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·April 6, 2026·8 min read

Brain’s Default Setting for Ambiguity Matters for Mental Health

A new study reveals that "valence bias"—how we interpret ambiguous situations—is a key predictor of depression and anxiety. The study highlights a critical "positivity shift" at age 10 that can determine a child's mental health trajectory.

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·March 13, 2019·5 min read

Differences in brain activity in children with anhedonia

Using fMRI to examine the brains of children while resting, researchers discover anhedonia is associated with hyperconnectivity between the cingulo-opercular network and ventral striatum.

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·February 13, 2019·3 min read

Exercise Gives Older Men a Better Brain Boost

According to a new study, men have a stronger positive correlation between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain function as they age.

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·February 7, 2019·4 min read

Normal Brain Aging Patterns Occur At a Faster Rate in People with Psychosis

A new study reports patients with psychosis experience accelerated brain aging in the frontoparietal and cingulo-opercular networks.

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·November 29, 2018·8 min read

Study Reveals Roots of OCD

A new study combines hundreds of brain scans of patients with OCD and pinpoints problems with error processing in the brain that leads to repetitive behaviors.