Neuroimaging

New functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research published in NeuroImage found that participants show greater social cognitive engagement when viewing an aggressive interaction between a White police officer and Black civilian compared to a White police officer and White civilian.

Plenty of people claim they can’t function without their morning coffee, but is there a neurological basis to it? A study published in Scientific Reports suggests that coffee does have beneficial effects on cognitive function, and it may do this...

People whose brains release more of the neurochemical oxytocin are kinder to others and are more satisfied with their lives. This is the finding of new research, published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, that also discovered that oxytocin release increases with...

Being subjected to unsupportive behaviors from a romantic partner appears to influence how the brain processes mistakes, according to new research published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology. The findings indicate that unsupportive partner behaviors are associated with heightened neural...

Research published in the journal Depression & Anxiety provides evidence that neurocognitive abnormalities are related to difficulties in social connection among people with posttraumatic stress disorder. The findings suggest that those with PTSD are more likely to struggle with managing...

Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain and discovered rhythmic brain wave patterns around the time of death that are similar to those occurring during dreaming, memory recall, and meditation.

New research published the Journal of Psychiatric Research sheds light on the neurophysiological processes related to gaze-contingent music reward therapy, a novel treatment that relies on eye-tracking technology and pleasing music to reduce attention to threatening stimuli.

All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store information by changing their physical qualities. Over 130 years ago, pioneering neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal first suggested that the brain stores information by rearranging the...

New research published in Human Brain Mapping provides evidence of a shared neural mechanism that underlies sleep disturbance and mental disorders in preadolescents. The findings indicate that sleep disturbance and mental health problems are both related to the connectivity between...

The clinical symptoms of individuals with schizophrenia can be predicted by the activity of neurons derived from the patients' own stem cells, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States...

Neurofeedback training might help to improve the effectiveness of certain psychological interventions for patients with depression, according to new research. But the findings indicate that fMRI neurofeedback might not be effective for patients with the newly-classified anxious distress subtype of...

People tend to make harsher character judgments about individuals with facial anomalies, which is reflected in neural responses, according to research published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The findings suggest a brain region called the...

A study published in Frontiers in Psychology offers insight into the antidepressant effects of physical exercise. The researchers found that patients with major depressive disorder who participated in a physical activity intervention showed increased neuroplasticity that coincided with declines in clinical symptoms.

A new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement investigated the websites of 371 neurofeedback providers in the United States. The overwhelming majority of these providers made claims in relation to at least one clinical condition (e.g., anxiety, ADHD), and a...

A naturalistic study published in the journal Scientific Reports provides evidence that the ceremonial use of ayahuasca can lead to significant reductions in neuroticism, a personality trait associated with depression and anxiety.