ASSC
Literature
The boundaries of consciousness: neurobiology and neuropathology
Edited by Steven Laureys
The Unity
of Consciousness: Binding, Integration, and Dissociation
Edited by Axel Cleeremans
The
Neural Correlates of Consciouness: Empirical and Conceptual Questions
Edited by Thomas Metzinger
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The ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness
About every year one prize will be awarded for an outstanding published
contribution to the empirical or philosophical study of consciousness by
a graduate student or postdoctoral scholar/researcher within 5 years of
receiving a PhD or other advanced degree.
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ASSC 13
The 13th annual meeting of the ASSC will be held at the
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science, Germany from June 5-8, 2009.
Michael Pauen (m@pauen.com) and
John-Dylan Haynes (haynes@cbs.mpg.de)
are the local organizers.
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ASSC Students
The ASSC Students community's aim is to foster greater involvement of
graduate students within the Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness and improve ways in which the ASSC serves the needs of
its student members. Its primary goal is to promote research and debate
about consciousness among new researchers.
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PURPOSE
ASSC promotes
research within cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and
other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities, directed
toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms
of consciousness.
FUNCTIONS
- co-ordinating annual
conferences
on aspects of
the scientific study of consciousness
- co-ordinating
with
journals (the society will begin publishing the open access
journal Psyche in late 2007)
- promotion
of other activities in the field (smaller conferences, mailing
lists, bibliographic resource, etc.)
- facilitate consciousness
research with awards for new investigators
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