Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN)
@s4sn.bsky.social
S4SN is an international, interdisciplinary, scientific, non-profit society.
The annual meeting #S4SN2026 will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026! 🧠
Website: http://www.s4sn.org
The annual meeting #S4SN2026 will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026! 🧠
Website: http://www.s4sn.org
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S4SN 2026 — S4SN
Montréal, Canada
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Symposium Proposal Deadline Extended!
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
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⏰ Search for datasets ⏰
As part of a planned study on pain-related empathy, we are searching for suitable stimulus material, ideally short video sequences (1–3 seconds) depicting pain-distorted facial expressions 🫤😵💫😬
As part of a planned study on pain-related empathy, we are searching for suitable stimulus material, ideally short video sequences (1–3 seconds) depicting pain-distorted facial expressions 🫤😵💫😬
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May 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
⏰ Search for datasets ⏰
As part of a planned study on pain-related empathy, we are searching for suitable stimulus material, ideally short video sequences (1–3 seconds) depicting pain-distorted facial expressions 🫤😵💫😬
As part of a planned study on pain-related empathy, we are searching for suitable stimulus material, ideally short video sequences (1–3 seconds) depicting pain-distorted facial expressions 🫤😵💫😬
Symposium submissions are due tomorrow, March 31, 2026!
Symposium Proposal Deadline Extended!
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
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Montréal, Canada
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March 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Symposium submissions are due tomorrow, March 31, 2026!
Symposium Proposal Deadline Extended!
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
S4SN 2026 — S4SN
Montréal, Canada
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March 18, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Symposium Proposal Deadline Extended!
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2026) will take place in Montréal, Canada, August 23–26, 2026. 🧠
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31.
Learn more: s4sn.org/s4sn2026
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31! ✨
✨ Exciting News! Join us for the S4SN Annual Meeting in Montreal this August 23-26, 2026! 🇨🇦
🗓️ Registration Deadline: August 21, 2026
🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/reg...
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! #S4SN2026 #Montreal #Conference
🗓️ Registration Deadline: August 21, 2026
🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/reg...
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! #S4SN2026 #Montreal #Conference
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March 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
The deadline for symposium proposals has been extended to Tuesday, March 31! ✨
✨ EARLY CAREER AWARD nominations are open! ✨
This award recognizes the formation of new approaches or paradigms within the field of social neuroscience, and/or the development or advancement of research that cuts across multiple fields of neuroscience to understand social cognition & behavior. 🏆
This award recognizes the formation of new approaches or paradigms within the field of social neuroscience, and/or the development or advancement of research that cuts across multiple fields of neuroscience to understand social cognition & behavior. 🏆
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✨ EARLY CAREER AWARD nominations are open! ✨
This award recognizes the formation of new approaches or paradigms within the field of social neuroscience, and/or the development or advancement of research that cuts across multiple fields of neuroscience to understand social cognition & behavior. 🏆
This award recognizes the formation of new approaches or paradigms within the field of social neuroscience, and/or the development or advancement of research that cuts across multiple fields of neuroscience to understand social cognition & behavior. 🏆
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Together with the European Social Club, the Society for Social Neuroscience is organizing a "Social brain networking event" during FENS forum fensforum.org, in Barcelona, Spain. It will be held at La Fuga, Consell de Cent 350, on the 7th of July from 7 pm.
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February 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Together with the European Social Club, the Society for Social Neuroscience is organizing a "Social brain networking event" during FENS forum fensforum.org, in Barcelona, Spain. It will be held at La Fuga, Consell de Cent 350, on the 7th of July from 7 pm.
@s4sn.bsky.social
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I definitely feel this.
Stopped going to SfN due to increased inaccessibility of rodent research (all tech terms now 🙄)
@s4sn.bsky.social on the other hand- still reaches across the divide, insisting on inclusion of different species perspectives in symposia & organisation 👏👌
Stopped going to SfN due to increased inaccessibility of rodent research (all tech terms now 🙄)
@s4sn.bsky.social on the other hand- still reaches across the divide, insisting on inclusion of different species perspectives in symposia & organisation 👏👌
The biggest problem holding neuroscience back right now isn’t data or tools, thanks in large part to the BRAIN Initiative.
It’s fragmentation across species. I wrote this to hopefully spark discussion around an issue that can only be solved as a community👇
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
It’s fragmentation across species. I wrote this to hopefully spark discussion around an issue that can only be solved as a community👇
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
Neuroscience has a species problem
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I definitely feel this.
Stopped going to SfN due to increased inaccessibility of rodent research (all tech terms now 🙄)
@s4sn.bsky.social on the other hand- still reaches across the divide, insisting on inclusion of different species perspectives in symposia & organisation 👏👌
Stopped going to SfN due to increased inaccessibility of rodent research (all tech terms now 🙄)
@s4sn.bsky.social on the other hand- still reaches across the divide, insisting on inclusion of different species perspectives in symposia & organisation 👏👌
✨ Exciting News! Join us for the S4SN Annual Meeting in Montreal this August 23-26, 2026! 🇨🇦
🗓️ Registration Deadline: August 21, 2026
🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/reg...
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! #S4SN2026 #Montreal #Conference
🗓️ Registration Deadline: August 21, 2026
🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/reg...
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! #S4SN2026 #Montreal #Conference
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February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
✨ Exciting News! Join us for the S4SN Annual Meeting in Montreal this August 23-26, 2026! 🇨🇦
🗓️ Registration Deadline: August 21, 2026
🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/reg...
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! #S4SN2026 #Montreal #Conference
🗓️ Registration Deadline: August 21, 2026
🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/reg...
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! #S4SN2026 #Montreal #Conference
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Really excited to attend the next S4SN meeting, the first in 8(!) years in which I will have no responsibility at all - it's going to be super fun
Great science, great location, great crowd - see you there!
Great science, great location, great crowd - see you there!
We look forward to welcoming you to Montreal for an unforgettable week of science, collaboration, and celebration! 🥳
On behalf of the S4SN team:
Jennifer Bartz (Chair of the Local Organizing Committee)
Weizhe Hong (President)
Steve Chang (Past President)
Elizabeth Hammock (Treasurer)
On behalf of the S4SN team:
Jennifer Bartz (Chair of the Local Organizing Committee)
Weizhe Hong (President)
Steve Chang (Past President)
Elizabeth Hammock (Treasurer)
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January 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Really excited to attend the next S4SN meeting, the first in 8(!) years in which I will have no responsibility at all - it's going to be super fun
Great science, great location, great crowd - see you there!
Great science, great location, great crowd - see you there!
✨ #S4SN2026 Annual Meeting ✨
🗓️ August 23-26, 2026
📍 Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
We bring together researchers working across human & non-human animal models to investigate the neural & biological foundations of social cognition & behavior.
Mark your calendars & polish your abstracts! 💪
🗓️ August 23-26, 2026
📍 Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
We bring together researchers working across human & non-human animal models to investigate the neural & biological foundations of social cognition & behavior.
Mark your calendars & polish your abstracts! 💪
We are already looking ahead to our #S4SN2026 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Montreal, Canada, next fall. Please keep an eye out for the exact dates in the coming weeks.
See you in Montreal! 👋
See you in Montreal! 👋
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January 12, 2026 at 9:10 AM
✨ #S4SN2026 Annual Meeting ✨
🗓️ August 23-26, 2026
📍 Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
We bring together researchers working across human & non-human animal models to investigate the neural & biological foundations of social cognition & behavior.
Mark your calendars & polish your abstracts! 💪
🗓️ August 23-26, 2026
📍 Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
We bring together researchers working across human & non-human animal models to investigate the neural & biological foundations of social cognition & behavior.
Mark your calendars & polish your abstracts! 💪
✨ Letter from the President ✨
Steve Chang would like to express his sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to making #S4SN2025 such a great success. This year’s meeting took place in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal, in September.
Steve Chang would like to express his sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to making #S4SN2025 such a great success. This year’s meeting took place in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal, in September.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
✨ Letter from the President ✨
Steve Chang would like to express his sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to making #S4SN2025 such a great success. This year’s meeting took place in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal, in September.
Steve Chang would like to express his sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to making #S4SN2025 such a great success. This year’s meeting took place in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal, in September.
We are currently seeking nominations for two positions (specifically human researchers) on the Board of Governors. 🌟
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We are currently seeking nominations for two positions (specifically human researchers) on the Board of Governors. 🌟
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
Term: 3 years
Duties: attending monthly board meetings and contributing to the organization of the annual meeting. 💪
Thank you for joining us in Lisbon, you all made the conference a truely wonderful event! ♥️
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
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October 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Thank you for joining us in Lisbon, you all made the conference a truely wonderful event! ♥️
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
See you next time - more details of next meeting will be announced later. Stayed tuned!
#S4SN2025
Check your inboxes - the post-meeting survey has been sent out to all attendees! 💖
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
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October 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Check your inboxes - the post-meeting survey has been sent out to all attendees! 💖
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
We're looking forward to your feedback and input!
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This is such a fun meeting. If you are in social neuroscience - you should come. Heck even if you are not - the science is great in general! And a fun mix of animal and human research!
Next time in Canada!
Next time in Canada!
Saykat Ray observed natural behavior in fruit bats 🦇 and found that spatial place cells also encode social information.
These place cells are a cognitive map of the social environment! 😱
These place cells are a cognitive map of the social environment! 😱
October 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is such a fun meeting. If you are in social neuroscience - you should come. Heck even if you are not - the science is great in general! And a fun mix of animal and human research!
Next time in Canada!
Next time in Canada!
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I had such an incredible time at @s4sn.bsky.social. I took a lot of pictures of Portugal but none at the conference, so here's a video of an otter at the aquarium.
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I had such an incredible time at @s4sn.bsky.social. I took a lot of pictures of Portugal but none at the conference, so here's a video of an otter at the aquarium.
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025
Now, after so much science, new impressions, and stimulating discussions, off to the last social event at #S4SN2025! 🥳
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
September 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Now, after so much science, new impressions, and stimulating discussions, off to the last social event at #S4SN2025! 🥳
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
After all, 'social neuroscience' includes being social and that can be done at a party 😁💃🕺
In Marco Wittmann's #S4SN2025 talk, we learned that the brain reduces complexity in social situations by tracking the relationships that exist in a social group.
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In Marco Wittmann's #S4SN2025 talk, we learned that the brain reduces complexity in social situations by tracking the relationships that exist in a social group.
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
These basic functions are computed in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex. 🧠
In the symposium on a cross-species perspective on the role of the frontal cortex in monitoring one's own actions and those of others, #S4SN2025 featured great minds:
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In the symposium on a cross-species perspective on the role of the frontal cortex in monitoring one's own actions and those of others, #S4SN2025 featured great minds:
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
Chunyu Ann Duan told us that mice dynamically adapt their strategies in a foraging task as soon as it becomes competitive.
On the last day of #S4SN2025, there were many more cool presentations!
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On the last day of #S4SN2025, there were many more cool presentations!
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
In the symposium on cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition, Jarildy Javier showed that mice have different phenotypes in coordinated reward behavior - workers & parasites! 😱
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Btw, this week I'm (kinda live) posting for @s4sn.bsky.social as it is their annual conference #S4SN2025 in beautiful Lisbon!
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
Wow that's already day 3 done! Who's ready for the last day of #S4SN2025 social neuroscience fun tomorrow? 🥲
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September 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Btw, this week I'm (kinda live) posting for @s4sn.bsky.social as it is their annual conference #S4SN2025 in beautiful Lisbon!
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
If you're interested in social neuroscience, follow along! ⤵️
Wow that's already day 3 done! Who's ready for the last day of #S4SN2025 social neuroscience fun tomorrow? 🥲
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September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wow that's already day 3 done! Who's ready for the last day of #S4SN2025 social neuroscience fun tomorrow? 🥲
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And we're on!!! Don't forget to tag us or use the hashtag #S4SN2025 for all your conference activities! 🤩
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September 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
And we're on!!! Don't forget to tag us or use the hashtag #S4SN2025 for all your conference activities! 🤩