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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN)

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S4SN is an international, interdisciplinary, scientific, non-profit society. The annual meeting #S4SN2026 will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026! 🧠 Website: www.s4sn.org

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Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her) @helenahartmann.com · 06/05/2026
⏰ Search for datasets ⏰ As part of a planned study on pain-related empathy, we are searching for suitable stimulus material, ideally short video sequences (1–3 seconds) depicting pain-distorted facial expressions 🫤😵‍💫😬
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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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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
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31! ✨
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
More information on eligibility and nomination materials here: forms.gle/xZbjfquWEzWW... Submit by April 17, 2026!
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Two awards will be given: 1️⃣ for human research 1️⃣ for non-human animal research Bonus for providing information on your open science practices (e.g. data, code, and resource sharing, preprinting manuscripts). Self-nominations are allowed! 😁
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
✨ EARLY CAREER AWARD nominations are open! ✨ This award recognizes the formation of new approaches or paradigms within the field of social neuroscience, and/or the development or advancement of research that cuts across multiple fields of neuroscience to understand social cognition & behavior. 🏆
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Steve W. C. Chang @stevewcchang.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Together with the European Social Club, the Society for Social Neuroscience is organizing a "Social brain networking event" during FENS forum fensforum.org, in Barcelona, Spain. It will be held at La Fuga, Consell de Cent 350, on the 7th of July from 7 pm. @s4sn.bsky.social
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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I definitely feel this. Stopped going to SfN due to increased inaccessibility of rodent research (all tech terms now 🙄) @s4sn.bsky.social on the other hand- still reaches across the divide, insisting on inclusion of different species perspectives in symposia & organisation 👏👌
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🗣️ Call for Abstracts (Individual and Symposium): Deadline: March 13, 2026 Submit your abstract here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/sub... If you have any questions, please contact debora.rashcovsky@gmail.com! ✨
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
✨ Exciting News! Join us for the S4SN Annual Meeting in Montreal this August 23-26, 2026! 🇨🇦 🗓️ Registration Deadline: August 21, 2026 🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/reg... Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! #S4SN2026 #Montreal #Conference
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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Really excited to attend the next S4SN meeting, the first in 8(!) years in which I will have no responsibility at all - it's going to be super fun Great science, great location, great crowd - see you there!
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
We look forward to welcoming you to Montreal for an unforgettable week of science, collaboration, and celebration! 🥳 On behalf of the S4SN team: Jennifer Bartz (Chair of the Local Organizing Committee) Weizhe Hong (President) Steve Chang (Past President) Elizabeth Hammock (Treasurer)
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
✨ #S4SN2026 Annual Meeting ✨ 🗓️ August 23-26, 2026 📍 Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada We bring together researchers working across human & non-human animal models to investigate the neural & biological foundations of social cognition & behavior. Mark your calendars & polish your abstracts! 💪
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We are already looking ahead to our #S4SN2026 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Montreal, Canada, next fall. Please keep an eye out for the exact dates in the coming weeks. See you in Montreal! 👋
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Finally, we are very excited for our incoming President, @honglab.bsky.social, who will lead the Society in 2026. Steve will be transitioning into the Past-President role and looks forward to working closely with him.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We were honored to host two world-renowned scientists, Catherine Dulac and Matthew Rushworth, as our Keynote Speakers. We also presented Early Career Awards to two exceptionally promising investigators, Vikram Gadagkar and Caroline Parkinson.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Thanks to Liz Hammock and Zoe Donaldson for organizing an excellent symposium dedicated to the memory of Larry Young, a co-founder and past President of this Society. This year’s meeting was, in fact, dedicated to our colleague, mentor, and friend, Larry.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Huge thanks go to the Program Committee, chaired by Zoe Donaldson, and Rui Oliveira, who served as the local committee chair and hosted the meeting in Lisbon. I also thank key local organizing members, Niccolo Bonacchi and Helena Matos-Aguas, who coordinated closely with our local partners.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
✨ Letter from the President ✨ Steve Chang would like to express his sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to making #S4SN2025 such a great success. This year’s meeting took place in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal, in September.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
👆 Nominees must be current members of S4SN. To submit a nomination, please nominate someone by December 31st 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Nominations should include a short paragraph and the reason for nominating the nominee. Self-nominations are very welcome! 🤩
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S4SN- Board of Governors Nomination
Dear fellow S4SN members, We are currently seeking nominations for 2 positions (specifically human researchers) on the Board of Governors. The term is for 3 years and involves attending monthly board ...
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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. 💪
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
It was really a lovely time! ⤵️♥️
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Tagging @moeneuro.bsky.social 😁
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Check your inboxes - the post-meeting survey has been sent out to all attendees! 💖 We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
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Saikat Ray @ray-neuro.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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!
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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
And that's a wrap for #S4SN2025! 💖
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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 😁💃🕺
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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. 🧠
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
And Pyungwon Kang shows that observational learning is influenced by social factors, but the neural mechanisms underlying this are still relatively unknown.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Masaki Isoda talked as about important brain areas for monitoring the actions of others. They identified 3 subtypes of neurons: active during self actions, active during both self and other actions and active during other actions! 🤯
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Work from Seng Bum Michael Yoo shows that in reinforcement learning, agents optimize their strategies and in a social version they have to integrate their own actions and those of others.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Eric Fortune works on coordinated communication in songbirds (wrens). Most neurophysiological activity happens when the birds sing themselves, while there is inhibition when the other sings. 🐦🐦‍⬛
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Zoe Donaldson presented work on relationship formation in voles Partners show higher inter-brain synchrony than strangers, because this synchrony decreases with strangers. They now want to move their experiments out of the lab into more ecologically valid environments.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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! 😱
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Fabian Grabenhorst presented work on the complexity of close human relationships!
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Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her) @helenahartmann.com · 25/09/2025
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! ⤵️
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Wow that's already day 3 done! Who's ready for the last day of #S4SN2025 social neuroscience fun tomorrow? 🥲
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
And we're on!!! Don't forget to tag us or use the hashtag #S4SN2025 for all your conference activities! 🤩
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Aaaand Felix LeRoy looked at a mouse model of autism. These mice are less sociable and were less dominant/inquisitive when an intruder was present. In these mice, the vasopressinergic system is deregulated (this specifically affects social behavior and aggression)!
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Jennifer Bartz presented work on oxytocin & attachment styles! 🌟
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Alisha Vabba presents work on the "law of silence" aka psychological pressure to not cooperate with authorities in the presence of danger.
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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!
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Jean-Claude Dreher reveals that distinct social learning processes are computed differently in the brain 🧠
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Ketika Garg asks: How do people navigate differences in risk when they must make joint decisions as a group? 🤔👭
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Igor Kagan shows that monkeys and humans coordinate with another individual of the same species in transparent decisions, with some differences in choice behavior! 🤩🐒
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