Cognitive Studies
DSSG 2023: AI Storybook project aims to create AI tool to help parents teach their children to read with dialogic questioning
Jun. 13, 2023—Seeking to uncover novel methods for fostering meaningful interactions between parents and children during reading sessions, a team of researchers in the Data Science Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program is currently engaged in an innovative project called AI Storybook. Led by Postdoctoral Fellow, Abigail Petulante, the project aims to develop an AI-based...
Announcing DSSG 2023 Projects: Fostering Classroom Tools and Assistive Technology
Jun. 6, 2023—The Data Science Institute is excited to announce the projects for this summer’s Data Science for Social Good 2023. This year, we are placing a special focus on developing tools for classrooms and assistive technology projects to cater to the needs of neurodivergent individuals. Classroom Projects: English as a Second Language: Caroline Miller, an ESL...
DSI hosts AI Revolutions Symposium
Mar. 29, 2023—The Data Science Institute would like to thank all of the attendees and speakers that made our AI Revolutions Symposium this week a great event for the Vanderbilt community. The two-day event showcased the latest developments and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and academia. The DSI’s Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith, opened the...
Using deep learning to improve dialogic questioning for new readers: AI Deep Dive Jan. 13
Jan. 10, 2023—Professor of Psychology Dr. Georgene Troseth has researched for years how artificial intelligence could help parents use dialogic questioning when reading with their children. Advances in data science could now make Dr. Troseth’s vision a reality. The project aims to create a model that could scan through a book parents are reading with their children...
Using Cluster Analysis to Understand the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation & Depression Symptoms (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Emma Boldwyn to work in the laboratory of Autumn Kujawa in the Department of Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2022. Emma is a senior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Child Development. Emma used data from a project that examines adolescents’ depression symptoms in conjunction with neurological factors....
Intermittent Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Improves Working Memory in Aged Monkeys (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Sophia Chung to work in the laboratory of Professor Christos Constantinidis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering during the summer of 2022. Sophia is a junior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Neuroscience. This summer, Sophia used MATLAB to analyze the behavioral data obtained from the working memory task administered to...
The Effects of a Parent-Coaching Intervention on the Temporal Dynamics of Parent-Child Interactions in Children with ASD (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yunah Song to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology during the summer of 2022. Yunah is a junior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Child Development. Timing is an integral component of successful parent-child social interactions for both autistic children (ASD) and children who...
Evaluating Mindfulness-Based Songwriting Intervention in Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Zoe Crawley to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology (VUMC) during the summer of 2021. Zoe is a senior with major in Cognitive Studies and minors in English: Creative Writing and Quantitative Methods. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to analyze preliminary data...