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CORG

Cognition and Organizations Research Group (CORG)

CORG explores how the brain and AI shape learning, media, and the future of work through interdisciplinary research at Dalhousie University.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada

Our Focus

At CORG we are developing new approaches to educational technology, social media, and workplaces. We take an interdisciplinary perspective using neuroimaging and artificial intelligence techniques, applied to management contexts. CORG is led by Dr. Colin Conrad and is based out of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.

MIND WANDERING

What happens in your mind when you watch long lecture videos or use learning systems? We are investigating the best ways to learn online by observing the brain.

SOCIAL MEDIA

It's easy to create social media disinformation using AI. What are the brain factors that make us susceptible to disinformation, and how can people stay attentive?

REMOTE WORK

Remote work is hard, but some organizations are really good at it. We are finding ways to transfer those skills to a broader audience and to more people.

Our Publications

The publications below include papers published in either journals or conference proceedings which involved more than one team member using lab resources. In addition to our core team, we work closely with other lab groups, including the Dalhousie NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab (NCIL) and Dalhousie Natural Language Processing Group (DNLP).

Do we perceive virtual teachers as human? An N400 experiment proposal.

Conrad, C., Baokye, N., and Newman, A. (2025).

2025 NeuroIS Retreat.

Do truthfulness notifications influence perceptions of AI-generated political images? A cognitive investigation with EEG.

Conrad, C., Nissen A., Masoumi, K., Ramchandani, M., Fecury Braga, R., and Newman, A. (2025).

Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 5(8).

How privacy calculus drives fatigue-induced disclosure in generative AI.

Fereidoonian, S., and Conrad, C. (2025).

AMCIS 2025 Proceedings

Why do we follow virtual influencer recommendations? Three theoretical explanations from brain data tested with self-reports.

Nissen, A., Conrad, C., Seeber, I., and Newman, A. (2025).

Journal of the Association for Information Systems 26(4)

Sounding trustworthy: AI-generated audio outperforms video and images in political communication.

Shakkeb, H., and Conrad, C. (2025).

AMCIS 2025 Proceedings

Our Team

Our team is made up of researchers and students who study the role of technology and the brain in learning, media, and work.

Colin Conrad

Colin Conrad, Ph.D.

Principal Researcher

Current Students

Mayank Ramchandani

Mayank Ramchandani

Undergraduate Researcher

Rafael F. Braga

Rafael F. Braga

Undergraduate Researcher

Graduate Researcher

Position Available

Graduate Researcher

Position Available

Graduate Researcher

Position Available

Collaborators

Anika Nissen

NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab

NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab

Poppy Riddle

Mascot

Argo

Argo

Moral Support

Our Partners

We collaborate with leading organizations to advance research in cognition and technology.

Digital Research Alliance of Canada

Digital Research Alliance of Canada

MITACS

MITACS

SSHRC / CRSH

SSHRC / CRSH