CSN Unit
@silanilab.bsky.social
Clinical Social Neuroscience Unit based at @univienna, led by Giorgia Silani. Interested in social cognition and emotions, reward processing and neurodiversity
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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
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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
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October 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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
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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
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And very proud of Raimund Bühler and Jakub Kraus for presenting their work...Jakub with a 1st prize for the best short talk 🤩
September 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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!😍
September 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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!😍
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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 🙏
📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... w/
@mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏
April 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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 🙏
📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... w/
@mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏
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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
Symposium proposals — S4SN2025
www.s4sn2025.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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
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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!
Project staff (Phd candidate)
Project staff (Phd candidate)
jobs.univie.ac.at
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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...
"Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown"
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown
COVID-19 lockdowns were linked to a surge in unhealthy food–related behaviors, potentially
as an attempt to cope with disrupted social homeostasis. Here, we tested bidirectional
associations between m...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Out in Biological Psychiatry
"Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown"
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
"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
...with implications for school & work environments 🎓💼.
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
#MotivationResearch #Reward
NYAS Publications
Effort is thought to be generally aversive but we tested the hypothesis that effort-contingent rewards in a cognitive task will induce reward-related hedonic facial responses in a subsequent non-ince...
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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
...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
Our lab member Raimund Buehler has just published his second ever, first-author paper!
📄 Read it here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#AutismResearch #Neuroscience
Autistic traits relate to reduced reward sensitivity in learning from point-light displays (PLDs) | Royal Society Open Science
A number of studies have linked autistic traits to difficulties in learning from social
(versus non-social) stimuli. However, these stimuli are often difficult to match on
low-level visual properties,...
royalsocietypublishing.org
March 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
🎉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
Our lab member Raimund Buehler has just published his second ever, first-author paper!
📄 Read it here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#AutismResearch #Neuroscience
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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...
From being to identity: analysis and synthesis of the self | Royal Society
Discussion meeting organised by Professor Tony Prescott, Professor Agnieszka Wykowska, Professor Sarah Garfinkel, and Professor Paul Verschure.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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...
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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...
Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing - Nature Communications
Virtual nature exposure reduces self-reported pain and is associated with decreased brain responses linked to somatosensory and nociceptive processing, providing new insights into the underlying mecha...
doi.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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...
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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...
Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex - Nature
A study combining group decision-making tasks with fMRI shows that the brain’s dorsomedial prefrontal cortex uses basis functions, similar to those in the visual, motor and spatial domains, to re...
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March 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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...
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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...
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...
Post-doctoral study grants : Aim & award - Fondation Fyssen
Goals Study grants are ment for post-doctoral researchers, working on research disciplines such as Ethology, Paleontology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Psychology, Epistemology, Logic and Sciences of n...
www.fondationfyssen.fr
January 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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...
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...
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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...
Deep similarities with other physiological needs 🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis - Nature
New data on brain-wide circuits centred around two interconnected hypothalamic neuron populations provide significant mechanistic insights into the emergence of social need during social isolation and...
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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...
Deep similarities with other physiological needs 🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Application deadline is 7 April 2025 👇
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We are looking for 2 new colleagues - #professorships in
(A) Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
(B) Work & Organizational Psychology
Join a lively and collaborative department @tudresden.bsky.social in #Dresden
- Please share -
@dgps.bsky.social #jobalert 📣
tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/a...
(A) Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
(B) Work & Organizational Psychology
Join a lively and collaborative department @tudresden.bsky.social in #Dresden
- Please share -
@dgps.bsky.social #jobalert 📣
tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/a...
February 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Application deadline is 7 April 2025 👇
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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
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
OSF
osf.io
February 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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
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
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"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..."
‘Like it’s making my heart run’: A strengths-based understanding of the play of autistic children - Christina O’Keeffe, Sinead McNally, 2025
Play is a central feature of childhood and a fundamental right of all children. Currently, our understanding of autistic play is based on a deficit perspective,...
journals.sagepub.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"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..."
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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...
What happened to cognitive science? - Nature Human Behaviour
Núñez et al. use bibliometric and socio-institutional indicators to show that over the years, cognitive science has failed to transition to a mature, coherent, interdisciplinary field.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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...
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The Predictive Coding Account of Psychosis
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
The Predictive Coding Account of Psychosis
Fueled by developments in computational neuroscience, there has been increasing interest
in the underlying neurocomputational mechanisms of psychosis. One successful approach
involves predictive codin...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Predictive Coding Account of Psychosis
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
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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
Defining key concepts for mental state attribution - Communications Psychology
The terminology used in discussions on mental state attribution is extensive and lacks consistency. In the current paper, experts from various disciplines collaborate to introduce a shared set of conc...
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January 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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
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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!
January 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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!
Great place to see you again🤩
The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience can now also be found here! 🤘
@escaneu.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #PsychSkySci
@mtsakiris.bsky.social
@hvansteenbergen.bsky.social
@silanilab.bsky.social
@scanunit.bsky.social
Please spread the word and tag fellow ESCAN members!
@escaneu.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #PsychSkySci
@mtsakiris.bsky.social
@hvansteenbergen.bsky.social
@silanilab.bsky.social
@scanunit.bsky.social
Please spread the word and tag fellow ESCAN members!
January 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Great place to see you again🤩
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Attachment Reminders Trigger Widespread Synchrony across Multiple Brains
www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...
www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...
Attachment Reminders Trigger Widespread Synchrony across Multiple Brains
Infant stimuli elicit widespread neural and behavioral response in human adults, and such massive allocation of resources attests to the evolutionary significance of the primary attachment. Here, we e...
www.jneurosci.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Attachment Reminders Trigger Widespread Synchrony across Multiple Brains
www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...
www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...
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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...
The Theory of Mind Hypothesis of Autism: A Critical Evaluation of the Status Quo
Long, Catmur, & Bird (2025)
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
January 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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...
The Theory of Mind Hypothesis of Autism: A Critical Evaluation of the Status Quo
Long, Catmur, & Bird (2025)
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...