DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE: A FIELD IN THE MAKING New Models, Cross-Species Perspectives, Lifetime Approach, and Implications for Early Interventions Wednesday, October 3rd 8:30 Gathering 9:00 Opening statement and greetings Prof. Dan Zakay, Acting Dean, Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology IDC Herzliya, Israel Dr. Victoria Simms-Mann, Founder and President, Simms Mann Family Foundation and Simms/Mann Institute Session 1: Synchrony and Emotional Contagion Chair: Amir Djalovski, Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, IDC Herzliya 9:30 Prof. Uri Hasson, Princeton University, USA I am because we are: exploring the mechanisms of dyadic social interactions 10:15 Prof. Christian Keysers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherland A cross-species approach to the empathic brain 11:00 Coffee Session 2: Early Experiences and the Social Brain Chair: Adi Yaniv, Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, IDC Herzliya 11:30 Prof. Tallie Z Baram, University of California, Irvine, USA How early-life experiences sculpt the developing brain 12:15 Prof. Andrew Meltzoff, University of Washington, USA Foundations of Social Cognition: Self-Other Mapping and the “Like- Me” Hypothesis 13:00 Lunch Session 3: Early Life Stress and Brain Plasticity Chair: Dr. Shani Waidergoren, Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, IDC Herzliya 13:45 Prof. Amir Amedi, The Hebrew university of Jerusalem, Israel How experience shapes brain specializations 14:30 Prof. Pat Levitt, University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USA Developmental Variables that Influence Susceptibility and Resilience to Early Experience 15:15 Coffee Session 4: The Microbiome and Early Development Chair: Karen Yirmiya, Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, IDC Herzliya 15:45 Prof. Omry Koren, Bar Ilan University, Israel A microbiome is born: Changes to the microbiome during pregnancy and infancy 16:30 Panel Discussion First Day Thursday, October 4th Session 5: The neural basis of prosociality, morality, and love Chair: Dr. Yoni Levy, Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, IDC Herzliya 9:00 Prof. Jean Decety, University of Chicago, USA A developmental social neuroscience perspective on morality 10:15 Prof. Larry Young, Emory University, USA Neurobiology of Social Bonding, Social Loss and Empathy: Implications for Autism 11:00 Coffee Session 6: Foundations of the human social brain Chair: Dr. Orna Zagoory-Sharon, Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, IDC Herzliya 11:15 Prof. Patricia Kuhl, University of Washington, USA The Social Brain ‘Gates’ Human Language Learning 12:00 Prof. Valeria Gazzola, University of Amsterdam, The Netherland How embodied stimulation might help us caring about others 12:45 Prof. Tahl Frenkel, IDC Herzliya, Israel Predictive relations between maternal contingent responsiveness, infant neural responses and infant social behavior over the first year of life 13:15 Lunch Session 7: Epigenetics, neural processes, and psychopathology Chair: Ortal Shimon-Raz, Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, IDC Herzliya 14:00 Prof. Moshe Zsyf, McGill University, Canada Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior 14:45 Prof. Rony Paz, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel From normal adaptive learning to psychopathologies in the primate brain 15:30 Coffee Session 8: Summary and Future Directions 16:00 Prof. Ruth FeldmanIDC Herzliya, Israel Developmental social neuroscience: Future Directions and Clinical Implications of an Emerging Field 16:45 Panel Discussion .