Why Fake News is so fascinating to the brain?

Hosted by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

This webinar is complimentary for SfN and FENS members and USD 15 for non-members.

Social media have profoundly changed the way in which information is communicated and how news can be manipulated to spread opinions rather than scientifically-verified data. Consequently, communication has become more difficult for researchers, as they had to adapt their communication to meet the public attention.

Fake news influence political choices, our understanding of the world and how we relate to others. Why are people so attracted to them? During the webinar, panellists will discuss and try to understand the context in which fake news develops, the basis for behaviours associated with fake news and the brain areas and neurotransmitters associated with those behaviours.

This FENS online event is a follow-up to the in-person event organised at FENS Forum 2022 on the same topic. We invite you to watch the Forum event video recording before participating in the live webinar.

Register here, closes 12 September 2022

Contact information

Enquiries to chet@fens.org.