drawn to Coronavirus conspiracy theories? What is the impact of social isolation on mental health? What is the best way for governments to discourage bad behavior during lockdown? https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/05/01/28-wrapping-your-brain-around-the-coronavirus/
April 28, 2020: Jim Davies appears on the radio show ``The Goods'' with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This June 6, 2019 episode is about the morality of having children. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-06-09-morality-having-children
April 23: 2020: Jim Davies talks about the psychology of sports fandom in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic in the Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/pandemic-caused-sports-bans-costs-fans-their-shared-experiences/wcm/82af51a0-2ba5-4173-b8e3-c826fcfcf20c/
April 22, 2020: Jim Davies: What do Humans Find Interesting and What are Humans Naturally Curious About? The Matt Chiem Experience. Episode 18. December 2019.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f3E4dhQ66CmGJ5ovI2jtz
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIJdwTThgwI&feature=youtu.be
April 16, 2020: Jim Davies was featured in the Ottawa Calligraphy Society's newsletter. PDF
April 15, 2020: Jim Davies appears on the radio show ``The Goods'' with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This March 24, 2020 episode deals with the effects of marriage and children on happiness. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-03-24-cfra-happiness-marriage-and-having-kids
April 13, 2020: Tanya Kelen interviews Jim Davies about why we find things compelling. https://vimeo.com/315564097
April 10, 2020: Jim Davies was the last live interview before the COVID-19 shutdown. See him talk about his latest book, Imagination, on The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Aired April 8, 2020. https://youtu.be/BP8Ex8oDm7Q
April 8, 2020: Jim Davies talks imagination on the Science Focus podcast from March 24, 2020. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/jim-davies-how-do-you-use-your-imagination/
April 7, 2020: Jim Davies released a new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council. Check out Episode 32, ``A Plan in Motion'' at Altered Reality Magazine. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
April 6, 2020: Jim Davies is interviewed about psychics in the Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-psychics-on-their-predictions-for-the-new-year/
April 1, 2020: A new episode of the Minding the Brain podcast is live at https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/04/01/27-emotional-expression/ This episode features an interview with Dr. Gerald Cupchik about emotional expression.
March 26, 2020: Jim Davies appeared on Rogers TV's Ottawa Experts as the voice of science on a panel about imagination and happiness. Interview by Barbara Balfour. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7DOdVSSaaWQ
March 24, 2020: Jim Davies appears on the podcast The Reality Check, talking about how sometimes you can have emotions that you are not conscious of. http://www.trcpodcast.com/emotions-you-dont-feel/
March 23, 2020: Rob Donahue interviews Jim Davies about his Imagination book on WAMC. https://www.wamc.org/post/imagination-science-your-minds-greatest-power-jim-davies
March 20, 2020: Audio interview with Jim Davies about how autonomous vehicles might make our cities more charming. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/autonomous-vehicles-will-make-our-cities-more-charming
March 11, 2020: The award-winning Minding the Brain podcast has a new episode all about what's involved with imagining people. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/03/01/26-imaginary-people/
March 5, 2020: Jim Davies writes about whether you can improve your mental imagery in the ``The Junkyard,'' a blog about imagination. https://junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2020/2/28/book-symposium-introduction-from-jim-davies
There are commentaries from philosophers Kourken Michelean https://junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2020/2/28/book-symposium-michaelian-commentary-and-response
and Mike Stuart
https://junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2020/2/28/book-symposium-stuart-commentary-and-response
Commentaries by Davies follow.
February 24, 2020: Jim Davies on how self-driving cars could reshape our cities--for the better. http://theconversation.com/how-self-driving-cars-will-make-our-cities-more-charming-107866
February 10, 2020: How can imagination help in politics? Read Imagining Our Way to a Better Future by Jim Davies, published in The Hill. https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/mental-health/479646-imagining-our-way-to-a-better-future
February 3, 2020: Kim Hellemans is interviewed by Jim Davies about gender and the brain on the award-winning Minding the Brain Podcast. Also featured are interviews with Gareth Rurak and Matt Al-Anizy. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/02/01/25-gender-and-the-brain/
February 1, 2020: Episode 30 of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out, entitled The Crazy Man in the Woods. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
January 27, 2020: Jim Davies, of Carleton University's Institute of Cognitive Science, is interviewed on Quirks and Quarks on imagination. cbc.ca/1.5430007
January 24, 2020: Jim Davies is (briefly) mentioned in a Medium article about creativity in scientists. https://medium.com/@jaykrasnow/doodling-on-the-job-federal-stem-experts-use-artistic-skills-to-aid-agencies-missions-3a2a407e7658
January 21, 2020: Jim Davies appears on CTV talking about habit-breaking and New Year's Resolutions. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1876520
January 23, 2020: Kim Hellemans is interviewed by Jim Davies about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on the award-winning Minding the Brain Podcast.
https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2020/01/01/24-adhd/
January 21, 2020: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out, entitled Children Can be Frightened. https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
January 10, 2020: Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans are interviewed by Michael Covel about their award-winning podcast Minding the Brain on this episode of Trend Following. https://www.trendfollowing.com/2020/01/09/ep-831-kim-hellemans-jim-davies-interview-michael-covel-trend-following-radio/
December 13, 2019: Jim Davies, of Carleton's Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on the radio show "The Goods" with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This January 13, 2019 episode explores the science of advertising. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/interview-about-the-psychology-of-advertising
December 11, 2019: Minding the Brain's podcasters Kim Hellemans and Jim Davies appear on the CBC to talk about their podcast winning the 2019 People's Choice Award for Best Science Site. Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan. Aired Oct. 30, 2019. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/15743951-carleton-profs-podcast-wins-national-award
December 10, 2019: Jim Davies, of Carleton's Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on the radio show The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This May 12, 2019 episode explores the science surrounding attachment and intimacy. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-05-12-cfra-attachment-and-intimacy
December 9, 2019: Science Borealis wrote up an article about the Minding the Brain Podcast's award. This podcast is hosted by Carleton's Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans. https://blog.scienceborealis.ca/introducing-your-2019-favourite-science-site-winner-minding-the-brain/
December 9, 2019: The next episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, "Entering the Interstitium." https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/
December 6, 2019: Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about hallucinations on their award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2019/12/01/23-hallucinations/
December 3, 2019: Jim Davies appears on the radio show The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This May 19, 2019 episode explores the science surrounding bicycles. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-05-19-bicycles
November 29: Jim Davies is interviewed about the AI in the film Blade Runner in The Fulcrum. https://thefulcrum.ca/features/i-want-more-life-the-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence/

November 21, 2019: Jim Davies, of Carleton's Institute of Cognitive Science, appears on Ottawa Daytime television with his new book on Imagination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-wI_qAlhTA

Imagination was reviewed in Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03458-8

November 5, 2019: Imagination: The Science of Your Mind's Greatest Power, by Jim Davies, is available! Kirkus says that the book is "...ever engaging...A worthy companion to books by Oliver Sacks, Daniel Dennett, and other students of the always puzzling human mind." You can buy it at http://jimdavies.org/imagination/buy.html

October 29, 2019: Jim Davies interviewed on the podcast The Oren Klaff Project about warming up the audience in a talk. https://share.transistor.fm/s/91460761

October 28, 2019: Video review of Riveted on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6590418901979537408/

October 9, 2019: Jim Davies gave a lecture on effective time management. You can listen at https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/talk-on-effective-time-management-2019-09-27.

October 4, 2019: Fun video review of Riveted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YceDpLxSiE4&fbclid=IwAR2CjfmKlYnEmFm62jz4dIEJbQILo0iK4zZg83iS7vCFLe81K-SJcsjG_MI

Jim Davies appears on the radio show The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This January 20, 2019 episode explores imagery and pain relief. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/imagery-for-pain-interview-of-jim-davies

Minding the Brain won the 2019 People's Choice Award for Favourite Canadian Science Site, from the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada! Thank you to everyone who voted!

October 1, 2019: Hear about voices in the head from someone who has dealt with them for a long time, on the Minding the Brain podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2019/07/01/18-voices-in-the-head/

September 29, 2019: Jim Davies spoke about imagination at Ottawa, Ontario's Science and Tech museum on September 28, 2019, at 1pm. https://ingeniumcanada.org/events/curiosity-on-stage-this-week-the-science-of-imagination

Jim Davies published in Nautilus magazine about the brain similarities of remembering and imagining. http://nautil.us/blog/the-neural-similarities-between-remembering-and-imagining

Minding the Brain made it into the top five nominated science media for this year's People's Choice Award for Favourite Canadian Science Site, from the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada!

September 9, 2019: Jim Davies appears on Rogers TV, talking about the benefits and drawbacks of multitasking, particularly in regards to study habits. https://youtu.be/tQfkaTBZOMM

Aug 29, 2019: Jim Davies appears on the radio show The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz, on CFRA 580am. This June 2, 2019 episode explores burnout. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-06-02-burnout

Jim Davies's new book,Imagination: The Science of Your Mind's Greatest Power will be available November 5, 2019.

May 15, 2019: Jim Davies on 580 CFRA about attachment and how your childhood affects adult relationships. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-05-12-cfra-attachment-and-intimacy

May 15, 2019: Jim Davies on 580 CFRA about the myth of talent. May 15, 2019: Jim Davies on 580 CFRA about the myth of talent. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-03-31-cfra-the-myth-of-talent

May 15, 2019: Jim Davies on 580 CFRA about morning people and night people. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-05-05-morning-people-night-people

May 13, 2019: Jim Davies is interviewed by Tanya Kelen on why we find things compelling. Recorded June 28, 2018. https://vimeo.com/315564097

May 9, 2019: Dr. Davies interviewed on the podcast “Prof Talks” about imagination and why we find things compelling.
https://prof-talks.com/2019/04/25/jim-davies-pod/
A briefer written version of the is interview can be found here:
https://prof-talks.com/2019/04/25/jim-davies/

April 3, 2019: Jim Davies was written up in the CBC about the psychology of sports. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/5-reasons-your-brain-cant-resist-the-super-bowl-1.5002801

April 3, 2019: Interview about the book Riveted.

April 3, 2019: Jim Davies's Calligraphy was written up in a profile in the newsletter of the Ottawa Calligraphy Society. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y40-klhVJ8lRMM4KkMGPwcH3W_YeSwex/view?usp=sharing

March 28, 2019: Jim Davies on the CFRA about why people are mean online: https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-03-03-cfra-why-people-are-mean-online

March 28, 2019: Article in The Conversation about the science of telling kids about Santa: https://theconversation.com/the-science-of-saying-goodbye-to-santa-108235

March 28, 2019: Jim Davies on CFRA, talking about the toll of stressful jobs: https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-03-17-cfra-stressful-jobs

March 28, 2019: Dr. Davies's tips on how to take notes in class was mentioned in the news: https://sites.tufts.edu/teaching/2019/03/08/taking-notes-is-the-pen-mightier-than-the-keyboard/

March 28, 2019: "Thunderwords" is a style of handwriting/calligraphy that he developed in the early 2000s. An introductory video for the style is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEu_WuNDUlo&t=3s

March 7, 2019: Jim Davies was on CFRA 580’s “The Goods” with Dahlia Kurtz, talking about the psychology of why we love music. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-02-10-cfra-psychology-of-music

February 14, 2019: Jim Davies has been on the radio recently, talking about the psychology of why we like sports.
https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-02-03-cfra-sport-psychology
https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/cbc-sport-psychology-interview-with-dr-jim-davies
https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-01-29-sports-psychology-1310

February 1, 2019: Interviews with Jim Davies and neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee on the latest podcast episode of Minding the Brain: Beauty and Neuroaesthetics! https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2019/02/01/13-beauty-and-neuroaesthetics/

January 22, 2019: Jim Davies speaks about the science of psychics in an interview by Dahlia Kurtz on “The Goods.” 580AM CFRA. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2019-01-06-psychics-580-cfra-dahlia-kurtzwav

January 18, 2019: The book “Star Wars Psychology: The Dark Side of the Mind” got a great review here, and a chapter Jim Davies co-wrote with film composer Joe Kramer was specifically mentioned. https://www.thebeardedtrio.com/2015/11/book-review-dark-side-of-mind-star-wars.html

January 15, 2019: Jim Davies is interviewed in the Epoch Times about the psychology of morality and how it relates to the imagination. https://www.theepochtimes.com/imagination-is-key-to-morality_2719993.html

January 10, 2019: Jim Davies was interviewed on CKCU about his serialized fiction set in Ottawa, Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council. You can listen to this 18 minute interview at https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/jim-davies-interview-about-eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council

January 8, 2019: Jim Davies released a new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council. Check out “Beware of the Fae” at Altered Reality Magazine. http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/

January 4, 2019: Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of why people like sports on the latest episode of the Minding the Brain Podcast. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2019/01/01/12-why-we-like-sports/

December 4, 2018: Episode 16 of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, "The Acorn Trap," has been released! http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/

December 4, 2018: Kim Hellemans interviews Carleton neuroscientist Alfonso Abizaid about eating and nutrition in the most recent episode of the Podcast Minding the Brain, hosted by Kim and Jim Davies. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/12/01/11-nutrition-and-the-brain/

November 29, 2018: Jim Davies argues in Nautilis Magazine that we have many unconscious beliefs. http://nautil.us/blog/many-of-our-beliefs-are-unconscious-a-response-to-nick-chater

November 27, 2018: Dr. Davies has a philosophy talk online, about distributed cognition and extended mind theory: https://youtu.be/lcToz4VxH04

November 22, 2018: Jim's article on whether you can multitask appeared in The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/the-science-of-multitasking-and-why-you-should-doodle-in-class-101425

November 8, 2018: A new Episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council has been released.
http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/episode-15-the-cat-in-the-way/

November 6, 2018: Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies on the psychology of alien abduction in the most recent episode of their podcast, Minding the Brain. Check out more in Jim’s book, “Riveted.” https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/11/01/10-alien-abduction/

October 26, 2018: Jim Davies's productivity method, the "half hours" method, was featured on the Lifehacker website. https://lifehacker.com/increase-your-productivity-by-switching-tasks-every-hal-1828942200

October 17, 2018: Minding the Brain's episode on Imagining the Future will be featured on the Podcast Playlist on Oct. 20, 2018. Podcast Playlist features the best of podcasting in Canada and airs on CBC Radio One on Saturday at 2 p.m. October 17, 2018: Dr. Davies spoke about his book Riveted at Georgia Tech's GVU distinguished alumni event.

October 17, 2018: Jim Davies and Darren McKee spoke about free will and the Westworld TV show at CAN*CON 2018.

October 3, 2018: The new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is out, entitled "The Diplomat Dichall."
http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-dav

October 3, 2018: In the latest episode of the Minding the Brain podcast, Kim and Jim answer questions about brains and minds in front of a live audience. Tune in for 20 Questions with Kim and Jim!
https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/10/01/9-20-questions-with-kim-jim/

September 5, 2018: A new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council was released on September 1, 2018, in Altered Reality Magazine. http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/

September 5, 2018: We all know what exercise is good for your body. But did you know that it’s good for your brain, too? Jim Davies interviews neuroscientist Kim Hellemans on the effects of exercise in the most recent episode of their podcast, Minding the Brain. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/09/01/8-exercise/

August 28, 2018: Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans will present a live recording of their podcast, Minding the Brain, at the Carleton University homecoming throwback on Monday, September 10, 2018. Register online and submit your questions, or tweet questions, tagging @Mindingthebrain https://carleton.ca/fass/2018/throwback-2018-live-podcast-time-minding-the-brain/

August 21, 2018: Jim Davies published a poem in Altered Reality Magazine entitled “Unstole it.” http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/unstole-it-by-jim-davies/

August 16, 2018: Jim Davies's article in The Conversation about religion and morality was translated into Indonesian. https://theconversation.com/agama-tidak-menentukan-moralitas-anda-100786

August 7, 2018: A new episode of Minding the Brain, on estrogen and its relationship to women's mental health, is available. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/08/01/7-estrogen-and-the-brain/

July 24, 2018: Jim Davies's new episode of Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council is live at Altered Reality Magazine. The new episode is titled "Draining the Prodigy."

July 19, 2018: Jim Davies appears on the award-winning Reality Check podcast, talking about how memory palaces, made famous by the Sherlock television show, can be used to aid in memory. http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-505-memory-palaces-donating-used-clothing/

July 16, 2018:The Minding the Brain podcast, hosted by Carleton professors Kim Hellemans and Jim Davies, has released its next episode in concert with the Canadian Museum of Nature�s exhibit Brain: The Inside Story (until September 3, 2018). This episode features Kim and Jim walking through the exhibit, talking about what they see and talking about brains and minds. http://www.MindingTheBrainPodcast.com/

July 5, 2018: The Minding the Brain podcast, hosted by Carleton professors Kim Hellemans and Jim Davies, has released its next episode in concert with the Canadian Museum of Nature’s exhibit Brain: The Inside Story (until September 3, 2018). This episode, on using drugs that have often been illegal and abused on the street for treating mental and brain illnesses, features interviews with Dr. Eric Sell and Dr. Pierre Blier, who will speak at the Museum on July 26. http://www.MindingTheBrainPodcast.com/

June 13, 2018: Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, has a chapter in the new book Daredevil Psychology: The Devil You Know about how the blind (and especially the fiction fictional character of Daredevil) perceive the world around us. http://jimdavies.org/research/publications/daredevil-psychology/2018/Davies2018.html

Jun 13, 2018: The book Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind was well reviewed, including a mention of Jim Davies’s chapter on why we care about droids. https://www.popmythology.com/star-wars-psychology-will-awaken-the-force-in-you/

June 4, 2018: Dr. Davies's podcast Minding the Brain will do three episodes in concert with the Canadian Museum of Nature's "Brain: The Inside Story" exhibit, on now. The first episode, on concussions, is out. Check it out at https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/06/01/5-concussions/

May 22, 2018: Jim Davies’s article in Nature was featured in an article in the publication AI Business. https://aibusiness.com/professor-jim-davies-stop-obsessing-about-ais-consciousness-focus-on-ethics/

May 15, 2018: Jim Davies gave a short talk and answering questions on a panel about the ethics of artificial intelligence on May 22, 2018, from 5 - 7pm on the 12th floor of the Demarais Building-Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East. Video online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYS3Vy2KVa0&list=PLAxI5w-KUIwNJIu4_5lZDXdKtClfsduQQ&index=5

May 11, 2018:Jim Davies has an article in the journal Cognitive Science, about computer models of imagination, and how imaginings can be coherent or incoherent. Vertolli, M.O., Kelly, M.A., & Davies, J. (2017). Coherence in the visual imagination. Cognitive Science. 42, 885—917. http://jimdavies.org/research/publications/cognitive-science-journal/2017/VertolliKellyDavies2017.html

May 8, 2018: A philosophy paper by Jim Davies and Jeanette Bicknell is now available free for download.
Davies, J. & Bicknell, J. (2016). Imagination and belief: The microtheories model of hypothetical thinking. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 23(3-4), 31--49.

May the Fourth be with you, 2018: There are nine episodes released of Jim Davies's serialized online fiction Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council, available at
http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/

May the Fourth be with you, 2018: Jim Davies published a philosophically-oriented paper on the definition of “learning.” You can download the paper free.
Davies, J. (2017). What is learning? A definition for cognitive science. In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrink, & E. J. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 271--276). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. http://jimdavies.org/research/publications/cognitive-science-conference/2017/Davies2017g.html

May 2, 2018: Kim Hellemans interviews Jim Davies about the psychology of social networks (online and off!) on their podcast Minding the Brain. https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2018/05/01/4-social-networks/

May 2, 2018: Jim Davies is interviewed on the podcast “Life With a Sixth Sense” about why we find things compelling. https://soundcloud.com/nawfel-djari/why-things-attract-our-attention-with-dr-jim-davies

April 30, 2018: Jim Davies is interviewed with Dr. Deirdre Kelly on the Imaginary Worlds podcast on the psychology of Doctor Who villains (time 23:04 to 27:39). https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/behind-the-daleks.html

April 24 ,2018: Jim Davies is interviewed on Radio Canada International on why we like sports. http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2018/02/24/why-do-we-watch-sports/

April 9, 2018: Jim Davies is interviewed on the Ottawa Blog Apt 613 on why we are interested in art. http://apt613.ca/jim-davies-appeal-art/

February 15, 2018: Jim Davies is interviewed on radio station CKCU 93.1 FM, in Ottawa, about the psychology of why we watch sports. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/interview-with-dr-jim-davies-on-ckcu-on-the-psychology-of-sports

February 15, 2018: Riveted is now available as an audiobook, both on CD and through Audible.

February 7, 2018: Jim Davies has an article on the blog of Nautilus magazine about the psychology of why we watch sports. http://nautil.us/blog/5-reasons-why-humans-cant-do-without-sports

February 5, 2018: Jim Davies and Dr. Kim Hellemans have started a podcast on cogitive and brain sciences, called Minding the Brain. You can subscribe on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/minding-the-brain/id1343364845
or listen to episodes on the webpage http://www.MindingTheBrainPoscast.com/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Izs3my4kn4r66xltl5cwjgmbgta?t=Minding_the_Brain
or Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/minding-the-brain

January 16, 2018: Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, takes a walk around the National Art Gallery of Canada, talking to the CBC about the psychology of why we like art (10 minutes). http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/programs/allinaday/have-you-ever-wondered-why-you-love-some-paintings-and-dislike-others-1.4459392
There is an accompanying web article, as well: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/art-professor-study-abstract-1.4459993

January 15, 2018: The Charlatan has an article about Jim Davies, interviewing him about the appeal of art.

January 8, 2018: Jim Davies speaks on the “High Off Life” podcast about creativity and the nature of talent (53 minutes). https://soundcloud.com/highofflifepodcast/what-is-talent-who-is-an-artist-i

December 14, 2017: Jim Davies will be on TVO (streams from Twitter or Facebook) on The Agenda with Steve Paikin tonight at 8pm and 11pm EST (and tomorrow morning at 5am), talking about the psychology of alien design in the Star Wars movies.

December 14, 2017: Jim Davies speaks on the “Talking to Teens” podcast about how to raise teenagers who can think for themselves. https://www.talkingtoteens.net/raise-teens-who-can-think-for-themselves/

December 6, 2017: Lia Turner is a @cu_research studen who appeared on “Quirks and Quarks,” answering questions about what blind people see, how they dream, and the differences between dreaming and hallucination. You can hear Ms. Turner, who is a member of Jim Davies's Sciecne of Imagination Laboratory, at times 00:44:00 and 1:06:40.
https://youtu.be/IxU3amdP3Ow

December 5, 2017: Jim Davies is writing a fiction serial for the fantasy magazine Altered Reality. It tells the story of a group of mice who protect the children of Ottawa from supernatural threats. The first episode was released on September 1, 2017, and a new episode will be released every month on magazine’s website.
Eve Pixiedrowner and the Micean Council tells the story of a mouse who lives a quiet life in the Gatineau hills until news of how she kills a pixie with her bare paws reaches the Micean Council. Eve gets recruited to help the Council hunt the dark creatures that prey upon Ottawa’s children. In a city of apathetic squirrels and oblivious humans, the mice are the children’s last hope!
Davies, a professor at Carleton University, wanted to make Ottawa feel very real in the story: “Ottawans will recognize the locations, from famous places such as Parliament Hill to small spots like the Jack Purcell off-leash dog park.”
The story is a light-hearted urban animal fantasy. “It’s a bit of a cross between The Rescuers and Ghostbusters,” says Davies, “It has the complexity of adult fiction, but with nothing over the heads of young adults.”
Why mice? “Mice are some of the smallest mammals in Canada, which makes them great underdogs. Just crossing the city in winter is major difficulty for a mouse, particularly when you need to keep your activities hidden from humans. There’s a lot of pigeon riding,” Davies says.“Plus, people just love mice.”
http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/serials/eve-pixiedrowner-and-the-micean-council-by-jim-davies/

November 29, 2017: Matthew Murdoch ran a study, under the supervision of Jim Davies, which found that people get the same spiritual feelings from an virtual church on a computer screen versus the same church in real life. This suggests that we can investigate the emotional effects of real-world locations using simulations.
The link to the paper below is a for a free download of the paper until about December 27, 2017.
http://bit.ly/2mfQBZp
And afterward click here: http://www.jimdavies.org/research/publications/cyberpsychology/MurdochDavies2017.html
Murdoch, M. & Davies, J. (2017). Spiritual and affective responses to a physical church and corresponding virtual model. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 20(11); 702—708.

November 17, 2017: Jim Davies appears on the Entrepreneur podcast, talking about imagination, productivity, and creativity. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/303921

November 2, 2017: On November 6 Jim Davies will speak about procedural generation at an Ottawa VR meetup.

November 2, 2017: Jim Davies writes on the Nautilus blog about the psychology of why we (sometimes) like absurd art. http://nautil.us/blog/how-absurd-do-you-like-your-art

October 24, 2017: Jim Davies was interviewed by The Charlatan about alien design and creativity. http://charlatan.ca/2017/10/qa-carleton-professor-jim-davies/

October 17, 2017: Jim Davies will present a lecture on the ethics of superintelligent artificial intelligence on November 3, at 10am, as part of the Ottawa Writer’s Festival. It will be held at The NRC Auditorium Building, M-50, at 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa. Registration is free. http://www.writersfestival.org/events/fall-2017/nrc-presents-the-ethics-of-big-data-artificial-intelligence-and-human-centric-science

October 4, 2017: Jim Davies appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, talking about the psychology of aliens and how they look. http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/why-the-aliens-kind-of-look-like-us-ottawa-professor-explains-psychology-of-star-trek

September 7, 2017: Jim Davies's description of the paper below was chosen as an essential topic on the Psychology Today blog. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-imagination/201709/how-we-can-catch-ball-when-we-dont-know-where-it-will-be

September 6, 2017: Jim Davies published a paper in the proceedings of the Cognitive Science society, with co-author Jay Jennings. The paper showed that even though people think a ball coming out of a curved tube will continue in a curved manner, they do not make this mistake when actually catching a ball coming out of such a tube.
Jennings, J. & Davies, J. (2017). The motor system does not use a curvilinear belief: Folk physics and embodied cognition. In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrink, & E. J. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2296—2301). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

August 8, 2017: Jim Davies published two book chapters in the new book Star Trek Psychology: The Mental Frontier. One is about creativity and the design of Star Trek’s aliens, and the other is about the representation of artificial intelligence in the Star Trek universe (co-authored with Dr. Anthony Francis).
Dr. Davies has also published chapters in psychology books about Star Wars and Doctor Who.
Davies, J. (2017). Imagination, creativity, and aliens. In T. Langley (Ed.) Star Trek psychology: The mental frontier. 239—250.
http://jimdavies.org/research/publications/star-trek-psychology/Davies2017i.html
Francis, A. & Davies, J. (2017). The measure of a machine: The psychology of Star Trek’s artificial Intelligence. In T. Langley (Ed.) Star Trek psychology: The mental frontier. 251—266.
http://jimdavies.org/research/publications/star-trek-psychology/FrancisDavies2017.html

August 2, 2017: Jim Davies published an article in the Scientific American website about why you should not tell people about your dreams. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-you-shouldnt-tell-people-about-your-dreams/#

July 5, 2017: American radio station WNPR featured Jim Davies talking about how hard it is to predict the future, and the biases we have about it. Dr. Davies appears at time 21:10. You can listen to the show at: http://wnpr.org/post/our-year-unexpected-outcomes

July 1, 2017: Jim Davies has achieved the rank of full professor, effective July 1, 2017.

June 15, 2017: Jim Davies, of Carleton University’s Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, has an article on the blog for Nautilus magazine about how scientists are bringing the benefits of meditation to mice just by shining light in their eyes. http://nautil.us/blog/this-could-be-a-way-to-get-the-benefits-of-meditation-without-meditating

June 15, 2017: Jim Davies published an article in Nautilus's blog about the real-world ethical importance of consciousness research. Davies, J. (2017). The moral importance of understanding consciousness. Nautilus blog entry May 21, retrieved from http://nautil.us/blog/the-moral-importance-of-understanding-consciousness

Jim Davies's play, Cookiecrumble Cookie Toss premiered at the Oak Theater in Atlanta in 2017.

February 3, 2017: Jim Davies appears on the science podcast “The Reality Check,” talking about AI and consciousness. http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-429-5-programming-ethics-into-ai/

February 3, 2017: Jim Davies published in Nautilus about how we make moral judgments. http://nautil.us/blog/how-considering-false-histories-changes-our-moral-judgments

February 3, 2017: Jim Davies appeared on the CBC television talking about how just Imagining Your Workout Helps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bxTVwdX4B8&feature=youtu.be

February 3, 2017: Jim Davies published a conference proceedings paper on moral judgment with Dr. Deirdre Kelly.
Kelly, D. & Davies, J. (2016). The Charon model of moral judgment. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J.C. Trueswell (Eds.) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. 1415—1420.
http://www.jimdavies.org/research/publications/cognitive-science-conference/2016/KellyDavies2016.html

December 9, 2016: Jim Davies published a blog post for Nautilus Magazine about how testosterone can make men more generous. http://nautil.us/blog/testosterone-can-make-men-feel-generous

December 6, 2016: Jim Davies appears on the Radio Canada International, talking about consciousness and AI. (12 minutes) http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/12/06/developing-artificial-intelligence-boon-or-bane/

December 1, 2016: Jim Davies appeared on the radio program “Ottawa Morning” about artificial intelligence and consciousness (8 minutes). Interview by Robyn Bresnahan. https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/2016-jim-davies-ai-and-consciousness-ottawa-morning-with-robyn-bresnahan

November 24, 2016: Congratulations to Can Mekik and Dr. Sterling Somers for graduating from Carleton U's Cognitive Science program (Master's and Ph.D., respectively.) https://www.facebook.com/drjimdavies/posts/10101630727536551?pnref=story

November 22, 2016: Jim Davies on the radio �The John Batchelor Show� about artificial intelligence and consciousness (21 minutes).
https://audioboom.com/posts/5303615-a-i-is-not-consciousness-drjimdavies-institute-of-cognitive-science-carleton-university-nature

November 7, 2016: Jim Davies's blog entry about how we can sometimes have emotions we can’t feel in Nautilus Magazine: http://nautil.us/blog/you-can-have-emotions-you-dont-feel

October 20, 2016: Jim Davies published an opinion piece in Nature about how consciousness is a red herring when we concern ourselves with dangerous artificial intelligence.
http://www.nature.com/news/program-good-ethics-into-artificial-intelligence-1.20821?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews
Davies, J. (2016). Program good ethics into artificial intelligence. Nature, 538(291), October 20.

October 17, 2016: Jim Davies appeared on CBC Radio One's "Ontario Today," interviewed by Rita Celli about whether robots will ever be able to suffer, and whether we will need to treat them with ethical consideration. Discussed in the context of the new television show "Westworld." https://soundcloud.com/scjimmyd/if-we-can-love-a-robot-can-we-also-hurt-one

October 4, 2016: Jim Davies will give a talk on imagination and belief Friday for philosophy at Carleton U https://carleton.ca/philosophy/wp-content/uploads/DaviesPoster.pdf

September 20, 2016: Jim Davies's Nautilus article has attracted news attention: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/just-imagining-a-sport-could-make-you-better-at-it-research-1.3033966
http://globalnews.ca/news/2885514/imagining-a-workout-may-be-almost-as-good-as-the-real-thing/
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/health/554175/thinking-about-exercise-is-basically-a-work-out.html
http://blog.timesunion.com/healthylife/fit-tip-tuesday-imagine-your-workouts-get-results/17492/

August 17, 2016: You can use your imagination to make yourself stronger and better at sports. Jim Davies writes in Nautilus: http://nautil.us/blog/just-imagining-a-workout-can-make-you-stronger

July 20, 2016: What are dreams for? Jim Davies's new article in Nautilus http://nautil.us/blog/your-terrifying-dreams-could-be-rehearsal-for-real-life

July 6, 2016: Jim Davies appears on the Youniversity podcast, talking about the power of imagination. http://www.brendansage.com/10-2/

2016: Jim Davies appears on the podcast "Spark My Muse," talking about imagination. http://lisadelay.com/blog/2016/05/06/eps-60-the-science-of-the-imagination-and-fascination/?

June 8, 2016: Jim Davies published a blog entry at Nautilus on how well we can predict our future happiness: http://nautil.us/blog/be-happier-by-knowing-your-future-self

May 19, 2016: Jim Davies appeared on the podcast "The Reality Check" to talk about the psychology of the droids of Star Wars. http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-397-star-wars-droids-with-jim-davies-misleading-terms-in-psych-fields-star-wars-myths/

May 4, 2016: Dr. Davies published an entry on his Psychology Today blog: If the history of life on Earth were a pool, how much water would represent your life?

May 4, 2016: For people who teach video and online courses, a blog entry by Jim Davies about slide design.

April 5, 2016: New publications:
Davies, J. & Michaelian, K. (2016). Identifying and individuating cognitive systems: A task-based distributed cognition alternative to agent-based extended cognition. Cognitive Processing.
Davies, J. & Bicknell, J. (2016). Imagination and belief: The microtheories model of hypothetical thinking. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 23(3-4), 31--49.

March 23, 2016: Jim Davies on our psychological setpoints on the Nautilus blog.

February 23, 2016: Jim Davies appeared on the BBC radio show Digital Human, talking about imagination.

Jan 29, 2016: Jim Davies appeared on Ontario Today radio call-in show to talk about why people still believe in newspaper horoscopes. mp3

Recently Dr. Davies gave a talk on the mistakes people make when imagining their future at TEDx CarletonU (14 min).

Jan 28, 2016: Jim Davies published a blog entry for the science magazine Nautilus about how our minds mix the concepts of space and time.

Jim Davies spoke about the psychology of the Star Wars Music with composer Joe Kraemer (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation) on CBC's All in a Day, Monday, December 21, 2015 at 3pm. Listen online at http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/

Nov 30, 2015: Jim Davies publishes on the psychology of the name "Black Friday" in Nautilus

Nov 13, 2015: Jim Davies publishes on how many friends you can have at once in Nautilus.

Tai Lopez interviewed Jim Davies about Riveted: it racked up 54k views in two days! excerpt here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-mCnVrUI1Q

Nov 13, 2015: Ted Lougheed interviewed Jim Davies about Riveted and the psychology of Star Wars droids on the Dr. Ted Podcast. (Davies's piece starts at 8:00) Stitcher | soundcloud

October 13, 2015: Jim Davies's review of Peter Singer's latest book was published in Skeptic magazine.You can pick up a copy in bookstores. Davies, J. (2015). What good can we do? A review of The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas about Living Ethically by Peter Singer. Skeptic, 20(3), 54�55.