Cognitive Neuroscience Society https://www.cogneurosociety.org/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:23:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-CNSicon1-1-32x32.png Cognitive Neuroscience Society https://www.cogneurosociety.org/ 32 32 New CNS Mentorship Program Now Open https://www.cogneurosociety.org/new-cns-mentorship-program-now-open/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:20:20 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22327 We are excited to announce a new CNS mentorship program. The purpose: For junior researchers, this program offers an opportunity to expand your mentoring network beyond a single advisor and seek guidance on various topics. For faculty and senior researchers, this is a chance to support the next generation of cognitive neuroscientists, contribute to a more […]

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]]> New Initiatives with the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience https://www.cogneurosociety.org/new-initiatives-with-the-journal-of-cognitive-neuroscience/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:18:09 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22323 The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) is now the official journal of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society! We are excited to announce a number of new intitiatives. With the formal transfer of JoCN to CNS now complete, we are in the process of forming a Publications Committee that will oversee editorial policy at JoCN and the […]

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]]> CNS 2026 Day 4 Highights https://www.cogneurosociety.org/cns-2026-day-4-highights/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:11:53 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22315 We closed out CNS 2026 in Vancouver with another excellent poster session, followed by a whopping 6 more symposia, including on the how the brain creates language, with insights from genes, neural pathways, neuroprosthetics, and computational models. Check out some highlights the posts below. #CNS2026 It’s been an unforgettable four days in Vancouver, and we have […]

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]]> From Genetics to AI: Integrated Approaches to Decoding Human Language in the Brain https://www.cogneurosociety.org/from-genetics-to-ai-integrated-approaches-to-decoding-human-language-in-the-brain/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:54 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22282 CNS 2026 Press Release VANCOUVER – March 8, 2026 – Learning French, reading the latest Andy Weir novel, hanging out with friends for St. Patrick’s Day — language is central to all these everyday activities. Seemingly effortless from childhood, language, it turns out, is quite complex, not constrained to one set of genes or one […]

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]]> CNS 2026 Day 3 Highlights https://www.cogneurosociety.org/cns-2026-day-3-highlights/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:28:20 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22299 The third day of CNS 2026 in Vancouver included 4 symposia — on topics ranging from individual fMRI as a paradigm shift for cognitive neuroscience to new approaches for real-world cognition — 2 poster sessions, a workshop on navigating difficult times, the Young Investigator Award lectures by Monica Rosenberg and Samuel McDougle, and the Fred […]

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]]> CNS 2026 Day 2 Highlights https://www.cogneurosociety.org/cns-2026-day-2-highlights/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:36:45 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22284 The second day of CNS 2026 was richly packed with 6 stimulating symposia — on topics ranging from the cognitive neuroscience in infants to individual factors that affect brain aging and resilience — two poster sessions, multiple practical workshops, and the George A. Miller Prize lecture by Joseph Ledoux about fusing the science of emotion […]

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]]> Modeling Brain Aging and Resilience Over the Lifespan Reveals New Individual Factors https://www.cogneurosociety.org/modeling-brain-aging-and-resilience-over-the-lifespan-reveals-new-individual-factors/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:26:23 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22280 CNS 2026 Press Release VANCOUVER – March 8, 2026 – Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now realize that vast individual differences require a more predictive and personalized approach. As they uncover more factors that affect cognition over time, they are […]

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]]> CNS 2026 Day 1 Highlights https://www.cogneurosociety.org/cns-2026-day-1-highlights/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:41:19 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22270 The 33rd annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS 2026) kicked off in Vancouver with about 1,200 participants! Today’s sessions included the Data Blitz sessions, a Rising Stars session, Poster Session A, and the keynote lectur #CNS2026 Student Lounge located in BURRARD room, free snacks and drinks available! [image or embed] — CNS 2026 […]

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]]> From an Outsider to a Champion for the Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion https://www.cogneurosociety.org/from-an-outsider-to-a-champion-for-the-cognitive-neuroscience-of-emotion/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:51:22 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22249 Q&A with Joseph LeDoux When asked about his career journey in cognitive neuroscience. Joseph LeDoux points to a documentary about Beatles producer George Martin. In the film, Martin says something that has always resonated with LeDoux. When asked why he thinks he was so successful in music, Martin says something like: “when I started music […]

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]]> Threading Together Attention Across Human Cognition https://www.cogneurosociety.org/threading-together-attention-across-human-cognition/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:22:50 +0000 https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?p=22044 CNS 2026 Q&A with Monica Rosenberg Monica Rosenberg has been interested in the brain-mind interface before she even knew it was possible to study it professionally. In a fourth grade science fair project, she tested the effects of aging on reaction time by having people catch a ruler dropped vertically and recording how far it […]

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