New ggsegverse update!
I finally got around to pre-release new ggseg.extra (notice name change) package, for creating new atlases.
https://ggsegverse.github.io/news/ggseg.extra/
It's full of new features, and likely lots of new bugs.
I'd love folks to test how it works, I've really tried making things more robust and I hope its payed off!
The article discusses a study that uses non-invasive brain scanning combined with computer modeling to measure how the Alzheimer’s drug memantine interacts with brain receptors in living patients, aiming to confirm drug action without invasive procedures. It also shows how these methods can track changes in brain activity over time in people with cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease.
This approach is of interest to psychology readers because it demonstrates how brain activity and receptor dynamics relate to cognitive function and disease progression, and it highlights innovative methods for studying brain mechanisms in living humans.
Article Title: New brain scanning method safely tracks how Alzheimer’s drugs work in living patients
Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/new-brain-scanning-method-safely-tracks-how-alzheimers-drugs-work-in-living-patients/
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#neuroimaging #alzheimersdisease #memantine #nmda-receptors #magnetoencephalography
This brief highlights a biomarker-based approach that may aid early identification of cognitive decline, offering implications for assessment strategies and collaboration across disciplines within mental health care teams.
The focus on structural protein changes as an indicator of progression provides a concrete example of how biomedical findings can inform observational practices, case formulation, and early intervention planning for therapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.
Article Title: A surprising blood protein pattern may reveal Alzheimer’s
Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/releases/2026/03/260312020104 dot htm
A surprising blood protein pattern may reveal Alzheimer’s
https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/releases/2026/03/260312020104 dot htm
A new study suggests Alzheimer’s disease may be detectable through subtle shape changes in proteins found in the blood. Researchers discovered that structural differences in three blood proteins closely track the progression of the disease. By analyzing these changes in more than 500 people, the team was able to distinguish healthy individuals from those with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s with impressive accuracy. The approach could help move diagnosis and treatment to earlier stages.
via Mind & Brain News -- ScienceDaily https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/news/mind_brain/
March 12, 2026 at 07:00AM
#AlzheimerDetection #Biomarkers #CognitiveHealth #MentalHealthProfessionals #Neuroimaging
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This concise briefing highlights practical implications for mental health clinicians by illustrating how rapid neurobiological changes tied to ketamine treatment align with observable symptom improvements. For therapists and social workers managing treatment-resistant depression, the study underscores the potential for biomarkers to inform prognosis and individualize care, while emphasizing the relevance of mood- and reward-related brain regions in understanding rapid shifts in client functioning.
Article Title: Brain scans reveal how ketamine quickly lifts severe depression
Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/releases/2026/03/260307213234 dot htm
Brain scans reveal how ketamine quickly lifts severe depression
https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/releases/2026/03/260307213234 dot htm
A new brain-imaging study has revealed how ketamine produces its fast antidepressant effects in people with treatment-resistant depression. Researchers tracked changes in a critical brain receptor that helps neurons communicate and found that ketamine reshapes its activity in specific brain regions tied to mood and reward. These shifts strongly matched improvements in patients’ symptoms. The findings could help scientists develop better ways to predict who will benefit from ketamine therapy.
via Mind & Brain News -- ScienceDaily https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/news/mind_brain/
March 8, 2026 at 07:40PM
#ketamine
#depression
#neuroimaging
#mentalhealth
#treatmentresistance
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The article reports that people with borderline personality disorder who hear voices show structural differences in brain regions tied to language, sensory integration, and emotional regulation, suggesting shared and distinct neural mechanisms across conditions.
This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it highlights how perceptual experiences can arise from distributed brain networks and how neuroanatomical variations relate to symptom profiles, informing ongoing discussions about diagnosis, cognition, and emotion processing.
Article Title: Scientists identify brain regions associated with auditory hallucinations in borderline personality disorder
Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/scientists-identify-brain-regions-associated-with-auditory-hallucinations-in-borderline-personality-disorder/
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#brainmechanisms #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #auditoryhallucinations #neuroimaging #psychopathology
The article reports that ADHD comprises at least two distinct physical subtypes with different brain structures and behavioral patterns, identified through MRI and machine learning analysis. This finding suggests potential for personalized diagnostic and treatment approaches based on underlying biology.
This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it highlights how neuroanatomy and developmental processes relate to cognitive and behavioral symptoms, illustrating the move toward mechanism-based classifications and individualized care.
Article Title: Brain scans reveal two distinct physical subtypes of ADHD
Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/brain-scans-reveal-two-distinct-physical-subtypes-of-adhd/
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#psychology #neuroimaging #ADHD #brainsubtypes #precisionmedicine
neuromapr 0.2.1 has been accepted and published on CRAN!
Very excited to get this out to users in the simplest way possible, and hope the #rstats #neuroimaging community finds it useful!
New neuromapr #rstats package is available from GitHub! Highly experimental, early adopters and bug identifiers are super welcome to report issues!
It implements the framework from Markello et al. (2022, Nature Methods) and is aligned with the neuromaps Python reference implementation. Co-developed with Claude Code.
https://netneurolab.github.io/neuromaps/index.html
Using a mega-analysis of 16 fMRI studies with 572 participants and 739 persuasive messages, the article reports that activity in reward-related and mentalizing brain networks predicts both individual judgments of message effectiveness and population-level outcomes, suggesting a common neural currency for persuasion. Exploratory results also indicate roles for language and emotion processing, with limitations and calls for broader samples and standardized methods.
These findings illuminate how neural mechanisms of value evaluation and social understanding underlie persuasive messaging across contexts, bridging neuroscience and social psychology. They suggest that brain signals can forecast collective responses beyond self-reported attitudes, offering a cross-domain perspective on attitude change and behavior.
Article Title: Neuroimaging data reveals a “common currency” for effective communication
Link to PsyPost Article: ift dot tt/91Vxcau
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#Neuroimaging #Persuasion #Neuroforecasting #BrainNetworks #SocialCognition
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