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Age-Related Differences in How the Sleeping Brain Affects Future Thinking

June 29, 2021

Researchers are in a renaissance of understanding how sleep affects health and cognition. A big shift is occurring from thinking about sleep as a reactive, or homeostatic process, to now also recognizing the prospective role of the sleeping brain. And a new study is providing further evidence about how the […]

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Movement and Art Perception in Parkinson’s Patients

May 26, 2021

When I have taken my children to art museums in the past (pre-COVID), they loved to strike the poses they saw in the sculptures and paintings around them, mimicking the positions and actions that inspired the works. While many of us adults may not act out pieces of art, we […]

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Now Playing: Special Session in Honor of Brenda Milner, a Lifetime in Brain Science

April 22, 2021

At the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s 2021 annual meeting (March 13-16, 2021), researchers honored Brenda Milner in a series of talks. Milner is a renowned neuropsychologist who has contributed significantly to the field of cognitive neuroscience, including through her work with a patient known as HM. Watch the videos here from […]

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Brain Structure is Key to Understanding Human Cognition

April 7, 2021

CNS 2021 Guest Post by Anne Billot In the 19th and 20th century, cases of individuals with brain injury, such as Phineas Gage or Henry Molaison, have advanced our understanding of the relationship between the anatomy of the brain and its function. Back then, methods were limited to investigate whole-brain […]

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Learning to Transition and Adapt as Trainees in COVID Times

March 25, 2021

CNS 2021 Professional Development Panel, Guest Post by Richard T. Ward and Selen Küçüktaş Transition was a key theme that emerged throughout the CNS 2021 Professional Development Panel. Across career paths, research areas, and our personal lives, being able to adapt to the dynamic nature of our pandemic-stricken world and […]

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Ten Things I Learned from Art Shimamura (TILAS)

March 23, 2021

CNS 2021 Guest Post by Chelsie (Miko) Hart Memory, aesthetics, inhibitory control, visual perception, film, photography, and poetry — these were just a few of the themes on display on the last day of CNS 2021 and all brought together through a single remarkable individual, Art Shimamura. A founding member […]

CNS 2021 Virtual, Day 4 Highlights

March 16, 2021

The final day of CNS 2021 Virtual brought us a diverse set of symposia, in addition to the final poster sessions and award lectures by our two Young Investigator Award winners, Anne Collins and Amitai Shenhav. Their work is changing how we think about human learning and motivation. Symposia today […]

New Neuroscience-Driven Multisensory Technologies to Help the Vision Impaired

March 16, 2021

CNS 2021 Press Release Vision impairment is a pervasive problem facing nearly 2.2 billion people globally, according to the World Health Organization. But help is on the way: Neuroscientists are working at the cutting edge of technology and brain science to develop new ways for the vision impaired to navigate […]

CNS 2021 Virtual, Day 3 Highlights

March 15, 2021

The third day of CNS 2020 Virtual was rich and full, with 12 symposium talks across 2 concurrent sessions, 2 panel discussions, 1 award talks, and 2 poster sessions. We kicked off the day with the CNS Trainee Professional development panel and a special session, Affirming Black Excellence in Cognitive […]

CNS 2021 Virtual, Day 2 Highlights

March 14, 2021

Day 2 of CNS 2021 Virtual started off strong and early with Poster Session B. Participants enjoyed connecting over new research in our interactive Poster Hall.  Then, our invited symposia kicked off, including a session on how prior knowledge shapes encoding new memories. After a brief break, conference-goers were treated […]

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