Denis Cousineau, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

The role of entropy in simple response time tasks
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$46,000
Role of visuo-spatial memory span in acquiring statistics competencies
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$47,243
Internal redundancy in simple response time tasks
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$175,284

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

The role of entropy in simple response time tasks

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cousineau, Denis

Keywords: decision making; object recognition; low-level processes; redundant target tasks; sampling models; accumulator models

$46,000

Role of visuo-spatial memory span in acquiring statistics competencies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cousineau, Denis

Keywords: statistics learning; quantitative litteracy; quantitative understanding; statistics anxiety; mathematics anxiety; visuospatial ability; short-term memory spans

$47,243

Internal redundancy in simple response time tasks

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cousineau, Denis

$175,284

Monitoring and managing stress using a system based on wearable sensors through a Mobile Health & Fitness Data Platform operating on smartphone technologiese

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Cousineau, Denis

$24,880

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Cousineau, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "The role of entropy in simple response time tasks" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]