CNS 2024: Day 4 Highlights

We closed out CNS 2024 in Toronto with another excellent poster session, followed by a whopping 6 more symposia, including  on the production of language nd a special session in honor of Endel Tulving about the modern science of memory. Check out some highlights in photos and tweets below: Poster Session F:   A great […]

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CNS 2024: Day 3 Highlights

The third day of CNS 2024 in Toronto co included 4 symposia — on topics ranging from the neurocognitive underpinnings of meditation and mindfulness to the scientific study of subjectivity  — 2 poster sessions, a DEI workshop, the Young Investigator Award lectures by Peter Kok and Ella Striem-Amit, and the Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions […]

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Mindfulness and Meditation: Inward Attention as a Tool for Mental Health

CNS 2024 Press Release Monday, April 15, 2024 – Toronto – From a young age, people learn the importance of paying attention to the environment around them. Less emphasized is the value of paying attention to their inner environment. Neuroscientists are increasingly studying how looking inward via mindfulness training can affect everything from depression and […]

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CNS 2024: Day 2 Highlights

The second day of CNS 2024 was richly  packed with 6 stimulating symposia — on topics ranging from competing neuroscientific theories of consciousness and memory engrams to the influence of dreams on cognition and multisensory development across the lifespan — two poster sessions, an NIH workshop, and the George A. Miller Prize lecture by Lynn […]

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Untangling Dreams and Our Waking Lives

CNS 2024 Press Release Sunday, April 14, 2024 – Toronto – “Dreams are messages from the deep.” (Dune Part 1) Musings about dreams abound throughout society, from movies to TV to books. But despite being a constant source of fascination, the role of dreams in our lives still remains elusive. As recently noted in the […]

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SAVE THE DATE! CNS 2024 Annual Meeting - April 13-16, 2024

We invite you to join us at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2024 Annual Meeting on April 13-16,2024 in Toronto, Canada! #CNS2024 We will have a full schedule of events slated for this year's meeting that will include Invited Symposia, Symposia, Several Poster Sessions, a Keynote Address as well as our Annual George A. Miller Award Lecture, Distinguished Career Contributions Award Lecture and Young Investigators Award Lecture.

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