The Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) is an international

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interested in multi-disciplinary approaches to cognitive brain function. Drawing primarily from the biological and

psychological Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betw ...

sciences, society members are involved in

cognitive neuroscience Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific field that is concerned with the study of the biological processes and aspects that underlie cognition, with a specific focus on the neural connections in the brain which are involved in mental process ...

research that attempts to integrate our understanding of the

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and

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. Founded in by six scientists,

Michael S. Gazzaniga Michael S. Gazzaniga (born December 12, 1939) is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the USA, where he heads the new SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. He is one of the leading researchers in cognitive ...

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), George R. Mangun (

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Steve Pinker Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. P ...

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Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

), Patti Reuter-Lorenz (

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), Daniel Schacter (

), and Art Shimamura (

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

), the society brings together scientists from many different fields in its annual meeting held each spring, featuring a program of plenary speakers,

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, and special events, covering all aspects of cognitive neuroscience research. Research into the functioning of the human brain, particularly during the past decade, has greatly enhanced our understanding of cognitive behaviors which are fundamental to education: learning, memory, intelligence, and emotion.

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Cognitive Neuroscience Society HomepageA geographical history of social cognitive neuroscienceNEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY: A HAPPY COUPLE?Social cognitive neuroscience: a review of core processes
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