The ASSC is an academic society that promotes rigorous research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. The ASSC includes members working in the fields of cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities.
The ASSC web site has several main functions:
- co-ordinating annual conferences on aspects of the scientific study of consciousness
- promotion of other activities in the field (smaller conferences, mailing lists, bibliographic resource, etc.
- facilitate consciousness research with awards for new investigators
- publication of papers relevant to the scientific study of consciousness in the inter-disciplinary journal Psyche.
ASSC 14
The 14th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held in Toronto, Canada from Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th, June 2010.
ASSC Students
The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) Student community's aim is to foster greater involvement of graduate students within the ASSC 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.
The ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness
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 that is currently within 5 years of receiving a PhD or other advanced degree. For a list of previous Prize winner's, please see here.
The deadline for the next Prize submission is January 31. 2010.
The prize consists of:
