Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience
a year ago
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- The Simons Foundation launches the Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) to study how the brain integrates sensory and motor information.
- SCENE aims to discover fundamental principles of cognition applicable across species using an interdisciplinary approach.
- The collaboration is based on ecological psychology principles, focusing on how the brain encodes affordances (opportunities for action).
- SCENE will provide over $8M annually across six research teams, including scientists in theory, data science, and brain modeling.
- The collaboration includes 20 principal investigators from various institutions worldwide, with an executive committee of four members.
- Simons Neuroscience Collaborations are designed for 10-year periods to enable large-scale longitudinal studies not feasible under conventional grants.
- Current neuroscience programs include the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain and the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain.
- The initiative officially begins on July 1, with the goal of reshaping understanding of cognition and behavior.