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Friends writing a paper you're going to cite for years is a cause for celebration! @elisabaek.bsky.social @rzhprfshr.bsky.social & @joebayer.bsky.social map how social connection is defined & measured, point to their false equivalencies + consider how media/constant connectivity changes things ♥️

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Scan Camp is in session at the Northwestern CATS Lab! 🧠 We're looking for teens for a 5 week study. Participants complete 8-10 MRI scans and can earn up to $1,210! Parents and teens can learn more: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please spread the word!

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In this Review, Elisa C. Baek, Razieh Pourafshari & Joseph B. Bayer describe how four distinct uses of the term 'social connection' -- as subjective perceptions, social networks, synchrony & interpersonal behaviors -- have contributed to understanding this concept PDF: rdcu.be/erbWH

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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

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Wrapping up #ica25 with @rzhprfshr.bsky.social presenting our work with @joebayer.bsky.social reviewing the research under the broad umbrella of “social connection”. And perfect timing because the paper was published TODAY at @natrevpsychol.nature.com 🥳 rdcu.be/erayE

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Had a great blue sky workshop earlier today with a fantastic panel of researchers who were incredibly generous in sharing their experiences about #AltAc. We had a packed house - these photos don't do it justice! Don't forget to attend our reception tonight in the Hyatt Regency in Capitol 4 at 20:00!

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Moments like this make me feel so thankful and lucky to be part of so many academic communities 🔥 feeling inspired and encouraged! Thank you to the organizers of #CommHorizons for putting together such an amazing program and group of researchers!

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@gongxuanjun.bsky.social giving a wonderful talk on narrative impact & success (w @richardhuskey.bsky.social & @aeden.bsky.social) by using narrative structural models of networked characters & events to model popularity of a novel at #CommHorizons2025

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🥳 Exciting news! My first paper is out now in @pnas.org This work was a great collaboration between @ycleong.bsky.social , Chelsey Pan, & @leorhackel.bsky.social We examined how the brain learns from experiences of social acceptance and rejection🧵👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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That’s a wrap on #SANS2025! Had a great time presenting my work on how our brains learn from rejection & how loneliness relates to patterns in our daily language

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Still recovering and reflecting from #sans2025 and how our lab went from one poster last year to six (!!) this year. So proud and thankful for the brilliant people I get to do science with. Excited to see what we'll find in the next year to share in San Diego!

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CASNL member Jadyn Park @jadynpark.bsky.social presenting her work on arousal, functional network and memory during narrative perception at #SANS2025 Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Come to sunny San Diego, April 14-20, 2026, for #SANS2026!

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And we are done! 🎉 feeling relived, inspired, and exhausted…and so thankful for this community! See you next year, SANS 🧠

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It was such a privilege to have the legendary @gangchen6.bsky.social join us this year for SANS! Looking forward to continuing to use your methods and tools. Thank you for joining us!

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Symposium 2: Advances in Best Practices & Methods starting now! #SANS2025

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AI in social & affective neuroscience: Caution or acceleration? 🤖 Mohammad Atari @mohammadatari.bsky.social 🆚 Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social Can AI be our Co-Pilot - or should we slow down? LaSalle Ballroom, don’t miss it! #SANS2025

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Here's what to look forward to on Day 2 of #SANS2025: 🌍 EDIJ panel on global science 🧠 Symposium on best practices 🤖 Debate #2 on the role of AI 🌟 Keynote Address from Dr. Beatriz Luna 🏆 Mid-Career Award: Dr. Catherine Hartley 🎉 Data Blitz/PM posters + evening socials See you there!

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Now for the first #SANS2025 debate! @drdamienfair.bsky.social and @thaliawheatley.bsky.social will discuss "Scaling up vs. zooming in: The case for large consortia vs. small investigator led studies" moderated by Josiah Leong.

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Loving the co-op game play paradigm @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social is using to examine inter-brain coherence and theory of mind accuracy between dyads #sans2025. (And he’s hiring!)

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So happy for comm representation at SANS 🧠🥳

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Same!!😂

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All are welcome — even if you didn’t attend the preconference!

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Dr. Aaron Heller (and former SANS president) leading our 3rd pre-conference session on geospatial localization and analysis at #SANS2025

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Dr. Brooke Ammerman leads our second preconference session with insights on screenomics, including practical logistics needed to start this research! #sans2025

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🗓️ Want to see what’s coming up at #SANS2025? Check out the Program-at-a-Glance to plan your sessions, spot your favorite speakers, and find those can't-miss talks! 👀 📍 socialaffectiveneuro.org/program/ Image👇

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Dr. Miriam Schwyck kicks off our preconference with an overview on social network analysis, including important considerations when designing social network surveys! #SANS2025

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In 20 minutes! We are so excited!

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Make sure to share your conference-related posts using the hashtag #SANS2025 so that we can find and amplify them!

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We’re at #SANS2025! Catch our Blitz Talk (Session #2) + Poster (P2-A-5) on how negative and high-arousal news shape decision-making. Most research focuses on how the negativity bias captures our attention. We clarify what happens next! High-res poster here: cogcommscience.com/were-at-sans...

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We are so excited for SANS to kick off tomorrow with our preconference and can confirm that the hotel is awesome and Chicago is amazing! See you all soon 🧠🌪️

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At @spspnews.bsky.social, many asked for guidelines on using LLMs in the social sciences. Our new paper in AMPPS addresses exactly that! We provide a primer for evaluating LLMs in social science research, focusing on methodological rigor, replicability, and validity: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Los Angeles people: join us 12pm March 7 for a rally for science at the Federal Building in Westwood, and please spread the word to any pro-science folks you know. @standupforscience.bsky.social @latimes.com @ktla.com @abc7.bsky.social @kcrw.com @laist.com @crooked.com @nbcla.com @foxla.bsky.social

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📣 Absolutely elated to announce that in 2026, I’ll be joining Rutgers-Newark as TT Assistant Professor in the Dept of Psychology! Can’t wait to join this incredible community! 🤩 I’ve got some fun projects ahead as I wrap up my postdoc, but soon I’ll start recruiting at all levels so stay tuned. 1/3

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I’m hiring a lab manager to start July 2025! Submit CV and cover letter as soon as possible as review will begin immediately. Link to the job ad is here: tinyurl.com/22ye3wsv Please share with any undergrads or mentees who might be interested!

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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#ica25 results are in! I’m thrilled that ECR collaborators like @juleswilson21.bsky.social @elisabaek.bsky.social & I will be presenting new things. But. Remember that it’s normal to get rejections. Celebrate the coauthors who helped you get this far, whatever you get back today 💚

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