What is social reward? We looked through 384 experimental human and animal studies for answers, in a systematic review published today in Psychological Bulletin APA Journals!! (🧵1/11) psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-37…

📢 New paper out! Ever wondered why hand movements become less precise as we age? We investigated how brain networks change over time, affecting our ability to perform skilled hand movements. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🧵👇

🧠Endogenous u-opioid receptor system modulates altruistic brain activity and its individual differences. Lauri Nummenmaa Turku PET Centre Vesa Putkinen Jinglu Chen Jussi Hirvonen @Kalliopiloumpa Valeria Gazzola Christian Keysers nature.com/articles/s4200…

Not only do catnip and silver vine hold a special place in felines’ hearts, the intoxicating chemicals in these plants also protect cats from mosquito bites, according to research from Science Advances. Learn more on #NationalCatDay: bit.ly/4eZPxiy

Closing the year with a new paper from my research visit at Quednow's lab Psychiatric Research Zurich ✨ We examined associations between cumulative hair #testosterone & #cortisol and social decision-making in a large cohort of young adults w/ @lydiafjf and many others academic.oup.com/scan/article/1…

🧠✨ Excited to share our latest paper "You Are as Old as the Connectivity You Keep" in Archives of Medical Research! ⚡ Dual-site TMS reveals how aging impacts premotor-motor connectivity, crucial for motor function. 🔍 Read more 👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨We are launching the new Heat and Cognition #manylabs project! We will test how extreme heat impacts the human mind across the globe 🌎🌍🌏 More info: heatandmind.wordpress.com📋 Sign up to collab: soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni... #EnvironmentalPsychology #ClimateChange

Its a long weekend here in Canada, which seems appropriate to mourn our recent Neuropsychopharmacology paper, in which we find that FAAH inhibition does NOT improve symptoms in PTSD🙁 A heroic effort w/ Matt Hill Heilig Lab connorhaggarty.bsky.social & many more 🧵⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4138…

Special issue of the month: Excellent @Psychopharm issue on social behavior & neuropsychiatric disorders (editors: Daniele Caprioli, Marco Venniro, Sam Golden & Christelle Baunez). This issue is based on the 2022 EBPS workshop dedicated to this topic pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39969568/

Granularity of emotions in brain and behavior and resilience to childhood violence exposure biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/article/S2451-…

Please join us in Lisbon for the 2025 S4SN (⁦Society for Social Neuroscience⁩) meeting this year. We have a wonderful set of speakers and symposium sessions!! 👇👇👇

Individualized 🧠 mapping found treatment-related changes in the medial posterior PFC & ⬆️ cluster sizes in the pallidum, amygdala, & thalamus after 8-weeks of a selective κ-opioid receptor antagonist in individuals w/ anhedonia nature.com/articles/s4138…

Thanks ACNP! Excited to (virtually) attend my first ACNP meeting 🤩