WELCOME TO THE CNS NEWSLETTER COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER January 2002 Table of Contents: I Welcome to the Newsletter II Society News III Annual Meeting IV Announcements V Positions Available VI Conferences VII CNS Registration/Membership Form *************************************************************** I WELCOME TO THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER *************************************************************** This newsletter is intended for CNS members only. It is a monthly newsletter designed to update CNS members on events, job opportunities, and related information in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience. The Newsletter is emailed monthly to all current members (receipt of this Newsletter does not confirm membership status, contact cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org for membership status), and sections are posted on the Society's Web site. To become a member or to renew your membership use the membership application form at the end of the newsletter. For guidelines on submitting an announcement to the newsletter, email cnsnewsletter@cogneurosociety.org. ************************************************************** II SOCIETY NEWS ************************************************************** Duke University to host CNS Business Offices The Governing Board of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society is pleased to announce that beginning in August 2001, the Business Office of the society will be hosted by the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. The Board wishes to thank Dartmouth College for hosting the business office over the past few years. ************************************************************** III ANNUAL MEETING ************************************************************** The 2002 meeting will be in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, April 14-16. Call the Hyatt at 415-788-1234 for reservations. Be sure to ask for the CNS discounted rate. The official airline of the CNS meeting is United. call 1-800-521-4041 and refer to CNS meeting ID code 552WI for discounted flights. The Call for Abstracts deadline has passed. The poster committee has reviewed all submitted abstracts. Notification of acceptance has been emailed. If you did not receive a notification dated (1/7/02), please contact the office via cnsinfo@dartmouth.edu. Note: Only the submitting author will receive email acknowledgments from CNS. A Pre-registration form for registering for the meeting and which can also be used to apply for or renew membership is located at the end of the Newsletter. Please note to receive your printed program will all abstracts presented at the meeting by mail you must pre-register no later than January 8, 2002. George A. Miller Distinguished Lecture The Cognitive Neuroscience Society is pleased to announce that Professor Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University is the 2002 George A. Miller Distinguished Lecturer. This lectureship has been established by the Foundation to honor George Miller for his unrelenting efforts to establish the field of cognitive neuroscience. The lecture is to be presented at the ninth Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco on April 14, 2002. Symposia 2002 Brain Systems Underlying Language Processing: The Continuing Past Tense Debate Chair: James L. McClelland?, Carnegie Mellon UniversitY? Speakers: Steven Pinker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Ullman, Georgetown University Karalyn Patterson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Moderator: Helen Neveille, University of Oregon Neural and Cognitive Bases of Recognition Memory Chair: Michael D. Rugg, University College London Speakers: Malcolm W. Brown, University of Bristol Larry R. Squire, University of California, San Diego Andrew P. Yonelinas, University of California, Davis Developmental Brain Plasticity: A Search for Boundary Conditions Chair: Daphne Bavelier, University of Rochester Speakers: Daphne Maurer, McMaster? University Anthony J. Movshon, New York University Michael P. Stryker, University of California, San Francisco News for Neurons: Neural Mechanisms for the Processing of Novelty Chair: Charan Ranganath, University Of California, Berkeley Speakers: Robert T. Knight, University of California, Berkeley Thomas Grunwald, University of Bonn Amanda Parker, University of Nottingham Gregor Rainer, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics The Cognitive Neuroscience of Synesthesia Chairs: Noam Sagiv, University Of California, Berkeley and Edward Hubbard, University of California, San Diego Speakers: V. S. Ramachandran, University of California, San Diego Anina N. Rich, University of Melbourne Philip M. Merikle, University of Waterloo Lynn C. Robertson, University of California, Berkeley The Role of V1 in Human Visual Awareness Chair: Frank Tong, Princeton University Speakers: David J. Heeger, Stanford University Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Harvard Medical School or Vincent Walsh, University of Oxford Sheng He, University of Minnesota ******************************************************* IV ANNOUNCEMENTS ******************************************************* Joint NSF/NIH Initiative to Support Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Program Title: Joint NSF/NIH Initiative to Support Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Synopsis of Program: The most exciting and difficult challenge facing neuroscientists is to understand the functions of complex neurobiological systems. Computational neuroscience provides a theoretical foundation and set of technological approaches that may enhance our understanding of nervous system function by providing analytical and modeling tools that describe, traverse and integrate different levels of organization, spanning vast temporal and spatial scales. Computational approaches are needed in the study of neuroscience as the requirement for comprehensive analysis and interpretation of complex data sets becomes increasingly important. Collaborations among computer scientists, cognitive scientists, engineers, theoreticians and neuorobiologists are imperative to advance our understanding of the nervous system. Participating Directorates of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (see cover list) plan to support interdisciplinary research in computational neuroscience. Both agencies recognize the need for research that focuses on integrating computational models and methods with neuroscience. This solicitation is designed to encourage new and existing collaborations at this interface. http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gpg. ****************************************************** FUNDING OPPORTUNITY James S. McDonnell? Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative - 2002 Application Deadline: March 15 The James S. McDonnell? Foundation announces new program descriptions and application guidelines for the 21st Century Science Initiative. Grants available for research in three topic areas - Brain Cancer; Bridging Brain, Mind, and Behavior; and Studying Complex Systems. The Foundation supports investigator-initiated research and collaborative projects likely to advance the current state of knowledge. Program information, application guidelines, and proposal preparation instructions are available at: www.jsmf.org. No geographic restrictions; international applications are encouraged. Susan M. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.; Vice President; James S. McDonnell? Foundation; www.jsmf.org; tel: 314-721-1532 ****************************************************** European Journal of Cognitive Psychology Announcement of a Special Issue on Neuroimaging Investigations of Mental Imagery The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology will be publishing a Special Issue on Neuroimaging Investigations of Mental Imagery. The Guest Editors for this issue will be: Michel Denis, LIMSI-CNRS, Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France Emmanuel Mellet, GIN-CNRS/CEA, Univ. de Caen/Univ. Rene-Descartes, France Stephen M. Kosslyn, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Papers should address any issue in which neuroimaging techniques (such as PET, fMRI, or MEG) were used to advance our knowledge of mental imagery. Reports of original data are welcome, as well as integrative reviews of sets of data. Manuscripts should not be more than 8000 words and should be submitted to Claus Bundesen, Editor, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, c/o Psychology Press, 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3, 2FA, UK, with a cover letter indicating that they are to be considered for the Special Issue. Deadline for receipt of manuscripts for the Special Issue is March 31, 2002. ************************************************************ VI CONFERENCES ************************************************************ Ethics and the Cognitive Neuroscience Revolution. A one-day symposium at the University of Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Center for Bioethics in cooperation with the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, on February 7, 2002. Speakers will include Steven Hyman, NIMH, and Steven Pinker, MIT. For information please contact Paul Root Wolpe at wolpe@ssc.upenn.edu. **************************************************************** 13-14th May, 2002 The fMRI Experience IV Natcher Conference Centre, National Institute of Health Bethesda, MD, USA A free conference aimed at the further understanding of fMRI methods and applications. Registration and Absract Submission deadline: February 1st, 2002 Contact: Dr. Carl Senior (carl@codon.nih.gov) See website for further details: http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/fmriconf/index.htm ************************************************************ CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS May 29 - June 1, 2002 Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems 677 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 This conference includes oral and poster presentations of experiments and models about how the brain controls behavior. Abstract deadline: January 31, 2002. Graduate student and postdoctoral travel fellowships available. Contact: Cynthia Bradford, cindy@cns.bu.edu, 617-353-7755 (fax), http://www.cns.bu.edu/meetings/. ************************************************************ International Multisensory Research Forum 3rd Annual Meeting 24-26th May, 2002 Geneva, Switzerland The aim of the annual meeting is to bring together researchers, clinicians, and students from a variety of disciplines who are interested in issues related to multisensory brain processes. The meeting provides a forum for open discussion of new results, therapies, models, and theories regarding multisensory brain function. Symposia: Defining Multisensory Regions and Pathways; Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Multisensory Interactions; Multisensory facilitation, illusions, & conflicts; Multisensory interactions in development & plasticity; Clinical & neurological manifestations of multisensory interactions; Graduate Students Symposium; 2 keynote lectures; 2 poster sessions Deadlines: Jan. 31, 2002 - Graduate student symposium applications; Feb.15, 2002 - Call for speakers; Feb. 15, 2002 - Registration and abstract submission Contacts: Dr. Christoph Michel (Christoph.michel@hcuge.ch); Dr. Micah Murray (micah.murray@medecine.unige.ch); Dr. Isabelle Viaud-Delmon (ivd@ext.jussieu.fr) Website: http://www.hcuge.ch/~infotec/imrf/ ************************************************************ Conference on The Amygdala in Brain Function: Basic and Clinical Approaches March 24-26, 2002 - Galveston Island, Texas Co-sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) and The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Interest in the amygdala is very high among scientists and the general public, in view of the importance of understanding how the brain governs emotions, learning and memory. The objective of this meeting is to provide a forum for presenting the most current information on the basic characteristics of amygdala function. Contributed Poster and Data Blitz Sessions are planned. Call for Abstracts deadline: January 11, 2002. Contact for information: NYAS, S&T Meetings Dept., 2 E. 63rd St., NY, NY 10021 T: 212.838.0230, ext. 324; F: 212.838.5640; E: conference@nyas.org; W: http://www.nyas.org/scitech/contents/amyg/index.html ************************************************************ VII CNS REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP FORM (copy and email to cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org or print and fax to 978-749-0025) ************************************************************* CNS Annual Meeting APRIL 14-16, 2002 Register Early: Discounts on all Pre-Registration All meeting events are open to those wearing a meeting badge. All badges will be issues at the meeting. Pre-registrants will receive their badge at the pre-registration check-in table at the meeting. 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