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Misinformation Epidemic Raises Stakes for Solutions

Can cognitive-training tools equip people to resist fake news? Are top-down measures necessary? Neuroscientists help sort out what could work.
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Social Neuroscience

Can Social Prescriptions Improve Cognitive and Mental Health?

Social connectedness gains ground as a formal strategy for reducing health burdens.
Social Neuroscience

Finding New Ways to Connect in a Crisis

Q&A with Myrna Weissman, Ph.D.

While many of us are sheltering in place, maintaining mood and friendships is more important than ever. We talk with Dana Alliance member Myrna Weissman, Ph.D., on how best to cope during forced isolation.
Social Neuroscience

Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies

Does how we perceive our social standing impact our life expectancy and heart health? Are there interventions available to develop emotion regulation strategies?
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In Sync: How Humans are Hard-Wired for Social Relationships

Report from Neuroscience 2019

Recording the brain activity of pairs of people simultaneously is helping researchers discover the mechanisms behind states like empathy and flow. Report from SfN 2019
Social Neuroscience

Back and Forth: Understanding the Neuroscience of Social Interactions

Q&A with Read Montague, Ph.D.

Dana Grantee Read Montague hopes the system he built to scan two people as they interact will help researchers understand why some people have social troubles and how to help them.
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Social Neuroscience

Developing a Theory of Mind

Q&A with Liane Young, Ph.D.

Dana Foundation grantee Liane Young studies theory of mind, trying to distinguish what in the brain might be off in people with autism who have trouble with social cues.
Social Neuroscience

Neurotransmitter Switching Affects Social Bond Formation

An elegant series of experiments in tadpoles traces the roots of “imprinting” social preference for family members, and finds a method to switch that preference to other families.
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On Empathy

Q&A with Peggy Mason

Empathy—the ability to perceive and share another person's emotional state—is the subject of the October 2014 Cerebrum article “With A Little Help from My Friends: How the Brain Processes Empathy.” We chat with the author.
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Social Neuroscience

With a Little Help from Our Friends: How the Brain Processes Empathy

Why are certain individuals born with a brain that is wired to help others? What daily habits or life experiences reinforce compassion but also selfishness, narcissism, and psychopathy? Social neuroscience models have assumed that people simply rely on their own emotions as a reference for empathy, but recent studies suggest neurobiological underpinnings for how the brain processes empathy. A better understanding of these processes, says the author, could lead to more social cohesion and less antisocial harm in society.
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