Tag: Chris Westbury

  • The Academic Minute for 2016.10.10-10.14

    The Academic Minute for 2016.10.10-10.14

    Academic Minute from 10.10 – 10.14 Monday, October 10th Natasha Rajah – McGill University Middle-Aged Memory Decline Natasha Rajah received her PhD at the University of Toronto and received her postdoctoral training at the University Berkeley. She began working at the Douglas Institute in 2005 as assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry. In 2007, she…

  • Chris Westbury, University of Alberta – Mathematical Theory of Humor

    Chris Westbury, University of Alberta – Mathematical Theory of Humor

    What makes you laugh? Chris Westbury, professor in the department of psychology at the University of Alberta, explores humor and why we find weird things funny. I am a professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. I am a clinically-trained research psychologist whose work focuses on understanding the cognitive structure and neurological underpinnings of…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.10.10)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.10.10)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.10.10 Monday, October 10th Natasha Rajah of McGill University explores when memory decline starts to occur during natural aging. Tuesday, October 11th Auriel Willette of Iowa State University discusses how the immune system has a role to play to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Wednesday, October 12th Daniel Tennant of the…