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Related Resources

The links below are online references for additional resources in the field of cognitive processes. These range from professional societies that maintain links to areas that any reader can explore in this field. Many of the linked sites provide resources for further study, as well as downloadable resources that can be used for classroom teaching.
Cognition

The Cognitive Science Society has the latest news and information on conferences, funding, and employment, along with a host of related conferences.

The Cognitive Neuroscience Society is committed to the development of mind and brain research aimed at investigating the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition.

The American Psychological Society promotes, protects, and advances the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare.

The Organization for Human Brain Mapping provides an educational forum for the exchange of up-to-the-minute and ground-breaking research across modalities exploring human brain mapping.

The Psychonomic Society promotes the communication of scientific research in psychology and allied sciences.

The Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences is a coalition of member organizations, university departments of psychology, schools of education, research centers, regional psychological associations, and science divisions of the American Psychological Association.

The American Society of Neuroimaging is an international, professional organization representing neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and other neuroscientists who are dedicated to the advancement of techniques used to evaluate the nervous system.

This is a link to the MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Linguistics

The American Association for Applied Linguistics is a professional organization of scholars who are interested in and actively contribute to the multi-disciplinary field of applied linguistics.

The American Philological Association is the principal learned society for classical studies of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations.

The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing supports the application of computing in the study of language and literature.

Epigraphic Society is concerned with the discovery and decipherment of ancient inscriptions.

The Linguistic Society of America serves its members through scholarly meetings, publications, and special activities designed to advance the discipline of linguistics.

The Philological Society is devoted to the scholarly study of language and languages.

The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction is an international professional organization of scholars interested in qualitative research, especially interactionist research.

Neuroscience

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the United States, governed under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The American Academy of Neurology provides valuable resources for medical specialists worldwide who are committed to improving the care of patients with neurological diseases

Women in Neuroscience (WIN) is an international organization promoting the advancement of women neuroscientists at all career levels.

The National Institute on Aging leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.