These conversations with scientists and educators from the NSF-funded Science of Learning Centers, and the organizers of the Ultimate Block Party (which took place in Central Park, New York City on October 3, 2010) were recorded at the Children's Museum of Manhattan and Rutgers University, Newark.

Conversations from the 65th annual Lasker Awards ceremony on October 1, 2010 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. Presented by The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, The Lasker Awards are among the most respected science prizes in the world. Since 1945, the Awards Program has recognized the contributions of scientists, physicians, and public...

Cognition in Flux

The Cognitive Science Society, Inc. brings together researchers from many fields who hold a common goal: understanding the nature of the human mind. The Society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology,...

Four Seasons Biltmore
Santa Barbara, California
June 7 - 9, 2010

Perspective from Across the Disciplines

The Science and Religious Conflict Project at the University of Oxford is hosting a major conference entitled, Does Religion Lead to Tolerance or Intolerance? Perspectives from Across the Disciplines. The conference runs from 17-19 May.

University of Oxford, Christ Church

Loss of control over some aspects of behavior is usually held to be a defining feature of addiction. But the loss of control envisaged is somewhat mysterious. The series of actions in which addicts engage in order to procure and consume their drug is not reflexive; should it nevertheless be properly seen as uncontrolled? What mechanisms are...

The Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC) is a multi-institution group of scientists and educators focused on understanding the critical role of time and timing in learning. Their mission is to create a new science of the temporal dynamics of learning, to use this understanding to transform educational practice, and to create a new...

On Thursday, March 4, 2010 The Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience (SCCN) and its parent Institute for Neural Computation (INC) Swartz Center hosted an opening ceremony and Open House o celebrate their move into new quarters in the recently completed extension of the San Diego Supercomputer Center on the UCSD campus.

The...