Emotional Movie Scenes Reveal Hidden Brain Signatures of Neuroticism
New research shows that emotionally charged movie scenes dramatically amplify detectable brain signatures of neuroticism, revealing that people high in ...
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Ultraprocessed Meals Trigger Stronger Insulin Spikes Than Identical Nutrients in Whole Foods
A randomized crossover trial found that nutritionally matched ultraprocessed meals evoke larger insulin and energy responses with altered substrate oxidation ...
AI Reads Brain Scans Two Ways at Once to Gauge Neurological Disease Severity
A new dual-stream deep learning framework fuses spatiotemporal brain activity with dynamic functional connectivity to classify neurological disease severity from ...
Chemotherapy may quiet the brain’s emotional radar in breast cancer survivors
A new fMRI study finds that breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy report less emotional distress than other survivors yet ...
Brain Wiring Shifts During Therapy May Signal Recovery From Bulimia Nervosa
A longitudinal brain imaging study of women with bulimia nervosa finds that symptom improvement after cognitive behavioral therapy is linked ...
Focused Ultrasound Boosts Meditation Training by Quieting the Brain’s Self-Center
A randomized University of Arizona trial found that focused ultrasound aimed at the posterior cingulate cortex during two weeks of ...
Zapping the Ear’s Vagus Nerve Rewires a Sleep Hub in the Brain, Trial Finds
A randomized sham-controlled fMRI trial shows that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves chronic insomnia by reshaping functional connectivity of ...
Deaf Brains Repurpose Sound Regions in Two Distinct Ways, Landmark Meta-Analysis Reveals
The largest neuroimaging meta-analysis of deaf individuals to date shows that the auditory cortex simultaneously preserves its language role and ...
Mixed-Effects Model for Brain Scans Matches Gold Standard and Maps Reliability Across the Whole Brain
A validated, containerised linear mixed-effects pipeline for task fMRI matches the R reference standard to six decimal places and shows ...
Brain’s Signal-Flow Hierarchy Flexibly Reshapes With Mental State, Study Finds
A new integrated effective connectivity framework maps directed signal flow across the human cortex, revealing a hierarchy grounded in laminar ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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