WELCOME TO THE CNS NEWSLETTER COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2001 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 at http://www.cogneurosociety.org. 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. Please see our new website at http://www.cogneurosociety.org/ for more information. ************************************************************** III ANNUAL MEETING ************************************************************** Next year's meeting will be in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, April 14-16, 2002. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS--deadline is November 2, 2001 This year all abstracts must be submitted electronically via the Online Submission Form located at our new website, www.cogneurosociety.org. The deadline for submitting an abstract is November 2, 2001. An individual may be first author on only ONE abstract. First author must be a member in good standing in order for submission to be considered. The cost to submit an abstract is $30 (US bank/US funds). This handling fee is not refundable. The poster committee will review all submitted abstracts in November. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be emailed in December. Note: Only the submitting author will receive email acknowledgments from CNS. A Pre-registration form which can also be used to apply for or renew membership is located at the end of the Newsletter. 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: Jason B. Mattingley, University of Melbourne Philip M. Merikle, University of Waterloo Lynn C. Robertson, University of California, Berkeley V. S. Ramachandran, University of California, San Diego 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 ******************************************************* IV ANNOUNCEMENTS ******************************************************* To Members of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society -- we seek your help in informing our revision of The New Cognitive Neurosciences, MIT Press, Edited by Michael Gazzaniga. MIT Press and the editorial board are planning for the third edition of this best selling, highly rated reference text. The field of cognitive neuroscience is growing, maturing and evolving. New sub-areas are emerging within the discipline and some previously separate sub-areas appear to be merging. We see this volume as your book and very much would appreciate your input into the revision. Some new sections may be added, some existing sections may be merged or substantially altered, although we will have to live within strict page limits. Some current section editors and contributing authors may choose not to be involved in the revision. We would like your feedback on each section as well as suggestions for possible new editors and contributing authors in case a change is necessary. We also want your input on new sections or material that should be added. We will analyze the responses two weeks from today. To complete the survey you need to go to the following website: http://www.hanoverdiagnostics.com/login.asp?survey=cogneuro C A L L F O R P A P E R S The fMRI Data Center has experienced an overwhelming response from the scientific community. This publicly available archive of published functional magnetic resonance imaging studies is intended to facilitate data sharing across the fields of computer science, mathematics, physics, and the neurosciences. Since its inception, the Data Center has provided researchers in over 20 countries with complete, raw, functional and structural MRI data sets. To further encourage this unique opportunity for scientific exchange The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience would like to announce a callfor papers for the New Perspectives in f MRI Research Awards Submitted papers will be adjudicated by leading experts in fMRI research. The evaluation of manuscripts will be focused upon 1) The best utilization of one or more data sets housed at the fMRI Data Center and 2) How the findings of the original functional imaging investigation have been expanded through re-analysis. Three finalists will be selected to receive cash awards of $5000, $2000, $1000, respectively, and all three manuscripts will be published in the JOCN. Additionally, the authors of the original research articles, from which data have been utilized, will be invited to provide a published commentary on the new analyses. Please remit your Letter of Intent by October 15, 2001 to The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 6162 Moore Hall Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 Deadline for manuscript submission: February 1 st, 2002 Awardees will be notified by mail and publicly announced at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2002 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please call the fMRI Data Center at (603) 646-0170 ************************************************************ VI CONFERENCES ************************************************************ 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 ************************************************************ 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. Programs will be mailed to all pre-registrants who register before January 8, 2002. 1. Complete registration information Attendee's Name Mailing Address City State Country Zip/Postal Code Phone E-mail (Required)- all meeting updates will be sent via email. 2. 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After this date, you may register on-site at the meeting. Member On-site Registration $130 Non Member On-site Registration $180 Post Doc Member On-site Registration $95 Post Doc Non Member On-site Registration $150 Student Member On-site Registration $55 Student Non Member On-site Registration $95 3. Choose method of payment Visa/MasterCard? credit card account number with authorization to charge the amount of _______ for _______ people. Name on Credit Card Account Account # Exp. Date Check or money order in the amount of _______ for _______ people. Check MUST accompany registration. All Check or money order funds must be in US dollars and drawn on a US bank. Pay to the order of CNS. 4. Choose method of payment submission Email form with credit card information to: cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org with Registration in Subject line. 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