The Artists’ Brain: A Data Fusion Approach to Characterize the Neural Bases of Professional Visual Artists

The quest to understand the biological foundations of human creativity has long occupied the intersection of psychology and neuroscience. While the ability to sketch or paint is a common human…

Artificial intelligence accurately charts sleep stages without intrusive brain sensors

The current paradigm of sleep assessment relies heavily on polysomnography (PSG). While effective, PSG is an intensive procedure that requires patients to be tethered to dozens of sensors, including electroencephalogram…

The Preprint Problem: Fringe, Genetically Informed Studies of Group Differences in Behavior Housed on Open Science Platforms

The rapid evolution of the open science movement, designed to democratize knowledge and accelerate the pace of academic discovery, has inadvertently created a gateway for the resurgence of scientific racism.…

Breastfeeding and children’s sleep duration at 1 year of age: A nationwide birth cohort – The Japan Environment and Children’s Study.

A comprehensive longitudinal study recently published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition has established a significant correlation between early-life breastfeeding and improved sleep duration in infants by the time…

Rethinking Cerebellar Research: Virginia Tech Study Challenges Long-Held Assumptions in Neurological Disease Study

New research from a Virginia Tech neuroscientist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is raising questions about a long-standing approach to studying chronic neurological conditions such as dystonia,…

The association between video game play and cognitive ability: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

This comprehensive research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Acta Psychologica, represents one of the most extensive efforts to date to quantify the relationship between digital gaming and human intelligence. Led…

Study explores how cultural tightness shapes personality and political beliefs

Defining the Construct: The Mechanics of Tight and Loose Cultures At the heart of this research is the concept of cultural tightness-looseness, a framework popularized in modern psychology to describe…

Assessing the association between ADHD and brain maturation in late childhood and emotion regulation in early adolescence

Recent advancements in developmental neuroscience have provided a new lens through which to view the trajectory of childhood mental health, suggesting that the physical structure of a child’s brain may…

Inhibiting glycan degradation prevents HIV-induced inflammaging and cognitive impairment

The medical community has long celebrated the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in transforming HIV from a fatal diagnosis into a manageable chronic condition. However, this increased longevity has revealed…

Social attunement and alcohol use: The role of age and gender

A comprehensive international study involving an international sample of adolescent and adult alcohol users has revealed that social attunement—the subtle process of aligning one’s behavior with social norms—plays a paradoxical…