Steve W. C. Chang
Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, co-Director of Neuroscience PhD program, co-Director of Neuroscience major, Wu Tsai Institute, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University — neurobiology of social behavior.
http://changlab.yale.edu
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangI'm looking to hire a postgraduate research associate in Computational Psychiatry for my new lab at Yale. Please see link below for details & help RT 🙏 postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangCome join us for 2026 GRC Cognition! Registration is limited, so sign up early. 🧠 💪
- We are excited to announce the 2026 GRC Neurobiology of Cognition (7/19-24) in beautiful Waterville Valley, NH! Registration/abstract submission open. Wonderful speakers/program covering cognition across scales & species, incl. AI & neuromodulation! @desrocherslab.bsky.social @erinlrich.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangCome join us in beautiful NH this summer!
- We are excited to announce the 2026 GRC Neurobiology of Cognition (7/19-24) in beautiful Waterville Valley, NH! Registration/abstract submission open. Wonderful speakers/program covering cognition across scales & species, incl. AI & neuromodulation! @desrocherslab.bsky.social @erinlrich.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang📣 Our lab is hiring a full-time RA/lab manager! Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara to study the neural bases of affect-cognition interactions using fMRI and brain stimulation. Great stepping stone to a PhD in cognitive/affective neuro 🧠🐬🏖️ Apply by Jan 22: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03048
- We are excited to announce the 2026 GRC Neurobiology of Cognition (7/19-24) in beautiful Waterville Valley, NH! Registration/abstract submission open. Wonderful speakers/program covering cognition across scales & species, incl. AI & neuromodulation! @desrocherslab.bsky.social @erinlrich.bsky.social
- Sharing an amazing postdoc opportunity in Paris in the lab of Julia Sliwa (@juliasliwa.bsky.social) in NHP Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology on social vision and cognition! CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangThat was fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us for the First Göttingen Cognition Forum this week. We really appreciated the many talks and posters and the lively atmosphere at the meeting. We feel this was a great start and we hope that the Cognition Forum will continue ...
- Excited to share this super comprehensive review of psychedelic research in NHPs! W/ Alex Kwan. This work was by our grad student Jamie who is passionate about psychedelics. Her in-depth knowledge is impressive as reflected here. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Super excited to share this new collaborative work - marmosets use diverse and highly flexible strategies when they cooperate. These strategies are powerfully determined by both social factors (sex, dominance, familiarity) & individual partner identity. www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Very timely and insightful OpEd by Prof. Cory Miller on WSJ. It lays out an important point - Advanced AI cannot be developed in a vacuum without understanding the sophisticated machines we have in our brains. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangLeading neuroscientists share their top tips to optimise learning: teach, sleep, repeat! www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/neu...
- Super excited to share this new work from the lab! We show that oxytocin infusion in the amygdala sustains prosocial behavior via state-dependent amygdala-prefrontal modulation www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
- Very excited to share a new collaborative work with @neuralnandy.bsky.social and Monika Jadi on using a novel ‘super-seasoning’ approach and dynamic Bayesian network modeling to reveal multi-area causal network dynamics underlying social interaction. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangHave you registered yet? 😁 Secure your spot at #S4SN2025 at share.google/vRumlIDQBNLX... and join us this September in beautiful Lisbon! ✨
- Super excited to share this new work from the lab (led by Guangyao Qi)! We demonstrate compositional social gaze codes in the prefrontal-amygdala circuits, by testing three predictions from the compositionality hypothesis. 👇👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangWe are so excited to see you all soon !! REGISTRATION IS HAPPENING NOW !!! Come join us at SimCo 2025 in Durham !! Register now for early bird discount and re-share!!! www.simiancollective.com/2025-confere... @janzimmermann.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @anitadisney.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangREGISTRATION IS HAPPENING NOW !!! Come join us at SimCo 2025 in Durham !! Register now for early bird discount and re-share!!! www.simiancollective.com/2025-confere... @janzimmermann.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @anitadisney.bsky.social
- The Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction (13-15 October 2025). “Social and physical interactions with the environment shape cognition in humans and non-human animals alike.” What a great topic for a meeting! events.gwdg.de/event/1099/
- Please join us in Lisbon for the 2025 S4SN (@s4sn.bsky.social) meeting this year. We have a wonderful set of speakers and symposium sessions!! 👇👇
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangPsyched & honored to deliver 1st keynote on this virtual free event on the neurobiology of empathy organized by NAS USA tinyurl.com/empNAS join me & stellar speakers e.g. @moeneuro.bsky.social @valeriagazzola.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @torwager.bsky.social @thepsychologist.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang2025 Simian Collective Conference in Durham. Abstracts and young investigator solicitations: Extended deadline. 5/31 !!!!! www.simiancollective.com @janzimmermann.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @neurodisney.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang2025 Simian Collective Conference in Durham. Abstracts and young investigator solicitations: Due May 15th!!!! www.simiancollective.com @janzimmermann.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @neurodisney.bsky.social
- I am super excited to share this new team-based work from three labs and two co-leading authors. We learned that marmosets use diverse and flexible strategies that are, gaze-dependent and gaze-independent, to cooperate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang🏆 Early Career Award nominations now open! 🏆 Until June 15, we are inviting applications recognizing new approaches or paradigms within the field of social neuroscience, and/or the advancement of research that cuts across multiple fields of neuroscience to understand social cognition and behavior.
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang1️⃣ We are excited to announce that the call for symposium proposals is extended until April 20 for our upcoming S4SN meeting in beautiful Lisbon! This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research and engage with a diverse community of neuroscientists. Please refer to www.s4sn2025.org/symposia
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang2️⃣ By June 1st, 2025: Poster Abstract Submissions and Early Bird Registration are open NOW until June 1, 2025. Details refer to: www.s4sn2025.org/abstracts www.s4sn2025.org/registration
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang3️⃣ Early Career Award details are coming soon, stay tuned 👀
- Registration now open for the upcoming Erice Workshop at the Ettore Majorana Centre. For cutting-edge research on oxytocin and vasopressin, highlighting how these neuromodulators shape brain function, behavior, and cognition. In the memory of *Larry Young* 👉 centromajorana.it/neuromodulat...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangPRIME-DRE supports the valuable work done at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Please co-sign this letter to remind Oregonian leadership of its importance prime-dre.github.io/onprc
- If you are involved in social neuroscience research, please consider submitting symposium proposals and/or individual abstracts to present your findings at the S4SN meeting in Lisbon!! @s4sn.bsky.social
- S4SN is unique in that the meeting is designed to bring together researchers studying social behavior in humans and non-human animals to integrate better @s4sn.bsky.social
- Please see the website for the information on 1) symposium submission, 2) abstract submission, 3) early bird registration, and 4) Early Career Award application. www.s4sn2025.org
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangJoin us in advancing social neuroscience through diverse perspectives! We look forward to your submissions and seeing you in Lisbon!
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangPoster abstract submissions and early bird registration are open until June 1, 2025. For details refer to: www.s4sn2025.org/abstracts www.s4sn2025.org/registration Early career award details are coming soon, so stay tuned.
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangWe are excited to announce that the call for symposium proposals is extended until April 20 for our upcoming #S4SN2025 meeting in beautiful Lisbon! This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research and engage with a diverse community of neuroscientists. More info: www.s4sn2025.org/symposia
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang2025 Simian Collective Conference in Durham. Abstracts and young investigator solicitations: Due May 15th!!!! www.simiancollective.com @janzimmermann.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @neurodisney.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangExcellent @theatlantic.com story on NIH and here it is: "what if the halt was continuing, not because the agency was adhering to the president’s executive orders, but because it was pursuing a new agenda..Such shifts take time.. the agency couldn’t continue its work until it had reoriented itself."
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangHere's a cool new study from @dulaclab.bsky.social to cleanse your timeline: They show that a mouse's brain maintains an animal's need for social interaction in the same way that it tracks hunger, thirst and sleep! 🧪 #neuroskyence
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangThank you to @stevewcchang.bsky.social and Yuki Oka for sharing their thoughts on this work!
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangSimCo 2025 lineup with wonderful invited speakers! More trainee and junior talks to come as well as a program packed with exciting science, outreach, advocacy and ethics. @neurodisney.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @janzimmermann.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangSave the date! SimCo 2025: August 25-27 at Duke in Durham. With science so hot it makes deepseek seem ancient! @neurodisney.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @janzimmermann.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangWhat do we mean when we say BCI? As neuro technologies mature, it's important for scientists to use cohesive language to talk about them with the public. Here's a nice commentary piece where Jacob Robinson and co. lay out a proposal. Just in time for the holidays 😂
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangI like to end this academic year with thanking scientists who do peer review It is an unpaid and hugely time-consuming part of our job Lab had 7 papers get reviewed in 2024 (3 still in revision/limbo) & dealt with >50 reviews - over 75% of which, even the most critical ones, were fair & helpful🙌
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangHow cool is this?! Mark September 23-26 2025 in your calendars for the best social #neuroscience in both human and the widest & most informative range of animal models Also, there’ll likely be more cash prizes for #openscience in talks + posters 🤩💷💶💴💰🏧
- @s4sn.bsky.social BIG NEWS! We will have two amazing keynote speakers (Catherine Dulac & Matthew Rushworth) at our conference in Lisbon this September!
- @s4sn.bsky.social BIG NEWS! We will have two amazing keynote speakers (Catherine Dulac & Matthew Rushworth) at our conference in Lisbon this September!
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangWe have news: #S4SN2025 will be from September 23rd to 26th 2025 in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal! ☀️ Stay tuned for more info and mark your calendars! 🗓️
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangScientists - consider writing up your research for Frontiers for Young Minds (if you are brave enough to face kid reviewers 😉). Here's how: kids.frontiersin.org/participate/... Like Liza Fazio! @lkfazio.bsky.social Or Yann LeCun! @ylecun.bsky.social kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangThe best thing we can do right now as a community is to FULLY support eLife! Send them your best work. elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangThank a monkey !
- Reposted by Steve W. C. ChangGrim times ahead for the NIH. Plan to empower states to "do their own research." I'm sure having 50 state bureaucracies making funding decisions about whom to fund will lead to better science than pointy headed "experts" at the NIH
- Reposted by Steve W. C. Chang1/✨ New paper in #eNeuro! We looked at how dominance behaviors vary across mouse strains—turns out, it’s not one-size-fits-all! Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵 Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9
- www.jneurosci.org/content/44/3... Please read this recent timely piece in J Neurosci by Basso et al - the SimCo crew! @simiancollective.bsky.social
