and of we go #escan2026 in Roma, la città eterna - with our preconference on bridging the gap(s) from basic research in social neuro to real-life impact
Claus Lamm
@clauslamm.bsky.social
social (environmental) neuroscientist, rock and ice climbing and alpine skitouring aficionado, noflyclimatescientist, Prof. @univie UniWien Austria
Happy New Year to everyone. I am forever grateful for another amazing year with my wonderful mentees and collaborators at and beyond the SCAN Unit. And I look forward to many more good moments in 2026. But my biggest wish is the return of peace and some sort of sanity. I try to be optimistic
SCAN Unit@scanunit.bsky.social · 7mo agoAnother amazing year at the SCAN unit with: 30+ papers🗞️ Many new faces 🤓 Long train rides 🚂 Rejections, resubmissions 📝 Tomatoes 🍅 A lot of science 🧠 And even more teamwork and shared moments 🫶 Thanks 2025 - looking forward to 2026 ✨
✨My first first-author paper is out✨ Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ rdcu.be/eLRm2 Big thanks to everyone @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, @olejensen.bsky.social, @doellerlab.bsky.social, @clauslamm.bsky.social
Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation
Nature Communications - Eye movements during scene viewing are tied to grid-like codes in the entorhinal cortex. Grid signals are specific to later remembered scenes, covary with activity in...
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Another highlight in my mentoring career- tinyurl.com/lukelikely 's stellar defense; Lukas provided plenty of evidence to radically update our priors and call him DOKTA Luke from now on. Shout-out also to great co-supervisors @predragpetrovic.bsky.social & Isa Wagner & all @scanunit.bsky.social
🚨 How do exposure to extreme weather events and the subjective attribution of these events to climate change relate to climate policy support across the world? 🔥🌎 Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world - Nature Climate Change
Literature produced inconsistent findings regarding the links between extreme weather events and climate policy support across regions, populations and events. This global study offers a holistic asse...
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🚨A new multi-lab study with contributions from our head @clauslamm.bsky.social & others in our group got published in Nature Climate Change 🎉 It's about how support for climate change policies is shaped by extreme weather events: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
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850 statt 10.000 Teilnehmer: Querdenken-Demo in Berlin-Mitte deutlich kleiner als erwartet
Impfgegner, Neonazis, der Herausgeber des rechtsextremen Magazins „Compact“, der Ex-Linke Dieter Dehm sowie AfD-Bundes- und Landtagsabgeordnete kamen zur Kundgebung. Die Reden waren haarsträubend.
tagesspiegel.de
“In the past 48 hrs, we have seen Putin conform to his very worst instincts and unleash large-scale missile & drone attacks on Ukrainian cities.” Overall, attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine are up in the past 4 months New from @warinthefuture.bsky.social mickryan.substack.com/p/kyiv-burns...
Kyiv Burns: Putin Unleashed and Trump Dithers
My regular update on global conflict. This week, a focus on Russia unleashing larger aerial assaults on Ukraine's cities and the prospects for a stepped-up Russian offensive in Kharkiv.
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Choose to walk 🚶♂️ or cycle 🚲 whenever possible. It can help improve: ♥️ your heart, 😇 your mind, 🌏 and the planet. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/43eExcc #RoadSafety #BeActive
Die Informatikerin @laurakoesten.bsky.social erforscht, wie Menschen #Daten am besten visuell begreifen können. Ihr Ziel ist es, komplexe Informationen so aufzubereiten, dass sie intuitiv verständlich werden – und die unsichtbaren Barrieren aufzudecken, die diesem Verständnis im Weg stehen. Mehr: 🎧⤵️
Podcast: Wie man Daten zum Sprechen bringen kann
Die Informatikerin Laura Koesten erforscht, wie Menschen Daten am besten visuell begreifen können. Ihr Ziel ist es, komplexe Informationen so aufzubereiten, dass sie intuitiv verständlich werden – und...
rudolphina.univie.ac.at
Psyched & 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
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Join me, @clauslamm.bsky.social @valeriagazzola.bsky.social and many others For a @nationalacademies.org virtual workshop on May 19 and 21 on the biological mechanisms behind empathy and compassion. Register here: events.nationalacademies.org/44350_05-202...
Unraveling the Neurobiology of Empathy and Compassion: Implications for Treatments for Brain Disorders and Human Well-Being: A Workshop
Register for this event from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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🚨 Come work with us! 3-year fully funded PhD position in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience @univie.ac.at @clauslamm.bsky.social to join our project investigating prosocial behavior under uncertainty. More info: shorturl.at/1fnb2 Please share widely 🔁
3y_PhDposition_univie_ScanUnit.pdf
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It’s amazing how hardly anyone knows that fossil fuel power kills 35 times more birds than wind turbines. I rarely hear anyone talk about that! www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Wow, Donald Trump you really had the war over within 24 hours. F Putin and Trump
The Ukrainian Review@theukrainianreview.bsky.social · last yr.🙏 More than 20 people died due to the Russian attack on Sumy, — acting mayor of Sumy.
“Scientists reject the idea that race is biologically real. The claim that race is a “biological reality” cuts against modern scientific knowledge” theconversation.com/race-isnt-a-...
Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century
An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that’s exactly what modern science supports.
theconversation.com
Just another example of the genius level of the 47 administration. And yes, Rubio is the brainiac of the bunch. #DemVoice1
Looking for a PhD candidate to join a project at the intersection of health comms & computer science! We’ll use LLMs to create synthetic patient populations to test vaccine uptake interventions & build a training tool for better vax communication. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Project-... Please repost!
Project staff (Phd candidate)
Project staff (Phd candidate)
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This is why people hate Washington. The President is bragging about his buddies' investments while people see their retirements go down the drain.
spot on op-ed on hipocritic big tech and science awards: "Dear Breakthrough Prize Billionaires: Fund the Science You’re Watching Trump Destroy" www.scientificamerican.com/article/dear...
Dear Breakthrough Prize Billionaires: Fund the Science You’re Watching Trump Destroy
The billionaires behind Facebook and Google can do more than hand out glitzy awards for science. They should fund the research the Trump administration has canned
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🚨NEW PAPER OUT🚨 Climate action helps mitigate climate change ♻️ Climate change harms the brain 🔥🌎🧠 Can climate action promote brain health? 🤔 We review in: Neuroscience and climate action: intersecting pathways for brain and planetary health OA: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 👇 thread.
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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Most people might not realize this, but climate change isn’t just bad for the planet — it’s bad for your brain. • Worse mental health • Increased chance of cognitive decline • Higher risk of neurological disorders But here's the twist...
Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten vielerorts schwieriger geworden. In Wien wurden die Bedingungen stetig besser. Wir sind überzeugt, dass dieser Trend anhält, die Unterstützung dafür stark bleibt und werden unseren Teil dazu beitragen. Wir leben und forschen gern in Wien!2/2 @clauslamm.bsky.social
In SCAN-Unit, wir untersuchen die neuronalen Grundlagen von Empathie, Altruismus, und umweltbewusstem Verhalten. Unser Ziel ist, diese Phänomene besser zu verstehen, um sie damit gesellschaftlich breit und besser fördern zu können. 1/2 #IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien
Wir haben ein neues Sharepic :-) @friedrichbohn.bsky.social macht aber sicherlich auch noch gerne Sharepics für 10.000, ... 🙂 www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...
Russia attacked a hospital in Kharkiv region with drones last night, and repeatedly targeted rescuers. A 33-year-old employee of the emergency crew was wounded. The explosion caused the roof of the building to catch fire, the flames spread over 1,500 square meters.
