Cognitive Science Society

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Promoting Cognitive Science as a discipline and fostering scientific interchange among researchers in various areas. 🌐

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Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 18d

Closing the symposium, Roberto Lent presents a new perspective on cognitive reserve, proposing that previously unknown brain connections may help explain neuroplasticity. #CogSci2026

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 18d

Ramesh Kumar Mishra discusses the future of cognitive science research in India, examining how the field can move beyond diversity and multilingualism toward more locally grounded perspectives. #CogSci2026

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 18d

Kicking off the ‘(In)efficiency in Cognitive Science Research symposium’, Nayra Rodriguez Soto examines how prenatal exposure to Hurricane Maria and maternal distress may jointly shape child neurodevelopment in Puerto Rico. #CogSci2026

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Nayra Rodriguez Soto presents during CogSci 2026, speaking behind a clear lectern. Behind her, a slide titled “Children’s exposure to climate hazards” summarizes UNICEF estimates showing that more than half of the world’s children are exposed to climate-related risks, including droughts, heatwaves, extreme heat, tropical storms, and floods. The slide highlights that 1.1 billion children face at least three overlapping climate hazards, threatening their health, education, and survival, and cites the UNICEF Children Climate Risk Report 2026.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

The final Glushko Dissertation Prize talk features Lynn Schmittwilken @lschmittwilken.bsky.social, who examines how the tiny movements our eyes make continuously shape visual perception from its earliest moments. #CogSci2026

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Aida Ramezani continues the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium with research at the intersection of language, AI, and moral cognition, exploring how models can infer changes in moral reasoning from text. #CogSci2026

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Next in the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium, Alireza Karami @alirezakr.bsky.social explores ‘The Representation of Numerosity in the Human Brain and Machines’, comparing how humans and AI systems perceive and represent quantity. #CogSci2026

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Next in the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium, Marina Dubova @mdubova.bsky.social presents Cognitive Mechanisms of Discovery, exploring how people generate, evaluate, and refine new ideas and explanations. #CogSci2026

Marina Dubova presents during CogSci 2026, standing beside a clear lectern while holding a presentation remote. Behind her, a slide titled “how can we better learn about the world?” explores how cognitive science can test intuitions about the scientific method. The slide questions ideas such as Occam’s razor, whether good experiments should aim to falsify theories or distinguish between competing models, and features a cartoon ghost wearing a graduation cap at the center.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

First up in the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium: Andrea de Varda @andreadevarda.bsky.social examines what multilingual neural language models can reveal about language and cognition. #CogSci2026

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Julia Hermida delivers the #CogSci2026 keynote, exploring how socioeconomic status shapes cognitive development and what this relationship can teach us about reducing educational and social inequalities.

Julia Hermida presents during CogSci 2026, speaking behind a clear lectern while holding a presentation remote. Behind her, a slide titled “SES measurement complexity” introduces the principle of diminishing welfare returns to income. A graph shows cognitive and other outcomes increasing with income but at a decreasing rate, illustrating that additional income has progressively smaller benefits.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

A look back at a year in the Cognitive Science Society: highlights, milestones, and updates from across the community at the #CogSci2026 Business Meeting.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Closing the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation, Luz Gonzalez-Gadea explores how children and adolescents respond to social transgressions, and what those responses reveal about cooperation, social norms, and relationships. #CogSci2026

Luz Gonzalez-Gadea presents during CogSci 2026, standing behind a clear lectern while gesturing with one hand and holding a presentation remote in the other. Behind her, an overview slide outlines three research questions about children’s and adolescents’ responses to moral transgressions: whether children care about moral norm violations, what motivates children’s third-party punishment, and how adolescents think justice should be restored. A banner across the top of the slide states that children and adolescents are strongly motivated to respond to social transgressions and that these responses may play an important role in regulating social life.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Up next in (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation: Joaquín Navajas @joaconavajas.bsky.social examines when discussion improves collective judgment—and when convergence can actually make groups less accurate. #CogSci2026

Joaquín Navajas presents during the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation at CogSci 2026. Standing beside a clear lectern, he gestures while holding a presentation remote. Behind him, a slide titled “Collectives are not static independent judgements” explains how discussion can lead groups to converge on shared opinions. The slide notes that while convergence can reduce diversity and collective wisdom, it may also improve the reliability of judgments under certain conditions. An illustration of people exchanging ideas and references to research studies appear on the slide.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Kicking off the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation, Katie Slocombe explores whether the ability to share attention extends beyond humans to other primates. #CogSci2026

Katie Slocombe delivers the opening talk of the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation at CogSci 2026. Standing beside a clear lectern, she gestures while presenting a slide titled “Joint Attention.” The slide describes joint attention as the coordination and sharing of attention about objects and events, calls it “the small change that made a big difference,” and notes that it predicts early vocabulary development and theory of mind in Western samples. The stage backdrop features a panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro with the Christ the Redeemer statue and CogSci 2026 branding.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 19d

Now underway at #CogSci2026: the Elman Prize Symposium, ‘Multilingualism: Enhancing Cognitive Science in Theory and Practice’, honoring 2026 prize recipient Matthew Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social.

Matthew Goldrick, recipient of the 2026 Elman Prize, delivers his keynote at CogSci 2026. Standing beside a clear lectern, he gestures while presenting a slide titled “Acoustic Property of Speech: VOT,” which explains voice onset time as an acoustic cue distinguishing voiced and voiceless consonants. The stage backdrop features a panoramic image of Rio de Janeiro with the Christ the Redeemer statue and CogSci 2026 branding.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 20d

Hyowon Gweon @hyogweon.bsky.social delivers her #CogSci2026 keynote, ‘Distinctively Human Intelligence: Thinking, Learning, and Communicating About the Self’, exploring the cognitive foundations of how humans think, learn, and communicate about themselves.

Hyowon Gweon stands behind a clear lectern delivering a keynote presentation during CogSci 2026. Behind her, a large slide titled “What does it mean to be intelligent?” contrasts learning from one’s own experiences with learning from and communicating with others, highlighting concepts such as perception, prediction, generalization, social learning, language, and explanation. The slide also includes sections on what children know and how they think and learn, with references to developmental psychology and cognitive science research.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 20d

Huge congratulations to the recipient of the 2026 David E. Rumelhart Prize, Douglas Medin! Visit the Rumelhart Prize page on our website to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr...

Robert Glushko shakes hands with Douglas Medin after presenting him with the 2026 David E. Rumelhart Prize at CogSci 2026. Both wear light-colored jackets and face the camera in front of a large screen displaying Medin’s portrait and the award announcement.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 20d

Kyle Mahowald @kmahowald.bsky.social concludes the symposium with ‘Linguistic Efficiency and Linguistic Interpretability’, connecting efficient linguistic representations with the internal mechanisms learned by large language models. #CogSci2026

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 20d

Helena Miton @helenamiton.bsky.social continues our invited symposium with ‘(In)efficiency in visual communication systems’, examining how writing systems balance graphic complexity, frequency and communicative effectiveness. #CogSci2026

Helena Miton stands at a clear lectern presenting during CogSci 2026. Behind her, a large red presentation slide asks, “What does efficiency look like for visual communication?” and lists three principles: using relatively simple shapes, using complex shapes only when needed, and using as many features as necessary.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 20d

Mélissa Berthet @berthetmelissa.bsky.social opens our first invited symposium with ‘Efficiency in nonhuman animal communication systems’, exploring how primates convey rich information despite limited repertoires and cognitive constraints. #CogSci2026

Mélissa Berthet stands behind a clear podium delivering a presentation during CogSci 2026. Behind her, a large slide titled ”(In)efficiency in animal communication” identifies her as being from the University of Milan and features a close-up photograph of a black-furred monkey peering from behind a tree.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 21d

2026 @fabbs.org Early Career Impact Award recipient Damián Blasi @damianblasi.bsky.social takes the #CogSci2026 stage to share research at the intersection of language, culture and human cognition.

Damián Blasi stands at a clear lectern delivering a keynote presentation during CogSci 2026. Behind him, a large presentation slide reads, “Ahistoricism in cognitive science and the golden era of language diversity,” alongside an image of an ancient golden funerary mask and the logos of several supporting organizations, including FABBS, National Geographic, UNESCO, and Schmidt Sciences.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 21d

Judith Fan @judithfan.bsky.social takes the #CogSci2026 stage for her Gleitman Prize Talk, exploring how drawings, data visualizations and physical representations help us uncover useful abstractions.

Judith Ellen Fan stands at a lectern delivering a presentation during CogSci 2026.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· 21d

Excited to be front and center for the #CogSci2026 Opening Session!

Charles Kemp stands at a lectern podium, smiling as he addresses the audience during the CogSci 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro. Behind him, a large blue screen displays a panoramic view of Rio’s coastline with the text “Welcome to Rio de Janeiro” and the conference branding, including “CogSci2026 Cognitive Inefficiency, July 22–25, Rio de Janeiro.” A microphone extends toward the podium, and the stage lighting casts a blue glow across the scene.

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· Jul 13

📢 Exciting news, #CogSci2026 attendees! The detailed program is now available! Check it out 👇 cognitivesciencesociety.org/program/

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Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· May 27

Exciting news! 🎉 We're thrilled to introduce our new Governing Board members! • Judith Ellen Fan @judithfan.bsky.social, from Stanford • Joshua Hartshorne, from @sydney.edu.au We appreciate their service and dedication to the Society, and look forward to the years ahead.

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Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· May 27

Registration for #CogSci2026 in Rio de Janeiro is NOW OPEN! 🌎🇧🇷 To support broader participation, we are offering significantly reduced registration rates for attendees based in South America! Register by June 15 to get our best registration rates! cognitivesciencesociety.org/registration/

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Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· May 14

Sign up as a Mentor or Mentee at #CogSci2026 The Mentoring Event brings together #CogSci Society members for conversations about academia, careers, work/life balance, international experiences, and more. Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mento... to learn more and sign up!

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· May 7

Want to spark conversation and build community at #CogSci2026? Submit your proposal to host an Affinity Group or a Discussion Group session! The deadline is May 18! 🗓️ Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-affin...

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Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· May 5

We're inviting nominations for the next Executive Editor of Topics in Cognitive Science (TopiCS). This role helps shape the journal's direction, guiding editorial priorities, policies, and the broader agenda of the field. Learn more and nominate at: cognitivesciencesociety.org/topics-journal/

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Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· May 4

If you're joining us in Rio 🇧🇷 for #CogSci2026, please remember to check your individual visa requirements for entry into Brazil 🛂 cognitivesciencesociety.org/travel-visas/

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Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety· May 4

Applications for the Financial Hardship Fee Waiver and Family Grants close NEX MONDAY! If you want support to attend #CogSci2026 Rio 🇧🇷, this is the time to apply! cognitivesciencesociety.org/registration/