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Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
And don't forget to first renew your membership/become a member! In addition to major discounts on conference registration, membership in SANS comes with other bonuses, including a 20% discount on open access fees at SCAN (new this year)! Details here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/membership/
Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And don't forget to first renew your membership/become a member! In addition to major discounts on conference registration, membership in SANS comes with other bonuses, including a 20% discount on open access fees at SCAN (new this year)! Details here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/membership/
Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Early bird registration for #SANS2026 is now open! Register between now and March 9 for this discounted rate. socialaffectiveneuro.org/registration/
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Keynote address will be given by Dr. Elizabeth Phelps of Harvard! (brain.harvard.edu?people=eliza...). She will deliver a talk titled "The Human Amygdala, Threat, and Anxiety: Translational Progress and Challenges"
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Keynote address will be given by Dr. Elizabeth Phelps of Harvard! (brain.harvard.edu?people=eliza...). She will deliver a talk titled "The Human Amygdala, Threat, and Anxiety: Translational Progress and Challenges"
How do our brains learn when choices affect both ourselves and others?
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
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New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
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October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
How do our brains learn when choices affect both ourselves and others?
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
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Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/
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2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Presidential Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Steve Chang of Yale! (medicine.yale.edu/profile/stev...). He will deliver an address titled "Diverse Social Strategies and Neural Mechanisms underlying Mutual Cooperation"
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Presidential Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Steve Chang of Yale! (medicine.yale.edu/profile/stev...). He will deliver an address titled "Diverse Social Strategies and Neural Mechanisms underlying Mutual Cooperation"
Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
Symposia Guidelines - Social Affective Neuroscience Society
socialaffectiveneuro.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
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what happens during "resting state"? @jinke.bsky.social asked this question by (literally) asking what participants what they were thinking during rest, finding that ongoing thoughts are reflected in FC patterns and predict behavior/traits!
excited to be part of this project!
excited to be part of this project!
New preprint! 🧠
Our mind wanders at rest. By periodically probing ongoing thoughts during resting-state fMRI, we show these thoughts are reflected in brain network dynamics and contribute to pervasive links between functional brain architecture and everyday behavior (1/10).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our mind wanders at rest. By periodically probing ongoing thoughts during resting-state fMRI, we show these thoughts are reflected in brain network dynamics and contribute to pervasive links between functional brain architecture and everyday behavior (1/10).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Ongoing thoughts at rest reflect functional brain organization and behavior
Resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC)-brain connectivity observed when people rest with no external tasks-predicts individual differences in behavior. Yet, rest is not idle; it involves streams...
www.biorxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
what happens during "resting state"? @jinke.bsky.social asked this question by (literally) asking what participants what they were thinking during rest, finding that ongoing thoughts are reflected in FC patterns and predict behavior/traits!
excited to be part of this project!
excited to be part of this project!
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📣 Attention all @sansmeeting.bsky.social members!!!
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📣 Attention all @sansmeeting.bsky.social members!!!
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
Please share all the cool things you are doing by using this easy-to-use form 👇🏼
Don't be shy! Share with the community!
Self-nominations (students, faculty) are what this is about (but also give a shout-out to a friend/colleague)!🥳
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🚨 Exciting News! 🚨
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🚨 Exciting News! 🚨
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!
We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!
Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!
socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
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Six years in the making, a postdoc project with @freemanjb.bsky.social is finally now out in print. Many thanks to Jon and @hennavartiainen.bsky.social and everyone who made this important work possible.
New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
September 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Six years in the making, a postdoc project with @freemanjb.bsky.social is finally now out in print. Many thanks to Jon and @hennavartiainen.bsky.social and everyone who made this important work possible.
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New (i.e. finally published!) paper alert 🥳:
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
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We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
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That’s (relevant for) me: Task set dependent brain responses to delayed visual movement feedback
Abstract. Bodily self-other distinction relies on the detection of (mis)matches between predicted and actual sensory movement consequences, but the brain c
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September 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New (i.e. finally published!) paper alert 🥳:
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
academic.oup.com/scan/advance...
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
academic.oup.com/scan/advance...
1st SANS Social Media Highlight!
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Loneliness is associated with unstable and distorted emotion transition predictions - Communications Psychology
A mini meta-analysis finds loneliness is linked to distorted expectations of emotion transitions, including atypical models, reduced accuracy, perceived volatility in others, and an anti-positivity bi...
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
1st SANS Social Media Highlight!
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
UCSB PhD student @avamadesousa.bsky.social first first-author empirical paper is out!
In a mini-meta analysis, the authors looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
September 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
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🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
Sinclair Lab
The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
forms.gle
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
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After 5 years, I finally carved out time to turn this blog post on FDR (markallenthornton.com/blog/fdr-pro...) into a manuscript. The preprint features a much broader range of simulations showing how FDR promotes confounds, and how this effect compounds with publication bias: osf.io/preprints/ps...
August 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
After 5 years, I finally carved out time to turn this blog post on FDR (markallenthornton.com/blog/fdr-pro...) into a manuscript. The preprint features a much broader range of simulations showing how FDR promotes confounds, and how this effect compounds with publication bias: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Exciting news from SANS! We’re now a member of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (@fabbs.org).
FABBS advocates for the sciences of the mind, brain, and behavior - connecting researchers with policymakers and promoting evidence-based science in Congress and beyond.
FABBS advocates for the sciences of the mind, brain, and behavior - connecting researchers with policymakers and promoting evidence-based science in Congress and beyond.
FABBS – Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences
fabbs.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Exciting news from SANS! We’re now a member of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (@fabbs.org).
FABBS advocates for the sciences of the mind, brain, and behavior - connecting researchers with policymakers and promoting evidence-based science in Congress and beyond.
FABBS advocates for the sciences of the mind, brain, and behavior - connecting researchers with policymakers and promoting evidence-based science in Congress and beyond.
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In advance of next year's (likely dire) job market, here are the 2024-2025 numbers from the psych job wiki: the overall number of tenure-track job listings in psychology and neuroscience fell slightly, from 860 to 822 (this doesn't include canceled searches, which are often not properly reported).
July 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In advance of next year's (likely dire) job market, here are the 2024-2025 numbers from the psych job wiki: the overall number of tenure-track job listings in psychology and neuroscience fell slightly, from 860 to 822 (this doesn't include canceled searches, which are often not properly reported).
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Excited to ✨share✨ that our paper on ✨sharing✨ is published! Across 3 studies that build on one another, we show that perceived alignment with one's peers increases the likelihood of information sharing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perceived community alignment increases information sharing - Nature Communications
Information sharing is a ubiquitous and consequential behavior. Here, the authors use neuroimaging and behavioral studies to show that people are driven to share information that they believe will be ...
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Excited to ✨share✨ that our paper on ✨sharing✨ is published! Across 3 studies that build on one another, we show that perceived alignment with one's peers increases the likelihood of information sharing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🎉New paper out @Psychological Review on the neuroscience of intergroup contact🎉
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎉New paper out @Psychological Review on the neuroscience of intergroup contact🎉
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
🌟 Want to get more involved in the SANS Community? 🌟
Consider joining one of the SANS working committees! We welcome interest from all levels - from graduate student to emeritus professor!
Interested? Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: July 19, 2025
Consider joining one of the SANS working committees! We welcome interest from all levels - from graduate student to emeritus professor!
Interested? Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: July 19, 2025
SANS 2025/2026 | Committee Interest Form
Would you be interested in getting more involved in the SANS Community as a committee member ? If yes, fill out the below form and we will be in touch with additional information on opportunities ava...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
🌟 Want to get more involved in the SANS Community? 🌟
Consider joining one of the SANS working committees! We welcome interest from all levels - from graduate student to emeritus professor!
Interested? Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: July 19, 2025
Consider joining one of the SANS working committees! We welcome interest from all levels - from graduate student to emeritus professor!
Interested? Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: July 19, 2025
Please welcome your newest SANS Director-at-Large!
Dr. Candace Raio
(who will also be co-chairing the 2026 SANS Conference)
Thank you Candace for joining the board, and to all who participated in this year's voting!
Dr. Candace Raio
(who will also be co-chairing the 2026 SANS Conference)
Thank you Candace for joining the board, and to all who participated in this year's voting!
July 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Please welcome your newest SANS Director-at-Large!
Dr. Candace Raio
(who will also be co-chairing the 2026 SANS Conference)
Thank you Candace for joining the board, and to all who participated in this year's voting!
Dr. Candace Raio
(who will also be co-chairing the 2026 SANS Conference)
Thank you Candace for joining the board, and to all who participated in this year's voting!
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What a fantastic choice @psychscience.bsky.social!!!
@minuekim.bsky.social does innovative research!
@sansmeeting.bsky.social
@minuekim.bsky.social does innovative research!
@sansmeeting.bsky.social
Meet 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence recipient @minuekim.bsky.social, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Sungkyunkwan University, whose interdisciplinary work examines the neurocognitive mechanisms of affective information processing and how they impact #mentalhealth.
Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Award Recipient Justin Minue Kim On the Science of Emotion
This Spence recipient's interdisciplinary work examines the neurocognitive mechanisms of affective information processing and how they impact mental health.
www.psychologicalscience.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What a fantastic choice @psychscience.bsky.social!!!
@minuekim.bsky.social does innovative research!
@sansmeeting.bsky.social
@minuekim.bsky.social does innovative research!
@sansmeeting.bsky.social