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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CNS 2026 Q&A with Samuel McDougle As a member of a Connecticut-based band, Samuel McDougle has many opportunities to display a range of motor skills on a regular basis, whether playing bluegrass fiddle, mandolin, or guitar. From his love of music has sprung a focus within cognitive neuroscience on how people learn and get better […]
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CNS 2026 Q&A with Carol Barnes When Carol Barnes turned 65 years old, she had a stunning realization: that she was now the people, 65 years and older, she had been studying for the past several decades – and – that she was “OK.” Reflecting several years later on that moment, Barnes, director of the […]
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CNS 2026 Q&A with Peter Hagoort From his days as an undergraduate student assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics to his work now as Director of the Institute, Peter Hagoort has come full circle in his career, seeking to unlock the mechanisms of language in the brain. For more than four decades, he […]
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