CNS 2025 Press Release BOSTON – April 1, 2025 – Most people donning virtual reality (VR) goggles are seeking the thrill of being immersed in a fictitious video game world. But some are donning them for an entirely different experience: to help researchers identify those most at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.  “We know that […]

The third day of CNS 2025 in Boston included 4 symposia — on topics ranging from use of smartphones to better understand and strengthen memory to visual development across cognitive systems — 2 poster sessions, a workshop on navigating difficult times, the Young Investigator Award lectures by Emily Finn and André Bastos, and the Fred […]

CNS 2025 Press Release BOSTON – March 31, 2025 – A memory is not a straight line from one point to another, even if we sometimes think of them like linear stories. This key insight that cognitive neuroscientists have known for many years is now guiding a new type of research—to explore not only how […]

The second day of CNS 2024 was richly packed with 6 stimulating symposia — on topics ranging from the role of sleep in emotional healing and deploying attention in real-world learning to the cognitive functions of replay — two poster sessions, an XR workshop, and the George A. Miller Prize lecture by Ken Paller about […]

The 32nd annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS 2025) kicked off in Boston with 1,500 participants! Today’s sessions included the Data Blitz sessions, a workshop on science communications, Poster Session A, and the keynote lecture by Adriana Galván (UCLA) about embracing teens as strategic risk-takers. We closed out the day with our Welcome […]

CNS 2025 Q&A with André Bastos In some moments in time, technology seems to catch up with theory in powerful ways to elucidate new truths about fundamental processes in the brain. Now is that moment for understanding how brain rhythms coordinate to make everyday predictions that guide our learning and decision-making, says André Bastos, a […]

CNS 2025 Q&A with Emily Finn In today’s highly polarized society, most people can at least agree to the idea that any two individuals can view an event in vastly different ways. And those perceptions become our reality. But how can scientists study those perceptions in a robust way that speaks not only to the […]

CNS 2025: Q&A with Marie Banich Marie Banich’s journey in cognitive neuroscience started with very personal motivations: first from a curiosity about what her family’s propensity for left handedness meant and then to a drive to help people who suffer from unwanted thoughts, after witnessing the devastating effects that had on a loved one. But […]

CNS 2025: Q&A with Ken Paller What started for Ken Paller as traditional memory research in cognitive neuroscience has now turned into an integrated approach to understanding memory, sleep, and dreams. In addition to using novel tools and technologies to modify sleep, the work also connects with Indo-Tibetan Buddhist literature and principles. For the past […]

CNS 2025: Q&A with Adriana Galván As a parent of a teen, it can be crushingly difficult to sort through the social drama while attempting to provide guidance that you hope will keep your teen safe. Cognitive neuroscientists are finding, however, that the adolescent brain has its own mechanisms of guiding teens through strategic risk-taking […]