For many species, social behaviors constitute some of the most important interactions across a lifetime. Due to their complexity, social behaviors are hypothesized to have contributed to the complexity of the mammalian brain. Thus, social behaviors are also highly susceptible to disruptions in neuropsychiatric disease, including in social anxiety disorder, schizophrenia or autism spectrum disorder. The Kassraian Lab investigates the behavioral, neural, molecular, and circuit-level basis of social cognition and dysfunctions thereof in rodents, with close links to clinical research in humans. In particular, we investigate the contribution of the hippocampus for the memory of past social experiences as a means to inform current social behavior.