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Cognitive Neuroscience Society
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CNS is committed to the development of mind and brain research aimed at investigating the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition. #CNS2026 in Vancouver, March 7-10!
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Congratulations to Carol A. Barnes, our 2026 Annual Distinguished Career Contributions in Cognitive Neuroscience Awardee. Dr. Barnes will accept this prestigious award and deliver her lecture at #CNS2026 in Vancouver on March 9. Learn more: www.cogneurosociety.org/distinguishe...
October 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Congratulations to ‪@theamygdaloid.bsky.social ‬-- our 2026 Annual George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience Awardee. Dr. LeDoux will accept this prestigious award and deliver his lecture March 8 at #CNS2026 in Vancouver. Learn more: www.cogneurosociety.org/george-a-mil...
Dr. Joseph LeDoux, PhD
October 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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#CNS2026 will be in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)! Save the date: March 7-10, 2026. Hope to see you there!
#neuroscience 🧪
Save the Date CNS2026, March 7-10, 2026, Vancouver, BC
June 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Thank you to all our attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors for a great #CNS2025 in Boston!
Hope to see you next year!
April 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Finally, Tammy Tran presents work to investigate age-related and disease-related differences in object location memory using #VR, including data that links some differences to cognitive impairments and a build-up of Alzheimer’s proteins in the brain.
#CNS2025
April 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Now, @manusmad.bsky.social joins virtually to present work about using #VR to quantity navigational impairments in aging and early Alzheimer's disease
#CNS2025
April 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Next, Birgit Peña Häufler is talking about how #VR can be used to investigate the role of place in inspiring creativity -- a topic of tremendous relevance to workplaces yet one that has relatively little evidence-based research to support 3/
#CNS2025
April 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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@xrmasiso.bsky.social starts his talk at the #VR session by asking participants to share a recent memory with a friend and noted how both volunteers anchored their memory to a place. Spatial context plays an important role in how we remember events. 2/
#CNS2025
April 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Finishing strong with the final set of symposia at #CNS2025!
We're in Session 11 on harnessing #VR to study memory and navigation across the lifespan, including as a potential diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's
April 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Direct link to new photo album here #CNS2025: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
April 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Banich turned to neuroimaging to understand how we can trash unwanted thoughts in the mind, whether by replacing the thought, suppressing the thought, or clearing the mind of all thought...bringing the work back to cognitive control 8/
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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After moving from the Flatlands to the Flatirons, Banich's work shifted to explore a new model of cognitive control, to also help inform studies of cognitive disorders 5/
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Several studies have shown that easier tasks use within hemisphere processing, while harder tasks require work across hemispheres -Banich 4/
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Growing up in a family of left-handers got Banich interested in cognitive neuroscience and understanding the hemispheres in the brain 3/
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Congratulations to Marie Banich, the #CNS2025 Distinguished Career Contributions Award! Excited about her talk in cognitive control.
March 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Still time left to check out Poster Session E! #CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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@freekvanede.bsky.social presents the Young Investigator Award to @esfinn.bsky.social and @andrebastosof.bsky.social
Congratulations!
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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We're excited to hear this year's Young Investigator Award recipients @esfinn.bsky.social @andrebastosof.bsky.social talk about their award-winning research! And exciting to see them with some past winners @freekvanede.bsky.social @striemamit.bsky.social
Join us in the Grand Ballroom!
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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On now: Lila Davachi discusses how experimental novelty influences and can potentially enhance mood and memory
#CNS2025
@liladavachi.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Now Morgan Barense will talk about using smartphones to study the influence of sleep and dreaming on real-life memories
#CNS2025
@barense.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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We're in Symposium Session 8 "Memory in the plan of your hand", learning about smartphone studies and how they are contributing to understanding - and perhaps strengthening - memory
@evgoldfarb.bsky.social kicks it off!
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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When you're done at the posters, join our Public Information Officer, @lisampmunoz.bsky.social for treats and coffee in Clarendon. She'll be answering questions about science communications -- social media, blogs, press opportunities and more!
#scicomm #CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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It's a beautiful morning for science! Grab some coffee and check out Poster Session D
#CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Poster Session C is on now in both the Republic Ballroom and the Baby Bay Ballroom. End your #CNS2025 day strong!
March 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Paller's lab also studies lucid dreaming and how to train people while they are lucid dreaming to communicate during REM sleep with their eyelids, muscles, and even sniffs.
It's a new era of dream research!
@paller.bsky.social 9/
#CNS2025
March 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM