Moral & Social Brain Lab

Led by @CasparEmilie

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

We are glad to welcome @VabbaAlisha who has received a 3-year postdoc grant from @ugent in @MoralSocialLab
She'll combine VR with EEG to investigate what happens in the brain when prison guards witness violent misconduct by colleagues and must decide whether to intervene or not

[Belgian Society for Neuroscience @Belgian_Neuro]

📣 Join the first edition of the Social & Moral Brain Seminar – Emotions, Others & Morality
📍 Ghent | 🗓️ Oct 16–17, 2025
🧠 Keynotes, talks, posters
📌 Abstract deadline: May 19
Submit: https://t.co/i13KGdPDBU
@MoralSocialLab @Evalisavives @YulongHuang
#Neuroscience #SocialBrain

[Riccardo Villa @riccardovilla]

I'm very happy to share that I have been awarded a #MSCA Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.
I will join the Moral & Social Brain Lab led by Prof. Caspar @ugent to study how the Sense of Agency is impacted by external threats and by self-defense
@CasparEmilie
@MoralSocialLab

[Moral & Social Brain Lab @MoralSocialLab]

New #fMRI paper in the lab!

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

History and experimental research have shown that resisting orders from authority is rare.
In this new #fMRI paper in @ImagingNeurosci, we studied the neural correlates of the brain's decision to disobey.
@LeslieTricoche @MoralSocialLab @GhentCCN

Link: https://t.co/SnQBSl67RG

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

Thrilled to share our new review—a comparative analysis in neuroscience on how social influence (social presence, conformity, compliance, obedience) impacts decision-making and resistance mechanisms
Preprint: https://t.co/KZkwL1eFBp
With @LeslieTricoche
@GhentCCN @MoralSocialLab

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

Excited to share my new perspective in @SfNJournals' Journal of Neuroscience!

I outline practical steps for conducting research projects like those described below 👇, focusing on how to do so correctly and respectfully.
@GhentCCN @ERC_Research

Link: https://t.co/hTzGLvqh85

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

What neuro-cognitive mechanisms do military personnel, whose duty is to follow orders, use to resist orders they consider immoral? 🤔
@LeslieTricoche @HUFAPEPS
@MoralSocialLab
📷 Read here our new preprint with fMRI: https://t.co/15M782yVg5
Spoiler alert: we found differences !

[Cambridge University Press Bookshop @CUPBookshop]

We're excited to reveal our Books of the Year. Buy one, get one half price in the shop and online
https://t.co/1TRhwXzs2I

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

Thrilled to share that my book, "Just Following Orders" is one of the books of the year!
It is incredibly rewarding to see a project I dedicated two years to writing (with research spanning much longer, of course!) being appreciated in this way.🙏 @CUPBookshop

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

What an incredible evening yesterday!
I’m honored to have received this trophy 👩‍🔬 from "Matière Grise" for my work in scientific vulgarization.

Breaking walls between scientists and the general public is more important than ever!

#Science #Vulgarization
@ParisMatch @RTBF

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

We have updated our list of internship positions in the @MoralSocialLab !

Feel free to take a look or share: https://t.co/K5lqtYgMHV

P.S. Internships cannot be done remotely.

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

This weekend, I was honored to present a "Breakthrough" talk for the @Falling_Walls with so many other inspiring speakers

Link: https://t.co/K98WatUBPI

Related book: "Just Following Orders. Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience."
Funded by @ERC_Research @FWOVlaanderen

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

Thank you for the opportunity to present this important topic. We still have so much to learn from genocide rescuers and their resistance to hateful propaganda. Sadly, this remains very timely...

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

This is next week, and it will be live-streamed! To join --> https://t.co/KUijAhgw87
I'll be presenting my research in a TED Talk-style format, covering the neuroscience of obedience and my recent work on former genocide perpetrators and rescuers.

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

Oh wow, what a super news !
Thank you for this recognition 🙏😊

[Science & Fiction @ScicommFiction]

New #ScienceandFiction story is out and this time it's a gruesome one...

"To obey or not to obey" by @CasparEmilie is a story about a child experiencing something no child should ever experience 🙅‍♀️

CW: Genocide

🇬🇧 https://t.co/1XaL14ri96
🇩🇪 Coming soon!

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

Thrilled to be selected as the @Falling_Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year 2024 (Social Sciences & Humanities)!
I'll be giving a talk "Breaking the Wall of Blind Obedience" on Nov 9 during #FallingWalls24 in Berlin. #ScienceSummit24
--> Program: https://t.co/BYQ3qJ4ZMb

[Emilie Caspar @CasparEmilie]

Congratulations to Sofia Diaz Villamil on receiving a 4-year @FWOVlaanderen fellowship for her PhD "Minds in Conflict: Exploring Cognitive Impacts and Trauma Transmission in the Colombian Internal Armed Conflict."
An impressive and ambitious neuroscience project!
@GhentCCN

[Moral & Social Brain Lab @MoralSocialLab]

We’re thrilled to welcome Sofia Diaz Villamil as a new Ph.D. student! Her research will explore emotional and non-emotional processing of victims and perpetrators of the Colombian Armed Conflict, and its impact on the next generation
#trauma #Columbia
More:https://t.co/lwwJMdwxlD

[Moral & Social Brain Lab @MoralSocialLab]

We’re excited to welcome Luna Leonardy as a new Ph.D. student! Her research dives into 'Aha!' or 'Eureka' moments—insight problem solving—and aims to understand the cognitive processes behind problem-solving. With @axelcleeremans
Read more on: https://t.co/lwwJMdwxlD