Welcome to the SPRINGLAB

Social (Perception, Reasoning, Interactions) Neuroscience Group

Photo from the streets of Santiago, Chile

© 2024, Dana Samson

We explore the cognitive and neural basis of social behavior

At SpringLab, we specialize in developing innovative behavioral paradigms to investigate the broad scope of social cognition, from basic perspective-taking to complex moral reasoning. Drawing on a wide range of neuroscience techniques, we study individuals with social impairments, including brain-damaged and psychiatric patients, as well as healthy adults

Our aim is to contribute to scientific knowledge and clinical applications.

We are  located at the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) since 2010

Previous locations : University of Nottingham (2007-2011), University of Birmingham (2002-2007)

Perspective Taking

When and how do we see what other see?  See details

Photo from the streets of Valparaiso, Chile, 

© 2024, Dana Samson

Theory of Mind

How can we unpack this complex construct at the cognitive and neural level? See details

Photo from the streets of Santiago, Chile,
© 2024, Dana Samson

Moral Cognition

When and how do we consider mitigating factors in our moral judgments? See details

Photo from the streets of Valparaiso, Chile, 

© 2024, Dana Samson

Ongoing projects

New topics of investigation include social motivation, social withdrawal and wisdom. See details

Photo from the streets of Santiago, Chile,
© 2024, Dana Samson

Many of our stimuli and data are freely available on Figshare 

See links in the topic sections

Interested in our research ?

Contact us at dana.samson@uclouvain.be