About the CCSN

The University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience was established in 2004 by John Cacioppo and Howard Nusbaum to promote interdisciplinary research in the fields of cognitive and social neuroscience. Research in these fields is challenging because it requires interdisciplinary expertise, comparative studies, innovative methods, and integrative conceptual analysis. The mission of the Center is to create a rich intellectual environment and a supportive academic environment to turn these challenges into opportunities. The launch of the Center was marked by a conference in 2004 entitled Social Neuroscience: People Thinking About Thinking People, the product of which appeared as a book by the same title (Cacioppo, Visser, & Pickett, 2006, MIT Press). Among the facilities of the Center are laboratories, computer servers and resources, and staff to support the research of faculty members, and among the events sponsored by the Center are an annual colloquium series, meetings here and abroad, faculty and student exchange programs, weekly tutorials on fMRI, and a variety of training sessions and workshops for faculty and students.

How to use this page

The Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience web site was redesigned in 2010 to allow for easier updating and improved functionality. Front page news items are created from an automated nightly news queue that scours popular news feeds. Members' publications are updated via PubMed, and new databases will be added soon. A custom tagging system notes when members and research initiatives are featured in news, media or newsletter articles. We hope that you find this new page helpful, and would appreciate hearing any comments or suggestions you may have.