New research reveals that the brain region often linked to understanding others, the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), ...

A new study reveals how humans instinctively calculate who to gossip with by weighing popularity and social distance.

Social neuroscience articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed Social neuroscience is a research discipline that examines how the brain mediates social processes and behaviour. A wide ...

Making decisions that align long-term goals and short-term rewards is challenging, but it can lead to better choices and ...

More information: Daniel Leyton et al, Neuroscience, biopolitics and new professional subjectivities in education, Critical Studies in Education (2025). DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2025.2493835 ...

We dissect this “social calculus” using an integrative toolkit (see figure to the right) ranging from next-generation sequencing, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, and rich social behavior paradigms to reveal ...

Nature Neuroscience - Scanning the social brainThis study is likely to be widely discussed, so it is important to emphasize that it is not about biological determinants of racial prejudice ...

Throughout the course of their lives, humans are known to build social ties with various other individuals in their community ...

Study adds to growing evidence that social and psychological factors uniquely affect women’s heart health, offering new ...

Far from being lofty abstract ideals, our sense of right and wrong is woven into our biology. Modern neuroscience reveals that our brains literally reward us for treating others fairly and for placing ...

Rejection in childhood isn't just painful—it helps shape social understanding, guiding kids to form stronger relationships, ...