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Jim Davies
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Latest papers
A spiking neuron model of moral judgment in trolley dilemmas.
Scientific reports · 2024 · senior author
Vividness as the similarity between generated imagery and an internal model.
Brain and cognition · 2023 · senior author
A spiking neural network model of spatial and visual mental imagery.
Cognitive neurodynamics · 2020 · senior author
Latest funding
- $500,000
Improvising Futures
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $20,000
Improvising Futures
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $1,000,000
Improvising Futures
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
5 publications.
A spiking neuron model of moral judgment in trolley dilemmas.
Gothard T, Davies J
Vividness as the similarity between generated imagery and an internal model.
Riley SN, Davies J
A spiking neural network model of spatial and visual mental imagery.
Riley SN, Davies J
Spiritual and Affective Responses to a Physical Church and Corresponding Virtual Model.
Murdoch M, Davies J
Identifying and individuating cognitive systems: a task-based distributed cognition alternative to agent-based extended cognition.
Davies J, Michaelian K
Improvising Futures
Keywords: improvisation; collaboration; social justice; arts-based community making; community engagement
Improvising Futures
Keywords: improvisation; collaboration; social justice; arts-based community making; community engagement
Improvising Futures
Keywords: improvisation; collaboration; social justice; arts-based community making; community engagement
Spatial relationship detectors for virtual environments
Principal investigators: Davies, Jim
Visuospatial scene generation
Principal investigators: Davies, Jim
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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