CNS 2024 guest post by Julia Cardarelli Preparing to write this post about new memory research presented at CNS 2024 in Toronto required me to search my own memories for what I found most salient. A lot of my recall from the event comes down to certain factors that affect how we form memories, how […] The post What Are Memories Made Of? appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

In the Roald Dahl book The BFG, a “Big Friendly Giant” spends his time blowing happy dreams into children that he has collected from Dream Country. In modern neuroscience labs, some researchers are now working to “blow” dreams into people, collecting them via  high-tech ”Dream Country” of sorts: virtual reality (VR). They are using VR […] The post The BFGs of Neuroscience: Blowing Dreams into People Using VR appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

CNS 2024 Every day, we have an almost nonstop view of different actions unfolding around us, whether in traffic watching cars, on TV observing people interact, or at a park seeing dogs and kids playing. For scientists trying to understand how we take in such visual information, it is often easiest to isolate certain features, […] The post Social Features Help Define How We See Everyday Actions appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

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 […] The post CNS 2024: Day 4 Highlights appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

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 […] The post CNS 2024: Day 3 Highlights appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

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 […] The post Mindfulness and Meditation: Inward Attention as a Tool for Mental Health appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

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 […] The post CNS 2024: Day 2 Highlights appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

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 […] The post Untangling Dreams and Our Waking Lives appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

The 31st annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS 2024) kicked off in Toronto with 1,400 participants! Today’s sessions included the Data Blitz session, Poster Session A, and the keynote lecture by Sheena Josselyn (Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto) about research to understand “engrams,” long-lasting physical brain changes that are […] The post CNS 2024: Day 1 Highlights appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more

CNS 2024 Q&A with Ella Striem-Amit For the last two decades, Ella Striem-Amit has been searching for answers to some of neuroscience’s deepest questions: How does the human brain develop in individuals and what happens when something is missing? Working with people born without hands, sight, or hearing has given her and her team new […] The post Diving Deeply into Brain Plasticity Through Work with the Sensorimotor Deprived appeared first on Cognitive Neuroscience Society ..read more