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Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
And if you're a scholar who belongs to a group that is underrepresented in social affective neuroscience, consider simultaneously applying for one of our travel awards! We'll be awarding 10 of them this year, at $500 each. See the quoted link for more details!
You can now start submitting abstracts for posters and talks at #SANS2026! The submission portal will be open until 11:59pm PT, January 12, 2026. See here for more information: socialaffectiveneuro.org/abstract-sub...
Abstract Submission - Social Affective Neuroscience Society
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
And if you're a scholar who belongs to a group that is underrepresented in social affective neuroscience, consider simultaneously applying for one of our travel awards! We'll be awarding 10 of them this year, at $500 each. See the quoted link for more details!
You can now start submitting abstracts for posters and talks at #SANS2026! The submission portal will be open until 11:59pm PT, January 12, 2026. See here for more information: socialaffectiveneuro.org/abstract-sub...
Abstract Submission - Social Affective Neuroscience Society
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November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You can now start submitting abstracts for posters and talks at #SANS2026! The submission portal will be open until 11:59pm PT, January 12, 2026. See here for more information: socialaffectiveneuro.org/abstract-sub...
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🧠 ALBA Webinar: Breaking Down the Ivory Tower — Ep7
This #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities, join us for a powerful conversation with Dr Dionna Williams (Emory University School of Medicine, US) @dwwilliamslab.bsky.social
📅 3 Dec 2025
⏰ 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET
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#DisabledInSTEM
This #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities, join us for a powerful conversation with Dr Dionna Williams (Emory University School of Medicine, US) @dwwilliamslab.bsky.social
📅 3 Dec 2025
⏰ 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET
👉 loom.ly/-VJQ83g
#DisabledInSTEM
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🧠 ALBA Webinar: Breaking Down the Ivory Tower — Ep7
This #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities, join us for a powerful conversation with Dr Dionna Williams (Emory University School of Medicine, US) @dwwilliamslab.bsky.social
📅 3 Dec 2025
⏰ 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET
👉 loom.ly/-VJQ83g
#DisabledInSTEM
This #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities, join us for a powerful conversation with Dr Dionna Williams (Emory University School of Medicine, US) @dwwilliamslab.bsky.social
📅 3 Dec 2025
⏰ 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET
👉 loom.ly/-VJQ83g
#DisabledInSTEM
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#albadiversityweek 2025 DAY 4
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#albadiversityweek 2025 DAY 4
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
Today is the last day to submit symposia for #SANS2026! Get yours in by 11:59pm PT! socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the last day to submit symposia for #SANS2026! Get yours in by 11:59pm PT! socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
On November 17th, we learned of the passing of Dr. Paul Ekman, who died peacefully at the age of 91, surrounded by those close to him.
Dr. Ekman's research was profoundly influential in shaping our understanding of emotion and its physiological and cultural underpinnings.
Dr. Ekman's research was profoundly influential in shaping our understanding of emotion and its physiological and cultural underpinnings.
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On November 17th, we learned of the passing of Dr. Paul Ekman, who died peacefully at the age of 91, surrounded by those close to him.
Dr. Ekman's research was profoundly influential in shaping our understanding of emotion and its physiological and cultural underpinnings.
Dr. Ekman's research was profoundly influential in shaping our understanding of emotion and its physiological and cultural underpinnings.
Deadline extended! You can now submit symposia up to 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November *24*, 2025.
2 more days to submit a symposia for #SANS2026! Don’t miss your chance to be part of this year’s program!
Make your Submissions using the online submission portal and submitted before our deadline of 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November 17, 2025.
Submit here: t.e2ma.net/click/nj1i7j...
Make your Submissions using the online submission portal and submitted before our deadline of 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November 17, 2025.
Submit here: t.e2ma.net/click/nj1i7j...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Deadline extended! You can now submit symposia up to 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November *24*, 2025.
2 more days to submit a symposia for #SANS2026! Don’t miss your chance to be part of this year’s program!
Make your Submissions using the online submission portal and submitted before our deadline of 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November 17, 2025.
Submit here: t.e2ma.net/click/nj1i7j...
Make your Submissions using the online submission portal and submitted before our deadline of 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November 17, 2025.
Submit here: t.e2ma.net/click/nj1i7j...
Conference Manager
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November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
2 more days to submit a symposia for #SANS2026! Don’t miss your chance to be part of this year’s program!
Make your Submissions using the online submission portal and submitted before our deadline of 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November 17, 2025.
Submit here: t.e2ma.net/click/nj1i7j...
Make your Submissions using the online submission portal and submitted before our deadline of 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Monday, November 17, 2025.
Submit here: t.e2ma.net/click/nj1i7j...
And don't forget to first renew your membership/become a member! In addition to major discounts on conference registration, membership in SANS comes with other bonuses, including a 20% discount on open access fees at SCAN (new this year)! Details here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/membership/
Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And don't forget to first renew your membership/become a member! In addition to major discounts on conference registration, membership in SANS comes with other bonuses, including a 20% discount on open access fees at SCAN (new this year)! Details here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/membership/
Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Keynote address will be given by Dr. Elizabeth Phelps of Harvard! (brain.harvard.edu?people=eliza...). She will deliver a talk titled "The Human Amygdala, Threat, and Anxiety: Translational Progress and Challenges"
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Keynote address will be given by Dr. Elizabeth Phelps of Harvard! (brain.harvard.edu?people=eliza...). She will deliver a talk titled "The Human Amygdala, Threat, and Anxiety: Translational Progress and Challenges"
How do our brains learn when choices affect both ourselves and others?
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
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New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
How do our brains learn when choices affect both ourselves and others?
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
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Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/
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2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Presidential Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Steve Chang of Yale! (medicine.yale.edu/profile/stev...). He will deliver an address titled "Diverse Social Strategies and Neural Mechanisms underlying Mutual Cooperation"
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Presidential Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Steve Chang of Yale! (medicine.yale.edu/profile/stev...). He will deliver an address titled "Diverse Social Strategies and Neural Mechanisms underlying Mutual Cooperation"
Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
Symposia Guidelines - Social Affective Neuroscience Society
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September 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
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what happens during "resting state"? @jinke.bsky.social asked this question by (literally) asking what participants what they were thinking during rest, finding that ongoing thoughts are reflected in FC patterns and predict behavior/traits!
excited to be part of this project!
excited to be part of this project!
New preprint! 🧠
Our mind wanders at rest. By periodically probing ongoing thoughts during resting-state fMRI, we show these thoughts are reflected in brain network dynamics and contribute to pervasive links between functional brain architecture and everyday behavior (1/10).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our mind wanders at rest. By periodically probing ongoing thoughts during resting-state fMRI, we show these thoughts are reflected in brain network dynamics and contribute to pervasive links between functional brain architecture and everyday behavior (1/10).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Ongoing thoughts at rest reflect functional brain organization and behavior
Resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC)-brain connectivity observed when people rest with no external tasks-predicts individual differences in behavior. Yet, rest is not idle; it involves streams...
www.biorxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
what happens during "resting state"? @jinke.bsky.social asked this question by (literally) asking what participants what they were thinking during rest, finding that ongoing thoughts are reflected in FC patterns and predict behavior/traits!
excited to be part of this project!
excited to be part of this project!
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📣 Attention all @sansmeeting.bsky.social members!!!
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📣 Attention all @sansmeeting.bsky.social members!!!
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
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🚨 Exciting News! 🚨
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🚨 Exciting News! 🚨
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
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Six years in the making, a postdoc project with @freemanjb.bsky.social is finally now out in print. Many thanks to Jon and @hennavartiainen.bsky.social and everyone who made this important work possible.
New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
September 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Six years in the making, a postdoc project with @freemanjb.bsky.social is finally now out in print. Many thanks to Jon and @hennavartiainen.bsky.social and everyone who made this important work possible.
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New (i.e. finally published!) paper alert 🥳:
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
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We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
academic.oup.com/scan/advance...
That’s (relevant for) me: Task set dependent brain responses to delayed visual movement feedback
Abstract. Bodily self-other distinction relies on the detection of (mis)matches between predicted and actual sensory movement consequences, but the brain c
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September 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New (i.e. finally published!) paper alert 🥳:
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
academic.oup.com/scan/advance...
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
academic.oup.com/scan/advance...
1st SANS Social Media Highlight!
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Loneliness is associated with unstable and distorted emotion transition predictions - Communications Psychology
A mini meta-analysis finds loneliness is linked to distorted expectations of emotion transitions, including atypical models, reduced accuracy, perceived volatility in others, and an anti-positivity bi...
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
1st SANS Social Media Highlight!
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
September 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
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🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
Sinclair Lab
The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
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September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...