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CNS 2020 | Hotel Reservations

We are now accepting hotel reservations for CNS 2020 Annual Meeting in Boston. Click Here for to make a Reservation today. Through this website you can book, modify or cancel your hotel reservations at any time. We look forward to seeing you in Boston!

The hotel is offering a special room rate to attendees of the CNS meeting:
  • $249 Single/Double
  • $269 Triple
  • $289 Quadruple
* The hotel reservation deadline is February 10, 2020.

For more information visit: https://www.cogneurosociety.org/hotel/
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CNS 2020 | Registration  
  
CNS 2020 Annual Meeting - Early Registration Rates END TODAY, January 14th! Register Early and Save!  Deadline, January 14th!  

Registration includes admission to all Scientific Sessions including Keynote Session, Invited Symposia, Symposia, Awards, Poster Sessions, and their regularly associated continental breakfast, coffee breaks and welcome reception.

CNS 2020 Annual Meeting Registration Rates:
 
 
 
Registration
Rates:

Early Bird Registration
Paid by  
January 14, 2020   
 

Regular Registration
Paid by
February 23, 2020

Late/On-Site Registration
Paid after
February 23, 2020
Student Member
$180
$205
$225
Post doc Member
$320
$355
$380
Faculty Member
$430
$455
$480
Non-member
$530
$555
$580
 
*all fees are in US Dollars
 
 
 
Or click here to register: https://www.cogneurosociety.org/registration

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CNS 2020 | Schedule Overview
*Tentative Subject to Change

Saturday, March 14, 2020
11:00 am - 1:30 pm Exhibitor Check In, Exhibit Hall C
11:00 am - 6:00 pm On-site Registration & Pre-Registration Check In, Grand Ballroom Foyer
12:00 - 1:30 pm Data Blitz Session 1, Back Bay A&B
Data Blitz Session 2, Back Bay C&D
Data Blitz Session 3, Constitution Ballroom
1:30 - 2:00 pm Coffee Service, Grand Ballroom Foyer
2:00 - 3:00 pm The Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions in Cognitive Neuroscience Lecture, Hemispheric Organization for Visual Recognition, Marlene Behrmann, Carnegie Mellon University, Grand Ballroom
2:30 - 3:00 pm Poster Session A Set-Up, Exhibit Hall C
2:30 - 5:00 pm Exhibits Open, Exhibit Hall C
3:00 - 5:00 pm Poster Session AExhibit Hall C
5:00 - 6:00 pm Opening Ceremonies & Keynote AddressOrigins of Human CooperationMichael TomaselloDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (Q&A to follow), Grand Ballroom
5:00 - 5:15 pm Poster Session A Take-Down, Exhibit Hall C
5:15 pm Exhibit Hall Closed for the Day - No Entry
6:00 - 7:00 pm Welcome ReceptionConstitution & Grand Ballroom Foyer
 
Sunday, March 15, 2020
7:30 - 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Access for Exhibitors/Poster Session B Set-up Only, Exhibit Hall C
7:30 am - 5:30 pm On-site Registration & Pre-Registration Check In, Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall C
8:00 - 10:00 am Poster Session BExhibit Hall C
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibits Open, Exhibit Hall C
8:30 - 10:00 am Communications Open House, Press Room, Kent
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Invited Symposium 1 - Making Sense Out of Big Data In Cognitive Neuroscience, Deanna M. Barch, Chair, Back Bay ABCD
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
        10:08 - 10:36 am Talk 1: High-Dimensional Structure of Signal and Noise in 20,000 Neuron Recording, Carsen Stringer
       10:36 - 11:04 am Talk 2: Differential Resilience to Perturbation of Circuits with Similar Performance, Eve Marder
       11:04 - 11:32 am Talk 3: Casual Inference with Big Data Sets, Konrad Kording
       11:32 - 12:00 pm Talk 4: Challenges and Opportunities in the Era of Big Data, Randy L. Buckner
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Invited Symposium 2 - The Role of Causal Inference For Perceptual Decisions and Adaptive Behavior, Christoph Kayser, Chair, Grand Ballroom 
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
       10:08 - 10:36 am Talk 1: Inferring Internal Causes of Uncertainty to Improve Decision Making, Rachel Denison
       10:36 - 11:04 am Talk 2: Causal Inference in Reinforcement Learning, Sam Gershman
       11:04 - 11:32 am Talk 3: Causal Inference in Multisensory Perception, Uta Noppeney
       11:32 - 12:00 pm Talk 4: The Persistent Influence of Causal Inference in Multisensory Perception, Christoph Kayser
11:30 - 11:45 am Poster B Take-Down, Exhibit Hall C
12:00 - 1:00 pm Poster C Set-Up, Exhibit Hall C
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break (On your own)
1:00 - 3:00 pm Poster Session CExhibit Hall C
2:30 - 3:00 pm Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall C
3:00 - 5:00 pm Symposium 1 - Studying the Mind by Manipulating Brain Networks, Joel Voss, Chair, Independence 
       3:00 - 3:08 pm Introduction
       3:08 - 3:34 pm Talk 1: Neurostimulation for Flexible Language-Network Redistribution in Healthy and Lesioned Bra0ins, Gesa Hartwigsen
       3:34 - 4:00 pm Talk 2: Network Stimulation to Test the Human Orbitofrontal Cortex Role in Interference-Based Decision Making, Thorsten Kahnt
       4:00 - 4:26 pm Talk 3: Using the Human Brain Connectome to Identify Brain Circuit Targets for Depression Symptoms, Michael Fox
       4:26 - 4:52 pm Talk 4: Stimulating the Hippocampal Network to Test Episodic Memory Mechanisms, Joel Voss
       4:52 - 5:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
3:00 - 5:00 pm Symposium 2 - Finances and Feelings: The Affective Neuroscience of SES, Martha Farah, Chair, Back Bay A&B 
       3:00 - 3:08 pm Introduction
       3:08 - 3:34 pm Talk 1: Neural Correlates of Poverty Observed in the Human Fetal Brain: Implications for Postnatal Wellbeing, Moriah Thomason
       3:34 - 4:00 pm Talk 2: SES, Early Experience and Brain Development: Informing a Science of Neurodevelopmental Enhancement, Joan Luby
       4:00 - 4:26 pm Talk 3: Executive and Emotion Regulation Networks Associated with Resilience to Poverty and Early Adversity, Robin Nusslock
       4:26 - 4:52 pm Talk 4: Socioeconomic Disadvantage and the Neuroscience of Mother-Infant Attachment, Pilyoung Kim
       4:52 - 5:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
3:00 - 5:00 pm Symposium 3 - Pressing the Play Button: Sequential Neural Replay of Human Memories, Eitan Schechtman, Chair, Back Bay C&D 
       3:00 - 3:08 pm Introduction
       3:08 - 3:34 pm Talk 1: Neural Mechanisms of Human Episodic Memory Formation Across Spatial Scales, Kareem Zaghloul
       3:34 - 4:00 pm Talk 2: Forward Reactivation of Sequential Memory Traces During Sleep, Marit Petzka
       4:00 - 4:26 pm Talk 3: Neural Replay in Model-Based Learning, Yunzhe Liu
       4:26 - 4:52 pm Talk 4: Replay of Human Practice Predicts Early Skill Learning, Leonardo G Cohen
       4:52 - 5:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
3:00 - 5:00 pm Symposium 4 - From Wikipedia Searches to Single Cell Recording: Uncovering the Mechanisms of Information-Seeking, Tali Sharot, Chair, Constitution Ballroom
       3:00 - 3:08 pm Introduction
       3:08 - 3:34 pm Talk 1: Using Structure to Explore Efficiently, Eric Schulz
       3:34 - 4:00 pm Talk 2: Hunters, Busybodies, and the Knowledge Network Building Associated with Curiosity, Danielle Basset
       4:00 - 4:26 pm Talk 3: A Neural Network for Information Seeking, Ethan Bromberg-Martin
       4:26 - 4:52 pm Talk 4: Information-Seeking Impairments in Behavioral Addiction as a Novelty Failure, Irene Cogliati Dezza
       4:52 - 5:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
4:45 - 5:00 pm Poster Session C Take-Down, Exhibit Hall C
5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closed for the Day - No Entry
5:00 - 6:00 pm 27th Annual George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience LectureFunctional Imaging of the Human Brain: A Window into the Architecture of the Mind, Nancy Kanwisher, Grand Ballroom
 
Monday, March 16, 2020
7:30 - 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Access for Exhibitors/Poster Session D Set-Up Only, Exhibit Hall C
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall C
8:00 - 10:00 am Poster Session DExhibit Hall C
8:00 am - 5:45 pm Exhibits Open, Exhibit Hall C
8:00 am - 5:30 pm On-site Registration & Pre-Registration Check In, Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30 - 10:00 am Communications Open House, Press Room, Kent
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Symposium 5 - Development and Plasticity of High-Level Vision and Cognition, Zeynep Saygin, Chair, Independence
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
       10:08 - 10:34 am Talk 1: Connectivity at the Origins of Domain Specificity in the Cortical Face and Place Networks, Daniel Dilks
       10:34 - 11:00 am Talk 2: Category-Selective Visual Regions Have Distinctive Signatures of Structural Connectivity in Infants, Rhodri Cusack
       11:00 - 11:26 am Talk 3: Selectivity Driven by Connectivity: Innate Connectivity Patterns of the Visual Word Form Area, Zeynep Saygin
       11:26 - 11:52 am Talk 4: Congenital Blindness Repurposes Visual Cortices for Higher-Cognition and Changes their Connectivity, Marina Bedny
       11:52 - 12:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Symposium 6 - Moving from a Deficit-Oriented to a Preventive Model in Education: Examining Neural Correlates for Reading Development, Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Chair, Back Bay A&B
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
       10:08 - 10:34 am Talk 1: Neurobiological Correlates for Environmental Factors Contributing to Future Reading Abilities, Tzipi Kraus
       10:34 - 11:00 am Talk 2: The Typical and Atypical Reading Brain: How a Neurobiological Framework of Reading Development Can Inform Educational Practice and Policy, Nadine Gaab
       11:00 - 11:26 am Talk 3: Functional and Structural Signatures of Dyslexia Before and After Literacy Instruction, Michael Skeide
       11:26 - 11:52 am Talk 4: Precursors of Difficulties Associated with the Developmental Steps Towards Full Literacy, Heikki Lyytinen
       11:52 - 12:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Symposium 7 - Integrating Theory and Data: Using Computational Models to Understand Neuroimaging Data, Brandon Turner, Chair, Back Bay C&D
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
       10:08 - 10:34 am Talk 1: Corticostriatal Computations in Learning and Decision Making, Michael Frank
       10:34 - 11:00 am Talk 2: Mutual Benefits: Combining Reinforcement Learning with Sequential Sampling Models, Birte U. Forstmann
       11:00 - 11:26 am Talk 3: Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Knowledge Acquisition and Generalization, Alison R. Preston
       11:26 - 11:52 am Talk 4: Probabilistic Linking Functions for Mind, Brain, and Behavior, Brandon Turner
       11:52 - 12:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Symposium 8 - The Meeting of Perception and Memory in the Brain, Marc Coutanche, Chair, Constitution Ballroom
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
       10:08 - 10:34 am Talk 1: Roles of Perceptual and Conceptual Hierarchies in the Formation of Memories, Marc Coutanche
       10:34 - 11:00 am Talk 2: Distinct Profiles of Perception and Memory in High-Level Visual Cortex, Chris Baker
       11:00 - 11:26 am Talk 3: The Reciprocal Link Between Memory and Visual Exploration, Jennifer Ryan
       11:26 - 11:52 am Talk 4: Past Meets Present: Prediction Error Drives Episodic Memory Updating, Morgan Barense
       11:52 - 12:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
11:30 - 11:45 am Poster Session D Take-Down, Exhibit Hall C
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break (On your own)
1:30 - 2:00 pm Poster Session E Set-Up, Exhibit Hall C
1:30 - 2:00 pm YIA 1 - Lecture by Catherine Hartley, Grand Ballroom 
2:00 - 2:30 pm YIA 2 - Lecture by Samuel J. Gershman, Grand Ballroom
2:30 - 4:30 pm Poster Session EExhibit Hall C
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Service, Exhibit Hall C
4:30 - 5:30 pm Special SessionWhat Makes us Human? Symposium in Honor of Donald T. Stuss, Brian Levine, Chair, Grand Ballroom
5:30 - 5:45 pm Poster Session E Take-Down, Exhibit Hall C
5:45 - 7:15 pm CNS Trainee Professional Development Panel, Constitution Ballroom
5:45 pm Exhibit Hall Closed for the Day - No Entry
7:30 - 10:00 pm CNS Student Trainee Social Night
 
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
7:30 am - 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Access for Exhibitors/Poster Session F Set-Up Only, Exhibit Hall C
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall C
8:00 - 10:00 am Poster Session FExhibit Hall C
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Exhibits Open, Exhibit Hall C
8:00 am - 3:00 pm On-site Registration & Pre-Registration Check In. Grand Ballroom Foyer
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Invited Symposium 3 - Contemporary Approaches To Emotion Representations, Kevin S. LaBar, Chair, Back Bay ABCD
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
       10:08 - 10:36 am Talk 1: Decoding Spontaneous Emotions and Modeling Their Temporal Dynamics from Resting-State fMRI, Kevin S. LaBar
       10:36 - 11:04 am Talk 2: Emotion Schemas are Represented in the Human Visual System: Evidence from fMRI and Convolutional Neural Networks, Tor D. Wager
       11:04 - 11:32 am Talk 3: Mapping the Passions: Insights from Computational and Social Functional Approaches, Dacher Keltner
       11:32 - 12:00 pm Talk 4: Modelling Dynamic Facial Expressions of Emotion Across Cultures Using Data-Driven Methods, Rachael E. Jack
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Invited Symposium 4 - Novel Approaches to Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Jérôme Sallet, Chair, Constitution Ballroom
       10:00 - 10:08 am Introduction
       10:08 - 10:36 am Talk 1: Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation Via Temporally Interfering Electric Fields, Nir Grossman
       10:36 - 11:04 am Talk 2: Probing Decision-Making Circuits in Primates Using Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation, Jérôme Sallet
       11:04 - 11:32 am Talk 3: Ultrasonic Modulation of Higher Order Visual Pathways in Humans, Chris Butler
       11:32 - 12:00 pm Talk 4: Noninvasive CNS Modulation Using Ultrasound with or without Blood-Brain Barrier Opening, Elisa Konofagou
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Poster Session F Take-Down, Exhibit Hall C
12:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closed for the Day - No Entry
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break (On your own)
1:30 - 3:30 pm Symposium 9 - Cortical Gradients and Their Role in Cognition, Daniel Margulies, Chair, Independence
       1:30 - 1:38 pm Introduction
       1:38 - 2:04 pm Talk 1: The Influence of Brain Structure on Typical and Atypical Brain Function, Boris Bernhardt
       2:04 - 2:30 pm Talk 2: Cortical Somatosensory Hierarchical Gradients, Noam Saadon-Grosman
       2:30 - 2:56 pm Talk 3: A Multisensory Perspective on Primary Cortices, Micah Murray
       2:56 - 3:22 pm Talk 4: Neurocognitive Hierarchies as a State Space for On-Going Thought, Jonathan Smallwood
       3:22 - 3:30 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
1:30 - 3:30 pm Symposium 10 - Specifics and Generalities: Beyond the Semantic-Episodic Distinction, Chi Ngo, Chair, Back Bay A&B
       1:30 - 1:38 pm Introduction
       1:38 - 2:04 pm Talk 1: Generalized Knowledge and Episodic Memory in Development, Chi Ngo
       2:04 - 2:30 pm Talk 2: Memory Specificity and Concept Generalization, Dagmar Zeithamova
       2:30 - 2:56 pm Talk 3: Semantic Knowledge Distorts Episodic Memory: Behavioral and Neural Investigations, Alexa Tompary
       2:56- 3:22 pm Talk 4: Neural Signatures of Time and Meaning in Categorized Free Recall, Sean Polyn
       11:32 - 12:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
1:30 - 3:30 pm Symposium 11 - Deep Data: The Contribution of Case Studies and Special Populations in the Era of Big Data, Erez Freud, Chair, Back Bay C&D
       1:30 - 1:38 pm Introduction
       1:38 - 2:04 pm Talk 1: The Role of the Dorsal Pathway in Object Perception, Erez Freud
       2:04 - 2:30 pm Talk 2: Perception and Action without Hands, Ella Striem-Amit
       2:30 - 2:56 pm Talk 3: Pattern Separation Following Denate Gyrus Lesions, Shayna Rosenbaum
       2:56 - 3:22 pm Talk 4: Direct Electrical Stimulation Mapping of Language Pathways During Awake Brain Surgery, Bradford Z. Mahon
       11:32 - 12:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
1:30 - 3:30 pm Symposium 12 - What Determines Category Selectivity in the Cortex? Talia Konkle, Chair, Constitution Ballroom
       1:30 - 1:38 pm Introduction
        1:38 - 2:04 pm Talk 1: Cortex is Cortex: Ubiquitous Principles Drive Face-Domain Development, Mike Arcaro
       2:04 - 2:30 pm Talk 2: Category-Selective Regions in Visual Cortex: What are they for? Marius Peelen
       2:30 - 2:56 pm Talk 3: Social Origins of Cortical Face Areas, Rebecca Saxe
       2:56 - 3:22 pm Talk 4: Factors Determining Where Category-Selective Areas Emerge in Visual Cortex, Hans Op de Beeck
       11:32 - 12:00 pm Q&A Period: The Speakers will take Questions from the Audience
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CNS 2020 | Flight Discount

CNS has secured a special discount for up to 10% off for CNS members traveling to the CNS 2020 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. See below for airline specific discount codes and booking information.

Reservation Information:
Boston, MA (BOS)
Valid Travel Dates: 3/11/2020 - 3/20/2020

You may book online at https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/flight-search/book-a-flight and enter your Offer Code ZHRZ115094 in the Promotions and certificates box when searching for your flights.
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CNS 2020 | Keynote Address

" Origins of Human Cooperation"
Saturday, March 14, 2020, in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Boston Hotel

Speaker: Michael Tomasello, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Humans are biologically adapted for cultural life in ways that other primates are not. Humans have unique motivations and cognitive skills for sharing emotions, experience, and collaborative goals (shared intentionality).  The motivations and skills involved first emerge in human ontogeny at around one year of age, as infants begin to participate with other persons in various kinds of collaborative and joint attentional activities, including linguistic communication. Our nearest primate relatives understand important aspects of intentional action - especially in competitive situations - but they do not seem to have the motivations and cognitive skills necessary to engage in activities involving collaboration, shared intentionality, and, in general, things cultural.

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CNS 2020 | George A. Miller Awardee  

Congratulations to Nancy Kanwisher, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, and Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT, our 2020 George A. Miller Awardee. Nancy Kanwisher will receive her award and give her lecture in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

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CNS 2020 | Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions Awardee  

Congratulations to Marlene Behrmann, Thomas S. Baker University Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, our 2020 Distinguished Career Contributions Awardee. Marlene Behrmann will receive her award and give her lecture in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Boston Hotel.


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CNS 2020 | Young Investigator Awardees  

Congratulations to the 2020 Young Investigator Award Winners ! Catherine Hartley , NYU and Samuel J. Gershman, Harvard University.
 
The purpose of the awards is to recognize outstanding con tributions by scientists early in their careers. Two awardees, one male and one female, are named by the Awards Com mittee, and are honored at the CNS annual meeting.  
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
CNS 2020 | Hotel Reservations
CNS 2020 | Registration
CNS 2020 | Schedule Overview
CNS 2020 | Flight Discount
CNS 2020 | Keynote Address
CNS 2020 | George A. Miller Awardee
CNS 2020 | Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions Awardee
CNS 2020 | Young Investigator Awardees
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