Yes, we need more studies of this type! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · last mo.

Male brains and female brains are all just human brains.

Our story about The Krakencoder - a new AI tool to analyze brain networks - is out in Weill Cornell's Impact magazine. Support from NIMH and @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social Led by Keith Jamison, with @msabuncu.bsky.social, @cerentozlu.bsky.social, Zijin Gu, Qinxin Wang Full story: tinyurl.com/mryjbzfk

Thank you for the feature! Everyone should go check out the other submissions as well, such a cool collection of brain art. #Artofthebrain

The Friedman Brain Institute@sinaibrain.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@nataliemcclain.bsky.social's "Metropolis of the Mind" reimagines the brain as a city. Different buildings (distinct brain regions) are connected by bridges (neural pathways). Collapsed bridges represent neural pathways weakened by #Addiction. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 28 👉 Most 🧡s wins!

@nataliemcclain.bsky.social's "Metropolis of the Mind" reimagines the brain as a city. Different buildings (distinct brain regions) are connected by bridges (neural pathways). Collapsed bridges represent neural pathways weakened by #Addiction. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 28 👉 Most 🧡s wins!

fMRI connectivity is dominated by recurring high-amplitude BOLD events (CAPs, QPPs) But what originates these events? Many think neuromodulation is the culprit. Our new work offers a simpler take: cortico-cortical dynamics alone can generate CAP-like events! doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013995 🧵1/n

People recovering from heroin addiction show reduced brain synchronization with their partners and poorer perspective-taking, revealing how addiction disrupts not just individual brain function but also the neural coordination between people during social interaction.

Social cognitive deficits and altered multi-brain dynamics during problem-solving in heroin abstainers: An fNIRS hyperscanning study

Despite extensive research on the neurobiology of addiction, little is known about how repeated drug use and withdrawal are related to social functioning impairments in humans, a highly social…

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Also check out a commentary on these results, which highlights the utility of these drug-biased behavioral measures in clinical addiction research! @narcatms.bsky.social

Improving Treatment Outcome Prediction Beyond Self-Report: The Role of Drug-Biased Behavioral Measures

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Natalie McClain@nataliemcclain.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Go check out our paper illustrating that objective cognitive-behavioral measures can outperform traditional self-reports when it comes to informing clinical outcomes! This is a promising step towards improving the tools we use to assess severity. @narcatms.bsky.social @aoceceli.bsky.social

Go check out our paper illustrating that objective cognitive-behavioral measures can outperform traditional self-reports when it comes to informing clinical outcomes! This is a promising step towards improving the tools we use to assess severity. @narcatms.bsky.social @aoceceli.bsky.social

Moving Beyond Self-Report in Characterizing Drug Addiction: Using Drug-Biased Behavior to Predict Treatment Completion and Dropout in Heroin-Primary, Medication-Maintained Opioid Use Disorder

Drug addiction is accompanied by enhanced salience attributed to drug over nondrug cues. This bias can be objectively measured and is reliable but und…

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