Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN)
@s4sn.bsky.social
S4SN is an international, interdisciplinary, scientific, non-profit society. #S4SN2026 will be announced soon! 🧠
Website: http://www.s4sn.org
Website: http://www.s4sn.org
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Welcome!
The mission of the @s4sn.bsky.social is to serve as an international, interdisciplinary, distributed gathering place to advance and foster scientific training, research, and applications in the field for the sake of humankind. 🧠
Find more info here: www.s4sn.org
The mission of the @s4sn.bsky.social is to serve as an international, interdisciplinary, distributed gathering place to advance and foster scientific training, research, and applications in the field for the sake of humankind. 🧠
Find more info here: www.s4sn.org
We are currently seeking nominations for two positions (specifically human researchers) on the Board of Governors. 🌟
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We are currently seeking nominations for two positions (specifically human researchers) on the Board of Governors. 🌟
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
Thank you for joining us in Lisbon, you all made the conference a truely wonderful event! ♥️
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
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October 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Thank you for joining us in Lisbon, you all made the conference a truely wonderful event! ♥️
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
Check your inboxes - the post-meeting survey has been sent out to all attendees! 💖
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
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October 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Check your inboxes - the post-meeting survey has been sent out to all attendees! 💖
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
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This is such a fun meeting. If you are in social neuroscience - you should come. Heck even if you are not - the science is great in general! And a fun mix of animal and human research!
Next time in Canada!
Next time in Canada!
Saykat Ray observed natural behavior in fruit bats 🦇 and found that spatial place cells also encode social information.
These place cells are a cognitive map of the social environment! 😱
These place cells are a cognitive map of the social environment! 😱
October 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is such a fun meeting. If you are in social neuroscience - you should come. Heck even if you are not - the science is great in general! And a fun mix of animal and human research!
Next time in Canada!
Next time in Canada!
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I had such an incredible time at @s4sn.bsky.social. I took a lot of pictures of Portugal but none at the conference, so here's a video of an otter at the aquarium.
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I had such an incredible time at @s4sn.bsky.social. I took a lot of pictures of Portugal but none at the conference, so here's a video of an otter at the aquarium.
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
Now, after so much science, new impressions, and stimulating discussions, off to the last social event at #S4SN2025! 🥳
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
September 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Now, after so much science, new impressions, and stimulating discussions, off to the last social event at #S4SN2025! 🥳
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
In Marco Wittmann's #S4SN2025 talk, we learned that the brain reduces complexity in social situations by tracking the relationships that exist in a social group.
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In Marco Wittmann's #S4SN2025 talk, we learned that the brain reduces complexity in social situations by tracking the relationships that exist in a social group.
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
In the symposium on a cross-species perspective on the role of the frontal cortex in monitoring one's own actions and those of others, #S4SN2025 featured great minds:
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In the symposium on a cross-species perspective on the role of the frontal cortex in monitoring one's own actions and those of others, #S4SN2025 featured great minds:
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
On the last day of #S4SN2025, there were many more cool presentations!
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On the last day of #S4SN2025, there were many more cool presentations!
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
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Btw, this week I'm (kinda live) posting for @s4sn.bsky.social as it is their annual conference #S4SN2025 in beautiful Lisbon!
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
Wow that's already day 3 done! Who's ready for the last day of #S4SN2025 social neuroscience fun tomorrow? 🥲
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September 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Btw, this week I'm (kinda live) posting for @s4sn.bsky.social as it is their annual conference #S4SN2025 in beautiful Lisbon!
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
Wow that's already day 3 done! Who's ready for the last day of #S4SN2025 social neuroscience fun tomorrow? 🥲
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September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wow that's already day 3 done! Who's ready for the last day of #S4SN2025 social neuroscience fun tomorrow? 🥲
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And we're on!!! Don't forget to tag us or use the hashtag #S4SN2025 for all your conference activities! 🤩
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September 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
And we're on!!! Don't forget to tag us or use the hashtag #S4SN2025 for all your conference activities! 🤩
And a few great short/invited talks by cool people at #S4SN2025! ⤵️
Tommy Lee explains how variation in OXTR Levels affects partner preference in voles!
Tommy Lee explains how variation in OXTR Levels affects partner preference in voles!
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And a few great short/invited talks by cool people at #S4SN2025! ⤵️
Tommy Lee explains how variation in OXTR Levels affects partner preference in voles!
Tommy Lee explains how variation in OXTR Levels affects partner preference in voles!
In the #S4SN2025 symposium "Behavioral, neural and computational mechanisms of dynamic social coordination in primates", there were some great talks!
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer presented work on coordination of joint action in primates 🐒
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer presented work on coordination of joint action in primates 🐒
September 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In the #S4SN2025 symposium "Behavioral, neural and computational mechanisms of dynamic social coordination in primates", there were some great talks!
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer presented work on coordination of joint action in primates 🐒
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer presented work on coordination of joint action in primates 🐒
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Great symposium today with @honglab.bsky.social Andreas Olsson and Grit Hein on empathy across species at @s4sn.bsky.social in Lisbon! #s4sn2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Great symposium today with @honglab.bsky.social Andreas Olsson and Grit Hein on empathy across species at @s4sn.bsky.social in Lisbon! #s4sn2025
Aaaand invited speaker Michael Yartsev studies natural social behavior in groups of bats. 🦇
Why bats? Bats live their lives almost entirely in collective social settings and they live quite long so they interact a lot with others. Fascinating!
#S4SN2025
Why bats? Bats live their lives almost entirely in collective social settings and they live quite long so they interact a lot with others. Fascinating!
#S4SN2025
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Aaaand invited speaker Michael Yartsev studies natural social behavior in groups of bats. 🦇
Why bats? Bats live their lives almost entirely in collective social settings and they live quite long so they interact a lot with others. Fascinating!
#S4SN2025
Why bats? Bats live their lives almost entirely in collective social settings and they live quite long so they interact a lot with others. Fascinating!
#S4SN2025
Thomas Pomberger presented a cortical circuit for communicative salience!
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
September 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Thomas Pomberger presented a cortical circuit for communicative salience!
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
Thomas Pomberger presented a cortical circuit for communicative salience!
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Thomas Pomberger presented a cortical circuit for communicative salience!
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
How does the insula encode social vocal signals in mice? 🐭
#S4SN2025
The #S4SN2025 award talk by Caroline Parkinson was on integrating social neuroscience & social networks.
They created a big network from people's social networks in same-study programs/ student dorms.
The results?
1) People can positively predict the position of someone in this social network.
They created a big network from people's social networks in same-study programs/ student dorms.
The results?
1) People can positively predict the position of someone in this social network.
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The #S4SN2025 award talk by Caroline Parkinson was on integrating social neuroscience & social networks.
They created a big network from people's social networks in same-study programs/ student dorms.
The results?
1) People can positively predict the position of someone in this social network.
They created a big network from people's social networks in same-study programs/ student dorms.
The results?
1) People can positively predict the position of someone in this social network.
Great keynote at #S4SN2025 by Catherine Dulac on the neurobiology of sickness behavior! 🤒
If an individual is sick they express specific sickness behaviors (e.g. shivering, loss of appetite etc).
If you put a sick mouse and healthy mouse in the same cage, they will avoid each other, ...
If an individual is sick they express specific sickness behaviors (e.g. shivering, loss of appetite etc).
If you put a sick mouse and healthy mouse in the same cage, they will avoid each other, ...
September 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great keynote at #S4SN2025 by Catherine Dulac on the neurobiology of sickness behavior! 🤒
If an individual is sick they express specific sickness behaviors (e.g. shivering, loss of appetite etc).
If you put a sick mouse and healthy mouse in the same cage, they will avoid each other, ...
If an individual is sick they express specific sickness behaviors (e.g. shivering, loss of appetite etc).
If you put a sick mouse and healthy mouse in the same cage, they will avoid each other, ...