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Social Neuroscience

Neural bases of social cognition including empathy, mentalizing, and social reward.

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The research landscape

PubMed records indexed
3,768
Published in last 5 years
2,169
Active NIH grants
1,666
NIH funding
$51M

Publication volume by year

  • 67021
  • 47822
  • 45123
  • 72924
  • 92425
  • 51626

Under-studied questions

Derived from the indexed PubMed literature and NIH funding record for this topic. Verify each cited paper before relying on a gap in an application.

  • Dependence on self-report measures in social neuroscience research

    Tentative

    Across the 28 most recent NIH-indexed social neuroscience articles analyzed, 3 (11%) explicitly surface this issue in their own title or abstract. A recurring, self-reported constraint at this rate is a concrete opening rather than a general complaint.

    Evidence

    Detected in 3 of 28 abstracts (11%) by matching the language authors themselves use to describe study limitations. Counts come from cached PubMed records, not from an interpretation of them.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Pair the standard self-report battery with an objective or behavioral index and quantify how much the two diverge.

    Sources (3)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 1666 active NIH grants.

  • Active NIH funding outpacing published output

    Moderately supported

    Social Neuroscience has substantial active NIH investment relative to the volume of recent publications. This pattern typically means funded work is still in progress, so the near-term literature is thin and early contributions can land before the field consolidates.

    Evidence

    1666 active NIH projects totalling $51,415,081 against only 3,768 recent PubMed records — about 2.3 publications per funded project.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Position a project to complement in-flight funded work: replicate an early finding, build the measurement tool that the funded studies will need, or synthesize what has been published so far.

    Sources (4)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 1666 active NIH grants.

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Recent literature

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