Join us in San Francisco to explore the nature of how we think! The 29th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society is taking place April 23-26, 2022, in San Francisco, CA, at the Hyatt Regency. Get great story ideas and connect with hundreds of neuroscientists, presenting some of the latest research on memory, language, aging, neurotechnology, and learning.
Highlights will include:
- Keynote address by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (University of Cambridge, UK): A lecture on the development of the social brain in adolescence, including the effects of social media and social distancing.
- Award lectures by B.J. Casey (Yale University) on applying cognitive neuroscience to improve outcomes for youth in medicine and the U.S. legal system; John Jonides (University of Michigan) on evolving laboratory tasks to understand and resolve distraction; Vishnu P. Murty (Temple University) on the role of threat and emotion in memories; and Oriel FeldmanHall (Brown University) on the choices that form the basis of human social behavior.
- Symposia about the foundations of consciousness, empathy and social contact, free will, biomarkers for the aging brain, new technology to study the brain outside the lab, and more.
- More than 1,000 posters and 50 talks covering the latest neuroscience research on memory, attention, decision-making, language, music, and more.
Press can register here.
Registered members of the press will have complimentary access to scientific talks, posters, and receptions, as well as a quiet Press Room (Regency A) for working. Please note that all individuals will be reposnsible for their own belongings. Learn more about COVID safety protcols at the meeting.
Session descriptions and the schedule are available online.
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To qualify as a member of the press, please be prepared to provide press credentials in the form of one of the following: a business card from a news media outlet, a membership card for a journalistic professional society (e.g. NASW), letter from an editor of a news media outlet to show that you are on assignment, or recent clips related to cognitive neuroscience.