Steven Davis, Carleton University

Research

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Latest funding

Evolutionary Psychology: Adaptations, Environments, and Behaviour - Then and Now
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$10,000
On the identity trail: understanding the importance and impact of anonymity and authentication in a networked society
SSHRC · 2003 · Co-investigator
$2,969,584
The semantics/pragmatics boundary, and pragmatic determinants of literal content, from the perspective of cognitive science
SSHRC · 2002 · Co-investigator
$200,990

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Evolutionary Psychology: Adaptations, Environments, and Behaviour - Then and Now

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Davis, Steven

Keywords: natural selection; evolution; adaptation; psychology; environment; cognition; emotion; morality; cost-benefit; information-processing

$10,000

On the identity trail: understanding the importance and impact of anonymity and authentication in a networked society

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003INE Collaborative Research Initiative Grants

Principal investigators: Kerr, Ian

Keywords: identity; anonymity; authentication; internet privacy; data protection; security; surveillance; technology law; online communication; internet regulation; civil liberties

$2,969,584

The semantics/pragmatics boundary, and pragmatic determinants of literal content, from the perspective of cognitive science

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stainton, Robert J.H.

Keywords: cognitive science; philosophy of language; semantics; pragmatics; linguistic communication

$200,990

Philosophy and Neuroscience

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Davis, Steven

Keywords: neural semantics; motivation; decision making; colour visions; consciousness

$10,000

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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