ASSC
Purpose
The ASSC is an academic society that promotes rigorous research and coordinates annual conferences 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.
History
1. Founded in 1994
The ASSC was founded in 1994
2. First Executive Board
The first executive board was formed in 1996 by Bernard Baars, William Banks, Stanley Klein, Thomas Metzinger, David Chalmers and Patrick Wilken
3. First ASSC Conference
The first ASSC conference was held in Claremont, California, in 1997
4. First Journal
Between 2007 and 2010, the journal Psyche was the official publication of ASSC. Psyche was founded in 1992 by Patrick Wilken and Kevin Korb, and edited by Patrick Wilken until 2004.
5. Today
Annual meetings have been held every year since and are now rotated between Europe, the Americas and Asia. Since 2015, the official journal of the society is the open-access journal Neuroscience of Consciousness.
ASSC Executive Committee
Board of Directors
President-Elect
Lionel Naccache
Santé Sorbonne Université / APHP / INSERM / ICM, France
Lionel Naccache is co-leader of Physiological Investigation of clinically normal & impaired cognition team at the ICM, and is Professor of Physiology at the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital and University of Paris.
President
Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz is a professor, pediatrician and research director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, France. She leads the Developmental Neuroimaging Lab, where she studies the development of cognitive functions in children using non-invasive brain imaging techniques.
Past President
Joseph LeDoux
Center for Neural Science, New York University
Joseph LeDoux is a professor and a member of the Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology at NYU. His work is focused on the brain mechanisms of emotion and memory.Each year, the ASSC Board proposes a sole nominee for President-elect. Their nomination is approved by the ASSC voting members in the December elections.
The ASSC members also elect two new Members-at-Large to join the Board every year. Board members serve for a three-year term and may serve for up to two consecutive terms. Only voting members can be nominated and their nomination needs to be supported by two other voting members of the ASSC.
Members At Large
Liad Mudrik
Tel Aviv University
2024-2027
Claire Sergent
Université Paris Descartes
2018-2026
Biyu He
New York University
2018-2026
Jacobo Sitt
Brain & Spine Institute, Paris
2020-2027
Megan Peters
University of California, Irvine
2022-2025
Olivia Carter
University of Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
2022-2025
ASSC Officers
Executive Director
Lucie Charles
Administrator
Florence Lourdes
Director of Communications
Maria Niedernhuber
ASSC Committees
The members of each committee are appointed by the Board of Directors. Please get in touch if you would like to join!
Conference Committee
The conference committee ensures continuity between meetings (both in terms of records and standards), and conducts and evaluates an annual survey of each meeting.
- Jane Aspell (2018-2022) Chair
- Daisuke Shimaoka (2019-2023)
Student Committee
The student committee is made up of full members and students. It aims to foster greater involvement of students within the ASSC, and improve ways in which the ASSC serves the needs of its student members.
- Kirsten Ziman (2021-2024) Chair
- Brendan Hutchinson (2021-2024)
- Rachel Metzgar (2023-2026)
- Sebastian Dohnany (2023-2026)
- Hanna Tolle (2023-2026)
- Kenneth Shinozuka (2023-2026)
Membership Committee
The membership committee reviews applications to join the ASSC and changes in membership status.
- Vishal Kapoor (2019-2024) Chair
- Charlene Lam (2023-2026)
- Yaron Caspi (2024-2027)
Prize Committee
The Prize Committee selects the recipient of the annual William James Prize for an outstanding published contribution to the empirical or philosophical study of consciousness. This award is open to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars/researchers within 5 years of receiving a PhD.
- Catherine Tallon-Baudry (2017-2022)
- Patrick Haggard (2018-2023)
- Susanna Siegel (2019-2024)
- Axel Cleeremans (2021-2025)
Elections Committee
The elections commitee secures nominations for president-elect and members-at-large.
- Executive Director – Lucie Charles
- Independent Observer – Charlene Lam
Our 20th Anniversary
A presentation on the history of The Association For The Scientific Study Of Consciousness