Neuroimaging

By analyzing brain scans from over 4,000 people, researchers trained AI to predict if a patient’s depression will improve with medication or brain stimulation. This newly discovered biomarker could finally end trial-and-error psychiatric care.

Brain scans reveal that people with dark personality traits show heightened resting activity in goal-directed networks and dampened activity in empathy centers. This neurobiological mismatch suggests their brains are constantly primed to strategize rather than connect with others.

A new study published in GeroScience suggests that older adults who lift weights can actively slow down their biological brain aging. These findings provide evidence that regular strength training tends to keep the mind younger and healthier.

Why do some children with ADHD struggle with severe, uncontrollable anger? A new brain-imaging study reveals that kids with ADHD and intense emotional outbursts have distinct structural and functional differences in their brains compared to those with ADHD alone.

A new brain imaging study reveals an association between overlapping depression and cannabis use and less efficient brain communication. The heightened connectivity typically seen with cannabis use is less pronounced when depression symptoms are present.

Scientists have discovered that poor sleep amplifies negative emotions in individuals with alcohol use disorder. Imaging shows that insomnia activates neural networks linked to rumination, suggesting sleep treatments could greatly improve emotional well-being during recovery.

A newly released neuroimaging study reveals that young adults who heavily overuse smartphones show altered functional connectivity in the amygdala. These specific neural differences correlate to everyday difficulties in managing negative emotions.

A recent study provides evidence that young adults experiencing suicidal thoughts process words like "death" differently. Brain imaging suggests these individuals reflexively associate death-related concepts with their own identities, offering a potential new way to identify at-risk youth.

Scientists recently discovered that expert Rubik's Cube players show the same brain activity when planning a solution and moving the pieces. The study, published in Experimental Brain Research, indicates these experts solve the puzzle entirely in their minds.

When choosing between milk and eggs, Democrats and Republicans buy the exact same grocery items. However, a neuroimaging study shows that their brains use entirely different neural pathways to make those identical decisions.

Analysis of lost photos reveals structural anomalies in Einstein’s brain that may explain his extraordinary mathematical and visual abilities.

By growing miniature brain models from patient cells, researchers have identified distinct electrical activity patterns linked to various autism profiles. This approach offers a personalized way to study the unique biological roots of neurodevelopmental conditions.

New research shows a child’s home environment is closely linked to how their brain matures. A recent study associates parental acceptance with faster brain development, while exposure to household abuse correlates with delayed microstructural brain changes.

Published in Nature Neuroscience, new research reveals that timing, not repetition, drives associative learning. By showing the brain prioritizes the delay between rewards, the study upends century-old assumptions and suggests new ways to understand habit formation.

A specialized network responsible for washing away cellular waste in the brain might play a role in the development of schizophrenia. Young people at a high genetic risk for psychosis showed early signs of a malfunctioning clearance system.