Wired for Community: What Neuroscience Reveals About Why Scientific Gatherings Can Transform Careers
Decades of neuroscientific and social psychological research have established that the human brain responds to social exclusion with the same neural machinery it uses to process physical pain — and that the antidote, genuine belonging, produces measurable cognitive and professional benefits. For scientists from underrepresented communities navigating institutions that were not built to include them, large professional conferences like the SACNAS National Conference represent far more than a line