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UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Why do we help strangers in distress? A UCLA study finds the brain circuit for parenting and prosocial helping are the same. The neural systems that evolved to care for offspring may be the foundation of #empathy itself. 🧠 #https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10327-8 #psychology #behavior

Single neurons extracted in an example lens field of view in the MPOA. Regions of interest (ROIs) are pseudo-coloured to visually distinguish individual neurons in one animal.

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You know when you’re at a conference and you can just feel the entire room get increasingly excited as a talk moves along? @honglab.bsky.social just gave on of those. WOW! The neuroscience of prosocial behavior: from helping and cooperation to social AI

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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Symposium submissions are due tomorrow, March 31, 2026!

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Weizhe Hong @honglab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We often think of survival as an individual act. But when facing hardship together, social groups may function more like a unified system than a collection of separate individuals. We are excited to share our latest work @natneuro.nature.com studying collective social dynamics. See: rdcu.be/e8LrV

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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Symposium Proposal Deadline Extended! 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠 The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31. Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026

Weizhe Hong @honglab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Excited to share our latest work in @nature.com showing shared neural substrates for parenting and prosocial helping behavior. Full text available here: rdcu.be/e6PnY

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Weizhe Hong @honglab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Join us in beautiful Montreal for the 2026 S4SN Conference (Aug 23–26)! Share your latest research, spark new collaborations, and engage with a vibrant social neuroscience community! Symposium proposals and individual abstract submissions are underway: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/pages

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Monique Smith @moeneuro.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Great symposium today with @honglab.bsky.social Andreas Olsson and Grit Hein on empathy across species at @s4sn.bsky.social in Lisbon! #s4sn2025

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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

✨ Exciting news for our upcoming S4SN Lisbon meeting! ✨ Join us from September 23-26 for a dynamic program filled with inspiring talks, poster presentations, and networking opportunities. Get ready to connect, learn, and share ideas in the beautiful city of Lisbon! The program is out 😍

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Weizhe Hong @honglab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Thrilled to share our latest work in @nature.com studying inter-brain neural dynamics in both biological and artificial intelligence systems — amazing work by @nobrainxz.bsky.social and Nguyen Phi, and fantastic collaboration with Jonathan Kao! Read the full article here: rdcu.be/euu5Z

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