SPAN at the Gulf this September!

SPAN is proud to be a 2026 sponsor of the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup meeting at Pensacola Beach this September 🦜 🧠 🌊

Join us for the Philosophy & Neuroscience Palooza at the PSA! 🧠 8:30-10:00am: DSPNW's “Neurophilosophy at 40” featuring Patricia Churchland 🧠10:15-11:45am: SPAN's meet the author session with David Sussillo 🧁 🍇🥯 Light breakfast will be served at each session!

Join us for the Philosophy & Neuroscience Palooza at the PSA! 🧠 8:30-10:00am: DSPNW's “Neurophilosophy at 40” featuring Patricia Churchland 🧠10:15-11:45am: SPAN's meet the author session with David Sussillo 🧁 🍇🥯 Light breakfast will be served at each session!

We had a great time at Purdue! Thanks to all organisers and funders for this opportunity to carry out a unique interdisciplinary project in animal color experiences, accompanied with the right training and support. Now to get working 🧠

SPAN@socphilneuro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're excited to welcome our ITRC groups to Purdue this weekend for our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded workshop, featuring a session w/ @ucpews.bsky.social! Part of SPAN's mission is to provide resources to help foster intelligibility between phil & neuro + foster public engagement with science.

**How to communicate science to the public?** Angela Potochnik from the Center for Public Engagement with Science leads this workshop. Part of The Society for Philosophy & Neuroscience activities @socphilneuro.bsky.social

Today we’re learning how to do popular writing at the ITRC workshop! 🧠🥳 @danafoundation.bsky.social

We're excited to welcome our ITRC groups to Purdue this weekend for our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded workshop, featuring a session w/ @ucpews.bsky.social! Part of SPAN's mission is to provide resources to help foster intelligibility between phil & neuro + foster public engagement with science.

The second SPAN seminar on MRI methods happens on May 22nd at 11am EST. It's free for SPAN members to attend and there's still time to sign up! philandneuro.wildapricot.org/seminar-Series

The first SPAN seminar session on MRI methods is underway with @pessoabrain.bsky.social 🧠

New post on THE FEEDBACK: Joana Soldado-Magraner et al. discuss their new paper, Robustness of Working Memory to Prefrontal Cortex Microstimulation out now in The Journal of Neuroscience 🧠 🥳 Read the post + add a comment: thefeedback.blog/2026/05/06/r...

Robustness of Working Memory to Prefrontal Cortex Microstimulation

By Joana Soldado-Magraner (CMU), Yuki Minai (CMU), Byron M. Yu (CMU), Matthew A. Smith (CMU) Abstract Delay period activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) has been linked to the main…

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The first SPAN Seminar series is in 5 days on May 15th at 10am EST. If you plan to attend, be sure to sign up soon! philandneuro.wildapricot.org/event-6629149

Nice write up about our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded ITRC project grants and mentorship program. "By supporting sustained collaboration and training early career researchers, SPAN’s programs aim to improve how insights from both philosophy and neuroscience are developed and shared."

Dana Foundation@danafoundation.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Dana Foundation is supporting a coordinated set of programs from the Society for Philosophy & Neuroscience designed to strengthen collaboration between the two fields, with a focus on early career researchers. #neurosociety #neuroscience #neurophilosophy #philosophy @socphilneuro.bsky.social

Registration is open for the SPAN seminar series on MRI Methods. Seminars are free for members. A membership fee waiver is available to students and postdocs if needed to attend. See the flyer for details and we hope to see you there! For more details: philandneuro.wildapricot.org/seminar-Series

Congratulations to John Bickle! John has done so much to establish research at the intersection of phil & neuro. We’re proud to have him as a founding steering committee member 🧠🥳

American Philosophical Association@apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

APA member John Bickle (Mississippi State University) has been elected to the newest class of @aaas.org Fellows for distinguished contributions to the philosophy of science and neuroscience. Congratulations! www.msstate.edu/newsroom/art...

Registration is open for our seminar series! It’s free for members (but members still need to register 📝) 🥳

SPAN@socphilneuro.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉 We're excited to announce the SPAN Seminar Series: virtual introductions to concepts relevant to neuroscience & phil of neuroscience. Seminars are free for SPAN members & held virtually. The first 2 seminars are on MRI methods. Register today! 🧠 philandneuro.wildapricot.org/seminar-Series

Registration is open for our seminar series! It’s free for members (but members still need to register 📝) 🥳

SPAN@socphilneuro.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉 We're excited to announce the SPAN Seminar Series: virtual introductions to concepts relevant to neuroscience & phil of neuroscience. Seminars are free for SPAN members & held virtually. The first 2 seminars are on MRI methods. Register today! 🧠 philandneuro.wildapricot.org/seminar-Series

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 Society for Philosophy & Neuroscience seminar series: Introduction to fMRI Brain networks Brain representations/decoding Multi-scale genetics and individual differences Lesion data/intracranial Free for members. #neuroskyence

@socphilneuro.bsky.social is offering a seminar series that's free to SPAN members! Anyone can become a SPAN member, so anyone can join the seminars! register here: philandneuro.org

PessoaBrain@pessoabrain.bsky.social · 4mo ago

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 Society for Philosophy & Neuroscience seminar series: Introduction to fMRI Brain networks Brain representations/decoding Multi-scale genetics and individual differences Lesion data/intracranial Free for members. #neuroskyence

New post on THE FEEDBACK: Arieh Schwartz and Nir Fresco discuss their new paper, Mapping Content: Why Cognitive Maps are Non-conceptual Mental States 🐀 🧠 Read the post + add a comment: thefeedback.blog/2026/03/31/m...

Mapping Content: Why Cognitive Maps are Non-conceptual Mental States

By Arieh Schwartz (London School of Economics) and Nir Fresco (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Abstract Cognitive maps play a crucial role in mammalian navigation. They provide the organism wit…

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🎉 We're excited to announce the SPAN Seminar Series: virtual introductions to concepts relevant to neuroscience & phil of neuroscience. Seminars are free for SPAN members & held virtually. The first 2 seminars are on MRI methods. Register today! 🧠 philandneuro.wildapricot.org/seminar-Series

We are pleased to announce the recipients of our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded Interdisciplinary Mentorship Program! We're excited to see their projects unfold over the next year and to learn about the final results at SPAN2027! philandneuro.wildapricot.org/Mentorships

We are pleased to announce the recipients of our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded Interdisciplinarity Through Research Collaboration (ITRC) grant! We're excited to see their projects unfold over the next year and to learn about the final results at SPAN2027! philandneuro.wildapricot.org/ITRC

SPAN’s website is now a .ORG 👀 Our website now fully integrates memberships with events, streamlining registration for society meetings and other activities! Check it out and renew your membership today 😉🧠 philandneuro.org

We're excited to announce a special SPAN at the PSA 'Meet the Author' session with @sussillodavid.bsky.social! Join us as we discuss David's new book. If you are interested in pre-reading and attending, please email us (details below).

@caic-at-purdue.bsky.social is hosting their center launch event on April 2-3, 2026 at Purdue University! The event is free to attend with RSVP. Visit their website for more info + the RSVP link!

We're still accepting submissions for mentor volunteers for our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded Mentorship Program! If you're interested in volunteering as a neuro or philosophy mentor, please fill out the form on our website: www.philandneuro.com/mentorship

Mentorship Program | SPAN

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Thank you to everyone who submitted to our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded Mentorship and ITRC program! We're reviewing submissions now and will announce the awardees at the start of April 🥳

A little over a week left to submit a symposium abstract for SPAN at the PSA:

SPAN@socphilneuro.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Don’t forget: Submit a symposium abstract by March 1st on any topic in philosophy and neuroscience. The selected symposium will be the SPAN affiliate session at the PSA. 🥳

ITRC project benefits for early career researchers: 📄 Results in 2 publications (academic and public-facing), 🎓 training on translating work for a popular audience, 💰 project funding, 💼SPAN2027 conference presentation, 🤝 hands on interdisciplinary research + more! 🏅 @danafoundation.bsky.social 🧠