Neuroimaging

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.

How do scientists come up with new ideas? Brain scans show that scientific creativity requires the brain’s imagination, control, and switching networks to actively communicate to generate and evaluate novel hypotheses.

New research suggests that psilocybin shifts the brain from a relaxed state into a highly engaged pattern of rapid electrical activity. This measurable shift in brain waves provides evidence linking biological changes directly to subjective psychedelic experiences.

A new study reveals how the brain triggers the breakdown of stable fat cells that normally resist diet and exercise. This discovery provides evidence for how severe wasting diseases cause dangerous weight loss in vulnerable patients.

Memory loss is often viewed as a brain problem, but the digestive system plays a major role. Research published in Nature shows that age-related bacterial changes disrupt nerve communication, and fixing this restores memory in mice.

Not all depression is the same. A new study reveals that depressed patients with a high genetic risk for bipolar disorder show a structural brain association with childhood trauma that closely mimics bipolar disorder itself.