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Ryssa Moffat @ryssamoffat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🧩 This piece by Eric Dolan for @psypost.bsky.social is very thoughtfully put together – I couldn't ask for a more lovely summary of our most recent work! @escross.bsky.social, @introspection.bsky.social, @ethz.ch #fNIRS #neuroscience

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 21/08/2026

What mechanisms underlie health benefits of social interaction? @ryssamoffat.bsky.social @introspection.bsky.social @escross.bsky.social show that neural synchrony during a creative drawing program decreases in intergenerational dyads & increases in same-generation @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4gbafyY

An intergenerational dyad draws together. Without prompts and through collaboration, they create shared drawing. While they draw, their brain activity is recorded using mobile sensors and their body movements are tracked using video-based motion capture. Photograph captured by Ryssa Moffat. The participants depicted in this photograph have provided written consent for their likeness to be published alongside open-access online research outputs.

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Ryssa Moffat @ryssamoffat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🧠 🎨 🧠 In a new paper, @lucanaudszus.bsky.social, @escross.bsky.social, and I examined two-brain states (lots and lots of snapshots) while pairs of people drew collaboratively and alone. We compared same generation pairs (18-35 years) to intergenerational pairs (70+ years and 18-35 years).

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Ryssa Moffat @ryssamoffat.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🔬What does the #SocialBrainSciencesLab research? Many, many topics including #SocialNeuroscience, #Aesthetics, #EmbodiedAI and #SocialRobots. 🧠 🤖 We compiled an overview of ongoing projects. If our work inspires you, reach out and say hi! @ethz.ch, @escross.bsky.social, @tanjaulrich.bsky.social

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A tremendously exciting preprint detailing first results of an ambitious multi-week intergenerational art making & hyperscanning study, whose aim was to explore the naissance of friendships 👥 Massive props to @ryssamoffat.bsky.social for leading and to @introspection.bsky.social for the fab collab!🌟

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

What an utterly delightful, inspiring and downright ace two days it has been hosting the Zurich Neuroscience Center-sponsored Social Connection workshop at @ethz.ch‘s glorious Villa Hatt! 🤩 SO much brilliant research & discussion shared while we socially connected over great food and stellar views!

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It was truly lovely to speak with the awesome team behind @storiesofwin.bsky.social ! Thanks so much for giving me this opportunity to share my story, gals! 💞🧠💃🤖

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Such a brilliant study and SO exciting to see this in press! Congrats Guido & team! 💪🙌🕺

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Ruud Hortensius @ruudhortensius.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🧠 Call for Participation: Social Dynamics 2025 🗓️ 20-21 November 2025 📍Utrecht University, The Netherlands 🔗 socialdynamics2025.sites.uu.nl ft @antoniahamilton.bsky.social @escross.bsky.social @suzannedikker.bsky.social @milicanikolic.bsky.social, @dcrafa.bsky.social + many more

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

💃🧠 Psyched to share my latest paper in Neuron on the past, present and future of dance neuroscience research! Crazy to think where this field will be in 20 more years 🚀 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkh3_KOmx... #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #Dance #CognitiveNeuroscience #Neuroaesthetics #BrainScience

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Interested in fresh new #neuroaesthetics research? Want to hear from brilliant keynotes @neurobea.bsky.social, @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social & Fredrik Ullén from @ae.mpg.de, and an all-⭐ cast of speakers? Then submit your abstract & join us in Ascona🇨🇭 this Sept! Plz share! sbs.ethz.ch/conference.h...

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy Int'l Day of Women & Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬 The #HBTransform Leadership voyage to Antarctica with 120 women & non-binary STEMM leaders has been deeply inspiring, but my 💙 breaks for my US friends facing ignorance threatening research. At least at Palmer Station, it was still science as usual.

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Super proud of #TeamSBS & friends for this awesome #PreprintFriday drop! 👇 Keep scrolling to learn about a mixed-methods approach for exploring what kids of different reading levels want in a robot reading companion 👀📕🤖 Kudos to @natecaruana.bsky.social, @ryssamoffat.bsky.social & Hannah!

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Out of office on ✅, team in great shape to rock next 4 weeks when I'm away ✅, & final weekly swim in the Limmat was in perfect sunshine! Tomorrow I'm Antarctica-bound, joining 123 other women in STEMM to hone our leadership & community-building skills💪💙 homewardboundprojects.com.au/124-women-le...

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

New year, new paper from the Social Brain Sciences team! ✨✨Very excited to share this paper presenting 3 pre-registered experiments on the perceived morality of AI-generated (visual) art, led by ace neuroaesthetics postdoc Ionela Bara! Out now in Cognition! 🧠🎨🤖 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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AI contextual information shapes moral and aesthetic judgments of AI-generated visual art

Throughout history, art creation has been regarded as a uniquely human means to express original ideas, emotions, and experiences. However, as Generat…

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Awesome to see these data from my PhD (collected many, many moons ago!) provide the grist for this super interesting new analysis- I certainly learned something new about participants‘ performance of this task! 🪢🪢🪢🪢🪢🪢🪢🪢🪢

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Know of any colleagues/pals not yet in an #fNIRS starter pack who should be? 🧠 💡 go.bsky.app/TR9ubFQ

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Things are hotting up with the Cold Water Cognition crew! ❄️❄️❄️ First snowfall meant this week’s Limmat dip featured ethereal city snowscapes for our aesthetic pleasure as we swam along! I’m sure there’s a study to be done about not feeling as cold (/miserable) when immersed in a winter wonderland!

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Are humanoid robots perceived as mindless mannequins? 🤔🤖👤👁️ Check out our latest paper to find out! 👇👇👇 This particular paper was a long time in the making, but so exciting to see it out in the big bad world! Extra big thanks/congrats to @letstido.bsky.social 🦾

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