The article reports that brain imaging combined with artificial intelligence can distinguish young adults experiencing suicidal thoughts from healthy peers by examining how death-related concepts are represented in self-related brain regions. The approach uses fMRI patterns and machine learning to identify a neural signature linked to self-reference when processing death-related words. The findings suggest a measurable neurobiological basis for suicidal ideation, though current accuracy is not sufficient for clinical use.

This topic is of interest to psychology because it links cognitive processing of self and death to observable brain patterns, illustrating how mental states may manifest in neural representations and how advanced analytics can uncover these patterns.

Article Title: How “mindreading” AI detects hidden suicidal thoughts in the brains of young adults

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/how-mindreading-ai-detects-hidden-suicidal-thoughts-in-the-brains-of-young-adults/

Copy and paste broken link above into your browser and replace "dot" with "." for link to work. We have to do it this way to avoid displaying copyrighted images.

#neuroscience #suicideprevention #fMRI #machinelearning #selfreferentialprocessing

In this interview, Claudia Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Thompson Rivers University, shares how her research uses neuroimaging to study neurocognitive aging. #fNIRS plays a central role in this work. Using the Brite, her lab investigates brain–behavior relationships across diverse populations, while also integrating other techniques such as eye tracking, #fMRI, and neurostimulation.

🔗 Read the full interview here https://zurl.co/Xtmon

This article examines how genetic risk for anhedonia is linked to distinct patterns of brain activity during reward processing, using polygenic risk scores and fMRI during a monetary incentive delay task. Findings suggest lower activation in reward-related regions during anticipation and feedback phases in those with higher genetic risk.

This piece is of interest to psychology readers because it connects genetic factors with neural mechanisms of motivation and pleasure, illustrating how biology can shape cognitive and affective processes involved in reward.

Article Title: Genetic risk for anhedonia linked to altered brain activity during reward processing

Link to PsyPost Article: ift dot tt/THsvVta

Copy and paste broken link above into your browser and replace "dot" with "." for link to work. We have to do it this way to avoid displaying copyrighted images.

#genetics #anhedonia #rewardprocessing #fMRI #psychobiology

I know I keep asking this but how can #Neuroscientists say that #fMRI lets you look at "neural activity patterns"?

The same BOLD signal, in a specific voxel, could be generated from an infinite combination of excitatory and inhibitory neurons being more or less active (and that's not even talking about glial cells). How could similar BOLD signals mean that the underlying neural activity patterns were similar?

I must be missing something, please explain 🙏

#Neuroscience

We don't think in words (or numbers). 🧐

https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/19/thinking-without-words-and-other-heresies/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Zrt6gbJU8od7Sr00MYaTx?si=9k-th4RZRiW_XNi5Tla8MA

#Language #philosophy #cognitivescience #fmri #science #research #words #cognition #chess #fedorenko #blog #podcast #soduko #blog #podcast #perception #apologies