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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 Abstract submissions CLOSE SOON! 🚨

Don’t miss your chance to present at #ACNS2025 in Melbourne 🧠🌏
📅 Abstracts due: 15 August 2025 (midnight AET)
📍 Main conf: 26–28 Nov @ Monash College, Docklands

👉 Submit now: www.acns.org.au/acns-confere...

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Apr 1

ACNS Travel Award – APPLY NOW!

Supports overseas travel for ECRs (0-3 years post-PhD).

🗓 Applications close April 24, 2025
💰 Up to $2,500 in funding available
🌍 Must include international travel & start by June 30, 2026

🔗 Apply here: www.acns.org.au/acns-awards/

ACNS Awards - Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society

www.acns.org.au

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨 Save the date! 🚨

The 3rd Seeing and Acting Workshop (SAW) takes place at the University of Coimbra, Portugal on Sept 25-27, 2025!

- Poster abstract deadline: July 31, 2025
⚡ Limited spots (~120)
🔗 www.uc.pt/cogbooster/s...

Seeing and Acting Workshop: Functional and Neural Perspectives

SAW 2025

www.uc.pt

acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Apr 1

Save the Date #ACNS2025

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Mar 24

Our next International Webinar Series speaker is Prof. Birte Forstmann (University of Amsterdam).

🧠 Topic: Joint Modeling of the Deep Brain’s Form and Function

📷 10th April 2025 | 4-5pm AEDT
📷 Online (ACNS members only)
📷 Register now: forms.gle/NYNMwSc3Y5bV...

ACNS Webinar - Birte Forstmann

Thank you for your interest in this ACNS Webinar! This is one of a series of educational talks we have planned for ACNS members throughout 2025. Please complete this form to register for the event. W...

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Mar 3

🌍 NEW: ACNS Travel Award! 🌍

Supporting early career cognitive neuroscientists in Australasia to travel abroad & build collaborations

📅 Applications open NOW! Close April 24, 2025
💰 Up to $2,500
🔗 More info: acns.org.au/acns-awards/

#ACNSNews #ECR

ACNS Awards - Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚀 Two fully funded PhD positions at the Behavioural Sciences & Technology Hub, UTS! 🚀

1️⃣Human-Robot Collaboration (Dr. Milan Andrejevic)
🔗 Details: lnkd.in/gpZwqQu4

2️⃣ Mental Privacy & Neurotech (A/Prof Kiley Seymour)
🔗 Details: lnkd.in/gQ7VKHdD

#ACNSJobs

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Mar 3

Looking to land a Post Doc or get promoted? Join the ACNS ECR Webinar for expert tips on securing a position & advancing your career!
📅 Mar 24, 2025 | 11:00 AM AEDT
🎙️ Panelists: Dr Hannah Filmer, Dr Dragan Rangelov, Dr Nandi Vijayakumar
📍 Register now: unsw.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Feb 4

🎉 New for 2025! 🎉 The ACNS International Webinar Series kicks off with Dr. Chris Baker, expert in learning & plasticity

📅 Feb 20 | 🖥️ Zoom | 🎟️ ACNS members only
Don’t miss out—register now! 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Neuroscience #BrainPlasticity #ACNS

ACNS Webinar - Chris Baker

Thank you for your interest in this ACNS Webinar! This is the first of a series of educational talks we have planned for ACNS members throughout 2025. Please complete this form to register for the eve...

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Jan 28

Calling experimental psychologists & vision scientists in Australia, NZ, Asia Pacific, & beyond!

May also interest attendees of Human Brain Mapping (@ohbmofficial.bsky.social), which is in Brisbane the following week. Come to Sydney to connect with even more colleagues!

#PsychSciSky #Neuroskyence

Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · Jan 28

140 days to the joint meeting of the Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC) and Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV), at UNSW in Sydney from June 17-20!

Registration & Abstract/Symposium submissions are open.
See our new website: conference.unsw.edu.au/en/epc-apcv-...

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Feb 2

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 The University of Sydney School of Psychology is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Active Perception!

Join the #RideauxLab to explore how walking influences perception using EEG, VR & AI.

Deadline 27/02/2025.

📆 Apply now: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Active Perception

Full time, 3 years fixed term position. Located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology Opportunity to work on cutting-edge research involving neuroimaging, virtual reality, and AI, at on...

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thank you, Newcastle, for hosting #ACNS2024! On to Melbourne for #ACNS2025 - see you all there!

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ACNS2024 best open talks 🏆:
Ines Semendric (UAdel),
Morgan Kikkawa (UMelb),
Monique Cost-Chretien (USyd),
Benjamin Lowe (MQ)

Congratulations 👏🏻

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ACNS2024 best fast talks 🏆:
Jasmin Patel (QUT),
Almudena Ramirez Haro (WSU),
Giulia Baracchini (USyd),
Sophie Thong (Monash)

Congratulations 👏🏻

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ACNS2024 best poster winners 🏆:
Tara Rasmussen (UQ),
Erfan Rezaei (Monash),
Holly West (UoN),
Victoria Prowse (UAdel)

Congratulations 👏🏻

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Dec 2

#ACNS2024
Congratulations to our Young Investigator Award winners: Dr Melissa Sharpe, and A/Prof Nigel Rogasch!

Fantastic work, guys!

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 28

Great morning session this Thursday at #ACNS2024! Guiliano Ferla showcasing how AI can be used to to create captivating illustration of complex theoretical concepts.

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 28

Bees, brains and AI at #ACNS2024 public event.

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 28

Some great insights about diversity and inclusion in AI at #ACNS2024 public event.

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 27

Great turnout for the public forum on AI and the Brain, hosted in the Newcastle Town Hall as part of #ACNS2024.

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 27

It was great to host Prof. Toby Walsh (UNSW) at #ACNS2024 and learn more about the history and the future of AI!

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 27

#ACNS2024 Outstanding Service awards go to Sharna Jamadar and Hannah Keage. Thank you both for your hard work to build up our community!
@sharnajamadar.bsky.social @trevorchong.bsky.social

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 27

#ACNS2024 Emerging Researcher Awards go to Shuting Li and Denise Morrell. Well deserved, both!

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 26

Great second day at #ACNS2024! Dr Anthony Harris presenting great work on cognitive effects of neural oscillations

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acnsau.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social · Nov 25

#ACNS2024 kicked off today with a host of interesting events. Prof. Karen Caeyenberghs delivered a fascinating keynote on promising rehabilitation of chronic TBI patients

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