Models and interventions of cognition.

This study shows that the brain arises from two distinct progenitors: one forms the forebrain and midbrain, whereas the other generates the hindbrain. These insights enable the generation of human hin...

Translational Psychiatry - The metacognitive paradox of OCD: confidence is globally reduced but shows increased sensitivity to local evidence

MIT researchers study human cognition through logic puzzles

PhD Position in Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception

To devise effective interventions for obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is crucial to understand antecedents to symptom emergence. Here, the authors show evidence for self- and decision making underco...

Editors: Roni Porat and Vishnu SreekumarPsychological Science invites submissions presenting innovative research that brings psychological science “into the wild,” whether to strengthen its ecological...

Nature Neuroscience - Charbonneau et al. compare how the insula is structured and functions in humans, monkeys and rodents, revealing similarities and differences across species that are likely to...

Nature Neuroscience - Charbonneau et al. compare how the insula is structured and functions in humans, monkeys and rodents, revealing similarities and differences across species that are likely to...

In this triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial, Eikemo et al. tested whether acute psychosocial stress increases opioid self-administration using controlled stress induction, oxy...

The recoverability, reliability, and generalizability of reward processing parameters and relation to mental health symptoms - Volume 56

Translational Psychiatry - Arousal shapes motivation: an integrative framework for understanding motivational deficits

The experience sampling method (ESM) collects real-time reports of people’s feelings, actions, and surroundings, and originally included both numerical and open-ended responses. Whereas most studies t...

CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics focuses on the central nervous system, clinical pharmacology, drug development and novel methodologies for drug evaluation.

This Consensus Report addresses the methodological variability in ambulatory assessment studies within mental health. Utilizing a Delphi-adapted process with 26 experts, it offers best-practice recomm...

ALT: Professor Farnsworth's Crazy Wacko Expression

Job title: PhD-fellowship (301774), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

This study investigates the dynamic interplay between habitual and goal-directed control. Using RL and drift-diffusion modelling, we show that these systems interact in a context-dependent manner: hab...

In this Review the authors discuss the reasons behind the limited advance in depression phenotyping and provide strategic points for addressing this gap.

Schulz et al. show that anhedonia in depression, as measured by a scale often equated with loss of pleasure, reflects reduced anticipation of food rewards rather than impaired enjoyment itself. Linkin...

Neuropsychopharmacology - Computational phenotyping of effort-based decision-making in type-2 diabetes on and off semaglutide