CNS 2022 Guest post by Teodora Stoica Similar to constructing a pyramid, learning a new skill requires building both dynamically and efficiently upon an already existing foundation. During this year’s Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting (CNS 2022), Jiefeng Jiang of the University of Iowa illustrated that learning a simple task can facilitate the learning of complex […]
Connecting Across the Ocean to Present on Tactile Empathy
CNS 2022 The annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society last month brought together more than 1,000 attendees from all over the world, but three young researchers were noticeably absent. Only one of the four recipients of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) Travel Fellowship was able to make it to the meeting, due to […]
CNS 2022: Day 4 Highlights
We kicked off the last day of CNS 2022 in San Francisco in style with another excellent poster session, followed by a whopping 6 more symposia, including one on how the brain distinguishes between speech and music, highlighted in a new press release. Check out some highlights in photos and tweets below: Last day of […]
Speech or Song? Identifying How the Brain Perceives Music
CNS 2022 Press Release April 26, 2022 – SAN FRANCISCO – Most neuroscientists who study music have something in common: they play a musical instrument, in many cases from a young age. Their drive to understand how the brain perceives and is shaped by music springs from a deep love of music. This passion has […]
CNS 2022: Day 3 Highlights
The third day of CNS 2022 in San Francisco included 4 exciting symposia on topics ranging from the cognitive neuroscience of volition to insights into human cognition from precision fMRI of individuals, 2 poster sessions, the Young Investigator Award lectures by Oriel FeldmanHall and Vishnu Murty, and finally the Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions Award […]
CNS 2022: Day 2 Highlights
The second day of CNS 2022 was action packed with 6 symposia — on topics ranging from the aging brain and Alzheimer’s to challenges for understanding consciousness — two poster sessions, a DEI workshop, and the George A. Miller Prize lecture by BJ Casey. Check out some highlights in photos and tweets below. Posters and […]
Moving Beyond Memory Metrics for Early Identification of Alzheimer’s Risk
CNS 2022 Press Release April 24, 2022 – SAN FRANCISCO – Say the words “Alzheimer’s disease” and the next word that most readily comes to mind is likely “memory.” Indeed, one of the most devastating effects of Alzheimer’s disease is the toll that it takes on a person’s memory. Long before declines in memory capabilities, […]
CNS 2022: Day 1 Highlights
The 29th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS 2022) kicked off in San Francisco with a terrific line-up of symposia, posters, networking events, and an exciting keynote lecture by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on understanding the adolescent brain. Check out some highlights in photos and tweets below. Super happy to be attending to Cognitive […]
NAS Effort to Support Scientists Affected by War
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has launched the Safe Passage Fund to support the Polish Academy of Sciences as it helps fleeing Ukrainian researchers and their families resettle in Poland. This initiative builds on recent efforts undertaken by the U.S. National Academies to help evacuate and resettle a group of Afghan researchers following the Taliban’s […]
Mapping Social Worlds
CNS 2022: Q&A with Oriel FeldmanHall Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had to navigate decision-making in everchanging, new social contexts – deciding when to mask, when to cancel an event, who to include in social gathering, and more. The ability to constantly adapt decisions under changing circumstances, in part, relies on the ability to […]
