Author Archives: Kevin Holmes

About Kevin Holmes

Kevin Holmes earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Psychology (Cognition & Development) from Emory University. He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Cognitive Science at UC Berkeley. Since 2014, he has served as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Colorado College. Kevin's research investigates the structure of human thought, exploring how the mental categories we rely on to think, perceive, and act upon the world are related to the languages we speak, as well as how people think and reason about concepts of space, time, and number.

Narrative: Films and Texts

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Kevin Holmes

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Salman Rushdie CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PODCAST In an eagerly anticipated CMBC lunch seminar that filled to capacity minutes after registration opened, Emory University Distinguished Professor and acclaimed writer Sir Salman Rushdie shared his views … Continue reading →

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Handwriting: The Brain, the Hand, the Eye, the Ear

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Kevin Holmes

Friday, February 24, 2012 Evelyne Ender CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PODCAST Earlier this semester, the CMBC hosted a lunch seminar helmed by Dr. Evelyne Ender, Professor of Comparative Literature and French at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at … Continue reading →

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Cultural and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Emotion

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Kevin Holmes

Monday, October 31, 2011 Jocelyne Bachevalier and Dierdra Reber CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PODCAST The CMBC’s second lunch seminar of the fall semester brought together Dr. Jocelyne Bachevalier (Psychology) and Dr. Dierdra Reber (Spanish and Portuguese), Emory scholars from … Continue reading →

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What is Language?

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Kevin Holmes

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Robert McCauley and Susan Tamasi CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PODCAST Last spring, Dr. Susan Tamasi (Linguistics) and the CMBC’s own Dr. Robert McCauley co-taught the CMBC-sponsored undergraduate course Language, Mind, and Society (LING 301), a required course … Continue reading →

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The Bodily Aesthetics of Human Meaning-Making

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Kevin Holmes

Friday, April 8, 2011 Mark Johnson Last Friday, the CMBC hosted a lunch discussion led by Dr. Mark Johnson of the University of Oregon. Following a presentation by Dr. Johnson entitled “The Bodily Aesthetics of Human Meaning-Making,” faculty and student … Continue reading →

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