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
Greg Louis West (University of Toronto)

HONOURABLE MENTION (ORAL PRESENTATION)
Jason David Ozubko (University of Waterloo)

BEST POSTER
Gillian Dale (Brock University)

HONOURABLE MENTION (BEST POSTER)
Adam K. Dubé (University of Regina)

Decisions about the 2009 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 400 words). Each committee member independently ranked all of the abstracts. Based on these rankings, the three papers and three posters receiving the highest rankings were selected as finalists. Finalists were evaluated at the conference by the panel on the basis of 50% weight for scientific impact and 50% for presentation quality. Just after the Friday morning session the committee met to select the outstanding presentation and an honorable mention in each category.

The prize for best paper or poster is $100, an engraved plaque, and a 1-year membership in the CSBBCS. The prize for honorable mention is a 1-year membership in the CSBBCS.

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