CNS 2018 Press Release March 25, 2018 – Boston – In the natural world, intelligence takes many forms. It could be a bat using echolocation to expertly navigate in the dark, or an octopus quickly adapting its behavior to survive in the deep ocean. Likewise, in the computer science world, multiple forms of artificial intelligence […]
The 25th meeting of CNS is in full swing in Boston! Yesterday, participants debated with an expert panel on whether the greatest need in the field is “big theory” or “big data”, heard Michael Gazzaniga, the godfather of cognitive neuroscience take us on a tour of views of consciousness over the ages, and saw posters […]
Q&A with Michael Yassa Alzheimer’s is a growing epidemic, with the disease and related dementia affecting some 45 million people worldwide. Although treatment has been elusive, discoveries that advance our understanding of the disease have been coming fast and furious over the last several years, due in no small part to advances in animal and […]
Q&A with Morgan Barense In high school biology, students often learn about different parts of the brain, accompanied by a description like “the area of the brain responsible for memory” or “…for attention.” But in recent years, cognitive neuroscientists have found that such sharp boundaries in cognitive functions are really a myth. The brain is […]
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