ESCAN (a European-based non-profit scientific society dedicated to advancing research on how the brain supports cognition, emotion, and social behaviour) leaves X (1.919 followers) Bluesky: @escaneu.bsky.social

📢 Deadline extended! The submission deadline for single presentations (posters) at ESCAN 2026 has been postponed. 🗓️ New deadline: 25 February 2026 ⏰ 23:59 (CET) Take advantage of the extra time to finalize your proposal and submit your poster. We look forward to your contributions. escan2026.eu

🧠 ESCAN Pre-Conference Symposium on June 3, 13:30-17:15: Social Neuroscience: Bridging research & societal impact: AI & Human Interaction • Clinical & Health Applications • Environmental & Climate Neuroscience • Societal & Political Applications. escan2026.eu/pre-conferen... @escaneu.bsky.social

New paper out in NYAS! nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... We show that protecting others' from pain promotes effortful prosocial behavior 💪🧑‍🤝‍🧑🤝 w/ @clauslamm.bsky.social @silanilab.bsky.social @lei-zhang.bsky.social (thread below)

And very proud of Raimund Bühler and Jakub Kraus for presenting their work...Jakub with a 1st prize for the best short talk 🤩

Amazing conference and time in Erice "NEUROMODULATORS OF CONNECTION: CUTTING-EDGE INSIGHTS ON OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN IN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, COGNITION AND THERAPY". Thank you so much for organizing it!😍

Autistic and neurotypical adults use different neural mechanisms to integrate AV speech, but benefit equally in word recognition 🧠 📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... w/ @mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏

1️⃣ We are excited to announce that the call for symposium proposals is extended until April 20 for our upcoming S4SN meeting in beautiful Lisbon! This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research and engage with a diverse community of neuroscientists. Please refer to www.s4sn2025.org/symposia

Looking for a PhD candidate to join a project at the intersection of health comms & computer science! We’ll use LLMs to create synthetic patient populations to test vaccine uptake interventions & build a training tool for better vax communication. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Project-... Please repost!

Out in Biological Psychiatry "Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown" www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

Another new paper is out together with Veronica Job´s team! ...with implications for school & work environments 🎓💼. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nyas... #MotivationResearch #Reward

🎉New paper out in Royal Society Open Science!🎉 Our lab member Raimund Buehler has just published his second ever, first-author paper! 📄 Read it here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #AutismResearch #Neuroscience

A stellar line-up at this @royalsociety.org event on the Self, 19-20 May : Garfinkel, Wykowska, Prescott, Verschure, Zavahi, Schectman, , Li, Southgate, Lanillos, Brugger, Addis,Vogeley, Preller,Tsakiris, Blanke. Join us! royalsociety.org/science-even...

Can nature relieve pain 🌳🧠⚡️? Our latest preregistered neuroimaging study, now out in Nature Communications, suggests it can. We find that virtual nature exposure reduces both subjective and neural pain responses, even when compared to matched control environments. A 🧵 1/6 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

New paper from our lab now in @nature.com . We show that our brains use basis functions or "building blocks" to navigate social interactions. Rather than tracking every individual separately, social information is compressed into patterns that can be flexibly combined. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looking for a candidate to apply to the @fondationfyssen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships 🚨 If you would like to work on social touch at INCC in Paris, contact me ! (and if you you are defending your PhD before December 25 - not in France) www.fondationfyssen.fr/en/study-gra...

Superb @nature.com study from @dulaclab.bsky.social’s lab, led by @dingliu.bsky.social, shedding light on the neural circuitry underlying social homeostasis, centred around two hypothalamic cell populations. Deep similarities with other physiological needs 🧪🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Application deadline is 7 April 2025 👇 - Thanks for reposting -

New preprint from my postdoc work @scanunit.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps... “Avoiding pain to others motivates effortful prosocial behavior reducing prosocial apathy” w/ @clauslamm.bsky.social @lei-zhang.bsky.social @silanilab.bsky.social

"how do autistic children understand and conceptualise play?"--interviews, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... autistic children "described play as involving fun, friendships and engagement with meaningful materials and activities" & "deeply valued a sense of freedom and choice in play..."

I found this to be an informative and provocative read - what happened to cognitive science? Authors argue, based on bibliometric and scientometric analysis, that cognitive science as a discipline is basically dead. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Predictive Coding Account of Psychosis www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

Nita collected the opinions of experts in the field @clauslamm.bsky.social @scanunit.bsky.social, @silanilab.bsky.social, and @epronizius.bsky.social in an attempt to untangle the maze of mental states, question expert consensus, & explore the blurred lines of conceptual clarity! shorturl.at/iiKNA

Today is international hug day: a great day to hug and be hugged! We reviewed the scientific literature and were struck by how strongly such touch can improve your physical and mental health (see our meta-analysis doi.org/10.1038/s415...)! So go ahead and give a hug, and let us know how it feels!

Hello, BlueSky! 🌟 ESCAN is thrilled to join this growing platform. Follow us for updates, insights, and discussions on cognitive and affective neuroscience! 🚀 #ESCAN #BlueSky #Academia

Great place to see you again🤩

Attachment Reminders Trigger Widespread Synchrony across Multiple Brains www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...

New paper alert (and a bit of a must read) The Theory of Mind Hypothesis of Autism: A Critical Evaluation of the Status Quo Long, Catmur, & Bird (2025) doi.org/10.1037/rev0...

Closing the year with a new paper from my research visit at Quednow's lab @UZH ✨ We examined associations between cumulative hair #testosterone & #cortisol and social decision-making in a large cohort of young adults w/ @lydiafjf.bsky.social and many others

Useful reading list on neurodiversity from @iammirela.bsky.social and colleagues elifesciences.org/articles/102...

Are you passionate about unraveling the mysteries of the brain and behavior in rodents? 🧠🐭 The Social Brain Lab is on the lookout👀for a Postdoc in Social Rodent Neuroscience. 📍Location: Amsterdam 📅 Apply by: December 31, 2024 🔗 Apply Now: nin.nl/vacancies/db... #neuroscience #academicjobs

Migration done! It feels really great 🤩