Donald O. Hebb Graduate Student Award

This award shall be made to the individual who, in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has been judged to have presented the best paper or poster at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science. Normally, the awardee would be a Canadian citizen or would have conducted a significant proportion of his/her research, training or disciplinary work within Canada.

BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
Laurie Bloomfield ( University of Alberta)

HONOURABLE MENTION (ORAL PRESENTATION)
Chris Streimer (University of Waterloo)

BEST POSTER
Evan Risko (University of Waterloo)

HONOURABLE MENTION (BEST POSTER)
Jacqueline Cummine (University of Sasktchewan)

Decisions about the 2006 awards were based on the assessment of a panel of judges. Students who were interested in having their presentation considered for an award submitted an extended abstract (maximum of 500 words). There were 45 submissions. Three committee members were assigned to evaluate each abstract. Each committee member independently recommended four or five abstracts from among those they initially reviewed for selection as finalists. Abstracts for all posters and papers recommended by at least one committee member were then circulated to all members. Committee members then independently ranked their top four abstracts in each category (oral and poster). Based on these rankings, the four papers and four posters receiving the highest rankings were to be selected as finalists. There was a tie for fourth place among the paper presentations, so five were selected as finalists. The list of nine finalists (five papers and four posters) was then circulated to the committee members and to the conference organizers so that they could be scheduled relatively early in the program. All but one committee member attended the conference and each member attended all or nearly all presentations made by the nine finalists. Just before the Saturday poster session, the committee met to select the outstanding presentation and an honorable mention in each category.

This year's prize for best paper or poster is $100.00, an engraved plaque, a certificate, and a 1-year membership in BBCS. The prize for honorable mention is a 1-year membership in BBCS.

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