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Scanning the Brain to Predict Behavior, a Daunting ‘Task’ for MRI
New research indicates that task-fMRI lacks the reliability to predict individual behavior or how a person might respond to mental-health therapies. [June 3, 2020]
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sampling of research on depression rates among M-Turkers,
treating the symptoms of
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Excessive brain activity linked to a shorter life
One key to a longer life could be a quieter brain without too much neural activity, according to a new study that examined postmortem brain tissue from extremely long-lived people for clues about what made them different
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring brain networks involved in sustained attention and individual differences in music reward.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring symptoms of mania in depression, sample sizes for studies of treatments for depression, brain activity related to psychopathic traits, and links between catastrophizing and PTSD.
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Bigger Brains Linked With Slightly Better Cognitive Performance
Using a larger dataset than all previous studies on the subject combined, researchers found a small connection between brain size and cognitive performance.
