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@scanunit.bsky.social
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Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, est. 2010, led by @ClausLamm and based at @univienna | Curated by @lukasmayrhofer

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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our colleague @maxsteininger.bsky.social successfully defended his dissertation last week and has now officially earned his PhD 🎉🎓 His dissertation examined how nature exposure🌲affects acute stress 🤯 and pain ⚡. Here's an overview of the studies he published on this topic during his PhD:
Max Steininger standing in the middle with his supervisors Claus Lamm (left) and Mathew White (right) next to him after his defense.
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To celebrate Julia and Boryana’s visit from their international fellowships, we took the opportunity to tee off with a round of mini‑golf ⛳. @clauslamm.bsky.social took the lead at the final hole with a spectacular hole-in-one - congrats and thanks to everybody that joined 🥇🤝
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Congratulations to our colleague @epronizius.bsky.social and our PI @clauslamm.bsky.social for being short-listed for the teaching award of our faculty 🏅 And obviously to the other recipients as well. Happy to have so many great lecturers among us 🤓
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We had a great time at #ESCAN2026 last week and met a lot of amazing people. Here is our recap 🤓 - 1 symposium organized 👩‍🏫 - 7 talks held 🎙️ - 7 posters presented 🖼️ - group night train ride to Rome 🚂 - social gatherings each night🍻 - joining the first session with too little sleep 🥲
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
How will three groups of psychologists perform in an escape room? By assessing each other's arousal or debating whether frustration is a state or a trait? We recently conducted this bold introspective case study. Preliminary results suggest all groups did great. Thanks to everyone who joined 🤓
This image shows the group of people in our lab that participated in the escape room game.
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Here's our résumé of the ÖGP-Tagung in Salzburg last week: - 4 great talks 🤓 - 3 beautiful posters 🖼️ - First place at the poster award - congrats @lauragschw.bsky.social 🥳🥇 - Met many amazing people 🤝 - Gorgeous snowy mountain peaks 🏔️ - Left mountain hikes for next time tho 🥾
A snowy mountain peak as seen from the Salzburg University main buildingGroup picture of several of our collegues at the AudimaxClaus Lamm's talk on environmental neuroscienceGroup photo of our collegues on their way to the group dinner
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Never easy to say g'bye to the "veterans" 🥲 One of our most loyal and awesome lab members @markusruetgen.bsky.social sails to new shores (as psychotherapist). Good luck Markus, thanks for everything, "you'll never walk alone" 🍀🫶
The image shows our lab-head Claus Lamm and our dear colleague Markus Rütgen holding a shirt we designed for him as a farewell present.
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Another year, another ice-skating event for our lab ⛸️ Thanks to our colleague Ece Kurnaz for organizing ❤️
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We finally tackled our lab cleanup - turns out 15+ years of research leave a trail: - Folders of printed papers 🗞️ - Old study materials & consent forms 📁 - Cables, phones, and chunky monitors 🖥️ - Lots of dust 🧼 Thanks to our team for the joint effort - we promise to keep it tidier now 🤞
Some colleagues looking through old study materials and documents while cleaning out a shelfOur lab head Claus Lamm with a shopping cart full of old vials and some other trash ready to be disposedOur colleague Katja Pronizius posing with her cleaning detergentsOur floor with some of the materials we cleaned out
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Another amazing year at the SCAN unit with: 30+ papers🗞️ Many new faces 🤓 Long train rides 🚂 Rejections, resubmissions 📝 Tomatoes 🍅 A lot of science 🧠 And even more teamwork and shared moments 🫶 Thanks 2025 - looking forward to 2026 ✨
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Last weekend’s lab hike came with maximum fog and minimum views of Vienna 😶‍🌫️. The company more than made up for it though 🫶
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
In SCAN-Unit, wir untersuchen die neuronalen Grundlagen von Empathie, Altruismus, und umweltbewusstem Verhalten. Unser Ziel ist, diese Phänomene besser zu verstehen, um sie damit gesellschaftlich breit und besser fördern zu können. 1/2 #IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We realized we took no group pictures last year 🫣… So at the first lab outing of the year we took a dozen! 😁⛸️❄️ Special thanks for our @biancaaschuster.bsky.social for organizing 🤍
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
We are a bit late for this, but happy new year from the SCAN unit! 🎈 We are thankful for the productive and joyful times together and looking forward to another year of exciting research! 🤩 Here is our 2024 in review 👇
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
Huge congratulations to Julia Braunstein and Luise Greichen for being awarded the Marietta-Blau Grant 👏🏼 Proud of you!
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
Our lab head @clauslamm.bsky.social gave a keynote "public outreach" within the prestigious Wiener Vorlesungen format, about Empathy in Humans, Animals, and Machines. Packed room, lively discussion, and a lot of nice feedback. Watch it (in German 🙃) here: youtu.be/JmlYcLU8lFY
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Happy new year from us! 🥳😊 Following with our tradition we present to you our year in figures and wish you all the best for 2024!
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
We had such a nice time hiking the Viennese hills 🍂🍁 beautiful autumn colors and great company 🫶🏼
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