2025 Keynote Speakers

Catherine Dulac

Harvard University

Matthew Rushworth

University of Oxford

Accepted symposium proposals

Cortical mechanisms of behavioral coordination and competition
Malavika Murugan, Eric Fortune or Melissa Coleman, Seng Bum Michael Yoo, Zoe Donaldson.

Neural Basis of Navigating Social Groups
William Li, Saikat Ray, Raymundo Báez-Mendoza, and Daniela Schiller.

Empathy to Prosocial Behavior: From Mice to Humans
Monique L Smith, Weizhe Hong, Andreas Olsson, Grit Hein.

The role of prediction in social behavior – from the individual to society
Michal Ramot, Michael Long, Nori Jacoby, Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal.

The phylogenetic trajectory of social touch: from rodents needs to human wellbeing
Ding Liu, Alex Mielke, Olga Dal Monte, Laura Crucianelli.

A cross-species perspective on the role of the frontal cortex in monitoring one's own actions and those of others
Marco K Wittmann, Masaki Isoda, Chunyu Ann Duan, Pyungwon Kang.