"AI hallucinations” may be the wrong metaphor. In our new European Psychiatry Viewpoint, Umberto Volpe and I argue that confabulation better captures how generative AI produces fluent, plausible—but false—outputs, and why terminology matters. tinyurl.com/yc5dxrup #GenerativeAI #Psychiatry

Confabulation, Not Hallucination: Rethinking False Outputs in Generative AI | European Psychiatry | Cambridge Core

Confabulation, Not Hallucination: Rethinking False Outputs in Generative AI

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New from our group in PNAS: race-neutral CentileBrain models show robust accuracy across ethnoracially diverse samples defined by self-report or genetic ancestry. A step toward equitable, generalisable brain-based tools. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Delighted to share our new paper in Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. We critically appraise 18 neuroimaging-based clustering studies in schizophrenia and ask whether brain-derived subtypes are reproducible, biologically valid and clinically meaningful. doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...

The European Psychiatric Association Leadership Academy offers early-career professionals a unique opportunity to build leadership skills, connect with peers, and shape the future of mental health. Apply now 👇 www.europsy.net/leadership-a...

Just out in Biological Psychiatry: Using the CentileBrain models (centilebrain.org) in 3,711 participants, the ENIGMA #MDD and #PTSD Working Groups found childhood maltreatment influences age- and sex-specific deviations from normative neuroanatomical patterns tinyurl.com/abh6xtb5

Thank you to the Committee for the Advancement of Women’s Leadership of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, for the opportunity to share thoughts on mentorship and leadership in #psychiatry tinyurl.com/2bpfn2fj Hope it’s useful to others navigating similar paths. #women #neuroscience

Missed the @translationalni.bsky.social event on "Deep Learning for Personalized & Interpretable fMRI"? Now available on the youtube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7C...

#17 Deep Learning for Personalized and Interpretable fMRI Analysis

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Excited to share our new paper in Frontiers in Neuroscience lead by Tonya White, mappig sex-differences in global brain metrics across the lifespan tinyurl.com/dp65k6wa #Neuroscience #BrainDevelopment

Frontiers | Sex differences in global metrics of brain size across the lifespan

IntroductionWhile global brain volume differences between males and females have been shown to manifest during prenatal life, it is unclear whether global di...

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Join us in NYC at the #SOBP2026 Annual Meeting on April 29, 2026 (sobp.societyconference.com/v2/) for a free workshop on "AI Foundations for Biomedical Researchers in Psychiatry", with practical workflows for #LLMs, neuroimaging, and target trial emulation. #ArtificialIntelligence; #Psychiatry

Excited to have collaborated on this new paper in Frontiers Child Adolesc Psychiatry using ABCD data to show how environmental context shapes mental health risk in youth with a family history of substance use. doi.org/10.3389/frch... #addiction #youthmentalhealth

Frontiers | Environmentally derived subgroups of preadolescents with family history of substance use exhibit distinct patterns of psychopathology and reward-related behaviors: insights from the ABCD s...

BackgroundFamily history of substance use (FHSU), along with sociodemographic and psychosocial factors, has been identified as a key risk factor for adolesce...

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Pleased to share our new paper in collaboration with William Hopkins, University of Texas, showing that the brain age gap is associated with cognitive abilities in captive chimpanzees www.nature.com/articles/s41... 26062-5 #brainage #chimpanzees

Brain age gap is associated with cognitive abilities in captive chimpanzees - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Brain age gap is associated with cognitive abilities in captive chimpanzees

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Mitigating Bundle Tractography Variability with Streamline Density Normalization (SDNorm) & Implications for Tractometry | Translational-Neuro

This presentation covers the following points: 1. Streamline Density Normalization (SDNorm) method and demo; 2. Using SDNorm for improving reproducibility of bundle reconstructions and tractometry pro...

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Excited to share a new paper from our collaboration with Danish Bipolar Illness Onset Study. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #BipolarResearch #BIOStudy #Neuroscience #Psychiatry

Longitudinal Trajectory of Cognition, Brain Morphometry, and Brain Predicted Age in Unaffected First‐Degree Relatives of Patients With Bipolar Disorder

Introduction Prior research suggests structural brain abnormalities and cognitive difficulties in patients with bipolar disorder. Although there is some evidence that similar structural and cognitiv...

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#15 Individual-specific Brain Parcellations for Clinical Applications

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Free Virtual Talk | Tue, Oct 21 by the Translational Neuroimaging Educational Program Title: Streamline Density Normalization (SDNorm) for Tractometry 🖥️ Register free: www.translational-neuro.org/event-detail... #Neuroimaging #BrainMapping #ClinicalNeuroscience

Mitigating Bundle Tractography Variability with Streamline Density Normalization (SDNorm) & Implications for Tractometry | Translational-Neuro

This presentation covers the following points: 1. Streamline Density Normalization (SDNorm) method and demo; 2. Using SDNorm for improving reproducibility of bundle reconstructions and tractometry pro...

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Interested in how AI is shaping scientific writing? Check out these perspectives: 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 🔗 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #AI #ScientificWriting #MedEd #AcademicTwitter #Research #MedicalPublishing #AIinMedicine

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Translational Neuroimaging Educational Program is nested within the Lifespan Working Group of the Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta‐Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium. It hosts expert lectures an...

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Free Virtual Talk | Tue, Sept 23 by the Translational Neuroimaging Educational Program on :Individual-specific brain parcellations for clinical applications" 🖥️ Register free: www.translational-neuro.org/event-detail... #Neuroimaging #BrainMapping

Individual-specific brain parcellations for clinical applications | Translational-Neuro

This talk will cover the following: 1.How to use the Network Correspondence Toolbox (NCT) to report neuroimaging findings 2.The behavioral relevance of individual-specific functional parcellations 3.R...

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AI in Scientific Writing & Publishing A viewpoint in European Psychiatry by Sophia Frangou, Umberto Volpe & Andrea Fiorillo calls for critical engagement: AI tools can improve efficiency but human oversight and transparency are indispensable. #AcademicWriting #AIethics tinyurl.com/AI-in-scient...

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DeepPrep: Accelerated MRI Pipeline and its Applications in Personalized Functional Circuit-guided Neuromodulation | Translational-Neuro

This presentation will cover : 1. Recent advancements in deep learning for MRI preprocessing 2. The development and performance of DeepPrep 3. Clinical application of DeepPrep in personalized function...

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New Preprint tinyurl.com/mvjybsh5tory Adults with depression show differences in brain aging based on lifestyle. Those with balanced habits had the lowest mood symptoms and brainAGE, while those with poor diet and inactivity showed the highest. #BrainHealth #Depression #BrainAGE

Lifestyle and BrainAGE in Adult Depression

Background: This study tested whether lifestyle and fitness features that influence brain health in the general population differentially affect adults with a history of depression. Brain health was a...

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🎨✨ Scientists, Show Us Your Creative Side! ✨ Submit your AI generated artwork to the Neural Palette SOBP Exhibition and WIN a FREE SOBP Membership 🏆 Submit it here: sobp.societyconference.com/v2/ Entry is open and free for everyone. Deadline’s coming fast—don’t miss your shot! ⏳

Join us for another exciting presentation for Translational Neuroimaging Educational Program, where we explore advances in data-driven neuroimaging biomarkers for precision mental health. More details at tinyurl.com/mtphp2m4 or catch-up at any time at: www.youtube.com/@Translation...

Data-driven Neuroimaging Biomarkers Empower Precision Mental Health | Translational-Neuro

This presentation will cover key approaches for precision diagnosis and personalized treatment of mental disorders using complex brain imaging data, including: 1. Latent-space biomarker quantification...

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🧠 New preprint alert! We show that data patterns—not just algorithms—drive performance in ML-based patient stratification for brain disorders. Read more: arxiv.org/abs/2503.12066. #AI #Neuroimaging #MachineLearning #Biotypes

Impact of Data Patterns on Biotype identification Using Machine Learning

Background: Patient stratification in brain disorders remains a significant challenge, despite advances in machine learning and multimodal neuroimaging. Automated machine learning algorithms have been...

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Excited to share The Psychosis MRI Shared Data Resource (Psy-ShareD)—an open-access neuroimaging dataset for psychosis research! 🧠📊 published in HBM onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Huge thanks to our incredible collaborators for their dedication in advancing open science in research!

The Psychosis MRI Shared Data Resource (Psy‐ShareD)

The Psy-ShareD database will host pre-existing structural MRI data collected at different sites across Europe, North, Central and South America, Asia and Australia that will be suitable for region of...

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Join us for another exciting presentation for Translational Neuroimaging Educational Program, where we explore advances in data-driven neuroimaging biomarkers for precision mental health. More details at tinyurl.com/mtphp2m4 or catch-up at any time at: www.youtube.com/@Translation...

Data-driven Neuroimaging Biomarkers Empower Precision Mental Health | Translational-Neuro

This presentation will cover key approaches for precision diagnosis and personalized treatment of mental disorders using complex brain imaging data, including: 1. Latent-space biomarker quantification...

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Honored and humbled to receive the 2025 Pascal-Boyle Prize! 🏆 Grateful to the European Psychiatric Association community and my incredible colleagues for their support.

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✨Not to be missed! Free Public Lecture on “Powering the Brain: Metabolism & Mental Health” on April 23rd, 2025🧠 Space is limited-Register now: tinyurl.com/2e4xpmjm #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #Metabolism #Neuroscience