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The Extra Reward of Praise from Superiors

August 26, 2022

While pursuing her master’s degree in psychology, Ran Duan’s supervisor posed a question to her: “Would you feel happier receiving praise from a superior compared to receiving praises from a lower status person? How about receiving criticism?” “His words inspired me and my research,” recalls Duan, who is a graduate […]

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Disentangling Overlapping Memories in Older Adults 

July 27, 2022

Kyoungeun Lee’s research to understand memory in aging adults began in an unlikely place: robots. While working on a large-scale project to develop a compatible artificial intelligence-driven robot for older adults, she was struck by the number of participants who were concerned about their memory declining. “I was able to […]

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Guiding Trainees Through Ambiguity and Change

June 7, 2022

CNS 2022 Guest post by Alexandra (Lesya) Gaynor and Alexander (AJ) Simon (CNSTA) Two years into the pandemic, many of us are carefully re-evaluating what’s most important to us, and for cognitive neuroscience trainees thinking about the next steps in their careers, balancing priorities was at the forefront of their […]

learning

Lessons About Learning

May 13, 2022

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 […]

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Connecting Across the Ocean to Present on Tactile Empathy

May 9, 2022

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 […]

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CNS 2022: Day 4 Highlights

April 27, 2022

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 […]

music

Speech or Song? Identifying How the Brain Perceives Music

April 26, 2022

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 […]

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CNS 2022: Day 3 Highlights

April 25, 2022

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 […]

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CNS 2022: Day 2 Highlights

April 24, 2022

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 […]

Alzheimer's

Moving Beyond Memory Metrics for Early Identification of Alzheimer’s Risk

April 24, 2022

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 […]

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