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
Here we challenge the prominent conceptions of effort as being generally aversive, by showing that it may be rewarding on itself!
Our results suggest that building a culture that rewards effort and improvement, not only success, could help people thrive and even lead to better results all around.
Our results suggest that building a culture that rewards effort and improvement, not only success, could help people thrive and even lead to better results all around.
March 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Here we challenge the prominent conceptions of effort as being generally aversive, by showing that it may be rewarding on itself!
Our results suggest that building a culture that rewards effort and improvement, not only success, could help people thrive and even lead to better results all around.
Our results suggest that building a culture that rewards effort and improvement, not only success, could help people thrive and even lead to better results all around.
we saw that higher autistic traits were linked to reduced reward sensitivity for wins — across conditions — pointing to general learning differences rather than exclusively social ones.
March 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
we saw that higher autistic traits were linked to reduced reward sensitivity for wins — across conditions — pointing to general learning differences rather than exclusively social ones.
We tested this by designing a learning task using point-light displays— minimal moving dot stimuli – to compare social and non-social cues matched on low-level visual properties and applied computational modeling to analyze learning.
March 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
We tested this by designing a learning task using point-light displays— minimal moving dot stimuli – to compare social and non-social cues matched on low-level visual properties and applied computational modeling to analyze learning.
Autism is defined by clear social differences - but do these stem from specifically social mechanisms or from domain-general processes?
March 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Autism is defined by clear social differences - but do these stem from specifically social mechanisms or from domain-general processes?
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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