Ben Rein, PhD is the Chief Science Officer of the Mind Science Foundation, an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University, and a Clinical Assistant Professor at SUNY Buffalo. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed papers on social behavior, and is the author of “Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection.”
In addition, Rein shares educational science videos to an audience of more than 1 million social media followers and has been featured on outlets including “Entertainment Tonight,” “Good Morning America,” and “StarTalk” with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He has received awards for his science communication from the Society for Neuroscience, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and elsewhere.
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