Over 100 researchers convened at Florida State University (FSU) on May 7 and 8 for the 2026 Florida Consortium on the Neurobiology of Cognition (FCNC). This year marked the tenth anniversary of the conference, which brings together researchers working in cognition from several universities and institutions across the state for an annual meeting. The focus of FCNC 2026 was Multiple Scales of Mental Health: From Circuits to Cognition. Topics of discussion covered broad cognitive domains in mental health, ranging from preclinical to translational research with both animal models and human subjects.
Dr. Lighthall, who serves on the Executive Committee for FCNC, co-led the panel on Training Grants: Strategies for Success at this year’s conference. Members of the ADDL presented recent findings from the Reducing Misinformation and Exploitation in Alzheimer’s Disease (FDOH 22A10) and Deciding Brains (NIH R01-AG072658) studies, as well as results from Dr. Shayna Soares’ fNIRS studies. See the full abstract book here and the lab’s posters below.
Conner L, Soares SR, Sammarco J, Taylor Y, Coronado C, Levin B, Ebner NC, Lighthall NR. Scam susceptibility with age and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Cognitive predictors of deception detection in text-based versus interpersonal contexts.
Coronado C, Soares SR, Lighthall NR. Exploring personality, emotionality, and associated neural mechanisms in political decision making.
Sammarco J, Conner L, Soares SR, Taylor Y, Wilson RC, Ebner NC, Lighthall NR. Sarcasm, sincerity, and lies: Social cognition is a double-edged sword in deception detection.
Soares SR, Conner L, Sammarco J, Levin B, Ebner NC, Wilson RC, Lighthall NR. Younger & older adults’ unjustified confidence in deception tasks.
Taylor Y, Soares SR, Lighthall NR. Prefrontal activation and decision accuracy in a misinformation task.
Congrats, team!
