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CNS 2021 Virtual, Day 2 Highlights

March 14, 2021

Day 2 of CNS 2021 Virtual started off strong and early with Poster Session B. Participants enjoyed connecting over new research in our interactive Poster Hall.  Then, our invited symposia kicked off, including a session on how prior knowledge shapes encoding new memories. After a brief break, conference-goers were treated to a lecture by Elizabeth Phelps on the occasion of her George A. Miller Prize. She not only paid homage to the award’s namesake, Miller, but also described her research path in emotion and memory. The afternoon rounded out with symposia on a range of topics, from network structure of episodic thought to interventions for the infant and neonatal brain, as well as Poster Session C. Throughout the day, participants could visit booths from our Exhibitors. Check out some highlights from Twitter here:

POSTERS-

 

My first “live” poster presentation in @SpatialChat for #CNS2021– very cool! Even had people interrupting the speaker politely to ask questions like in-person
The presenter @mariagbrucato did great presenting work on the role of attention in various types of perspective-taking! pic.twitter.com/M5VQtVFIuS

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Good discussion in Poster Session B about how contextual shifts effect our episodic memory – presentation by @emilytcowan #CNS2021 @LilaDavachi pic.twitter.com/xo3rJhIZnd

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Exploring how home literacy environment affects the relationship between socioeconomic status and white matter tracts in infancy #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/2EuKKZnIw0

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Best experience of poster presentation in an online conference I had so far! It was really nice to be able to see and chat with friends from previous conferences at #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/5t5lkB39EV

— Anne Billot (@Annel3illoT) March 14, 2021

INVITED SYMPOSIA-

 

Memory is not a blank state — what we encode depends on what we know -Rik Henson kicks off the session on how prior knowledge affects memories #CNS2021 #neuroscience pic.twitter.com/eeeGIQNh97

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Morris Moscovitch discusses eye-tracking studies to examine how reinstating schemas of familiar locations (e.g., kitchen) influenced search and memory for target objects in younger and older adults. #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/gnnWzBg7Ca

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

.@preston_lab has us imagine a trip for the first time to Austin as a case study in cognitive map formation — making me miss travel! #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/VbCu4K42ec

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

His group’s modeling has found that we selectively encode memories at event boundaries, like the end of a movie, which produces a more complete representation of the situation #CNS2021
He adds about interesting implications of this for machines, which encode continuously pic.twitter.com/UneIS7fkDX

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

.@AndreaGreve5 closes out they symposium by discussing how novel information conflicting with prior knowledge creates a prediction error that facilitates memory encoding #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/7gO8af0YpW

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Part of Invited Symposium 2 – Implications of Anatomical Brain Network Features for Cognition, chaired by @DaniSBassett #CNS2021 https://t.co/jwjqCOPD0e

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Following this really interesting talk by Prof. @sofievalk on how evolution and cognition shape the brain. I am particularly hyped by her work showing training-induced changes in brain networks associated with social skills: https://t.co/EFmazPhjHZ #CNS2021 #WomenInScience pic.twitter.com/mNVDJBAX3V

— Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez (@fhernandhah) March 14, 2021


GEORGE A. MILLER PRIZE LECTURE-

 

Congratulations Elizabeth Phelps @thephelpslab on the George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience
Beautiful moment at #CNS2021 with her daughter presenting the award pic.twitter.com/4eXW2AW5js

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

This was a great overview of how “cognitive neuroscience” emerged as a field. https://t.co/SNqh4dSfZV

— Jean Zarate / Lady Ginseng (@lady_ginseng) March 14, 2021

Miller, Phelps says, wanted to promote an interdisciplinary approach to understanding cognition #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/9vdbUbfk70

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Loving all the multimedia Phelps has brought into her talk, including videos with human subjects and music played to rats #CNS2021 @thephelpslab

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

She chose “human neuroscience” for the name of her endowed position — something that she says cognitive neuroscience has brought us by integrating psychology with neuroscience
Thanks @thephelpslab for a terrific talk!#CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/dSbSp3cj4s

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Congratulations Liz!! What an honor to be mentored by the academic granddaughter/great-granddaughter of the Father of Cognitive Neuroscience #workingwithyourhero @thephelpslab https://t.co/unsF8wfzGt

— Javiera P. Oyarzun (@oyarzunjp) March 14, 2021

SYMPOSIA-

 

Nathalie Maitre introduces the speakers for this afternoon’s session on neonatal and infant brain neuroscience and interventions #CNS2021 #health pic.twitter.com/yXJtm8rALU

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

She is presenting work today to look at the relationship between the microbiome and recognition memory using ERPs in infants exposed to antibiotics after birth #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/PDETFczmK7

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Learn more about this work on the microbiome and neurodevelopment in our newly released press release #CNS2021: https://t.co/C6ON4KGfxn via @EurekAlert

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Now Jeff Wozniak @WozniakDr presents work on a neurodevelopmental intervention in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, a still prevalent global problem despite knowing about alcohol’s damaging effects on the brain for the past 40 years #CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/1SPGILiTUQ

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Their work has shown that those who received choline early in life showed higher non-verbal intelligence, higher visual-spatial skill, higher working memory ability, better verbal memory, and fewer behavioral symptoms of ADHD 4 years later than those in the placebo group #CNS2021

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

Intervening early for infant brain health#CNS2021 press release:https://t.co/oukOo5eY4R
with Nathalie Maitre, Cheryl Gale, and @WozniakDr#neuroscience

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

EXHIBITS-

Poster Session C starts now! Grab a snack and connect with colleagues over new research
It’s also a great time to pop into the Exhibit Hall#CNS2021 pic.twitter.com/hvEU6ZRljF

— CNS News (@CogNeuroNews) March 14, 2021

#CNS2021 A big thank you to our Sponsor The Kavli Foundation! pic.twitter.com/ZK0Q4hUGfq

— CNS 2021 Virtual Meeting (@CNSmtg) March 14, 2021

#CNS2021 Thanks to our Silver Sponsor Rogue Research. Go by their booth and say Hi. pic.twitter.com/yMCm6pmzlZ

— CNS 2021 Virtual Meeting (@CNSmtg) March 14, 2021

#CNS2021 Thanks to our Silver Sponsor NIRx. Visit their exhibit booth to find out more about them. pic.twitter.com/zYt29mmicz

— CNS 2021 Virtual Meeting (@CNSmtg) March 14, 2021

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