Saturday, November 23, 2024
11/23/2024
Project Summary The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on the Neurobiology of Cognition has been a flagship meeting for this highly interdisciplinary field since its inception in 2010. The 2024 convocation will be the seventh meeting in the series. The conference will be preceded by the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on the Neurobiology of Cognition topic, geared toward graduate students and postdoc attendees. The conference brings together leading experts with early-career scientists and trainees for a weeklong experience characterized by both cutting-edge research presentations and relaxed interactions. The subtitle, and therefore focus of the 2024 Neurobiology of Cognition GRC is “Exploring the Mechanisms of Cognition: Insights from Neuroscience and Computation”. Broad topics to be covered include attention, memory, decision-making, perception, and action. Introduced to the itinerary this year are three new sessions: one topic devoted to the impact of emotion on cognition, another focused on social communication among primates, and a third on computational models of cognition. In addition, GRC speakers are encouraged to present and emphasize cutting-edge laboratory techniques. Twenty-eight invited speakers will join approximately 120 trainees for the weeklong conference. The GRC format fosters camaraderie by assuming all attendees will participate for the entire week, and invited speakers will remain for the entire conference, with exemptions reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The 9 GRC sessions begin with the first session Sunday evening, and two per day Monday – Thursday, with daily meals held together and free time in the afternoon, so there is ample time for recreational activities and informal scientific discourse. The structure of this meeting helps to break down career rank barriers, and this can be particularly beneficial for female trainees and trainees from under-represented backgrounds. The organizers of the GRC and GRS will make extensive efforts to select speakers who represent a diversity of perspectives. Priority for acceptance to the attend the meeting and for funding support will be given to trainees who are women and/or from under-represented groups. Through its 12-year history, the Neurobiology of Cognition GRC has helped to grow this field and has fostered career growth and new collaborations. The chairs of the GRS and GRC expect the 2024 meeting will be another successful rendition of this flagship meeting for our field.
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