In recent years, the annual meeting has featured two keynote lectures: one focused on human research and one focused on animal research. In recognition of the lasting impact of John Cacioppo and Larry Young on the field of social neuroscience, we are proud to establish two named keynote lectures beginning this year. The human-focused keynote will be the John Cacioppo Memorial Lecture, and the animal-focused keynote will be the Larry Young Memorial Lecture.
Previous keynote speakers
2025
Matthew Rushworth (humans)
Catherine Dulac (animal)
2024
Shihui Han (human)
Masaki Isoda (animal)
2023
Yaara Yeshurun
2022
Ruth Feldman
2021
Dean Mobbs
Tali Kimchi
2020 (online)
David Amodio
Kay Tye
Lasana Harris
2019
Peggy Mason
2018
Larry Young
2017
Nancy Kanwisher
2016
Michael Platt
2015
John Cacioppo
2014
Michael Meaney
2013
Brian Knutson
2012
Giacomo Rizzolatti
2011
Robert Seyfarth
Dorothy Cheney