A person’s capacity to regulate their emotions apparently cannot be determined by the activity of the prefrontal brain regions typically associated with this process. This is shown by an international fMRI analysis conducted by Dr. Maurizio Sicorello of the Central Institute for Mental Health (CIMH) and Prof. Dr. Carmen Morawetz of the University of Innsbruck, using data from 2,175 people across 40 studies. The study, published in Nature, challenges widespread assumptions about the neural basis of emotion regulation and highlights where task-based imaging reaches its limits when it comes to differences between individuals.

A family of mutations seen in about 20% of human cancers drives malignancy by changing the accessibility of genes to a particular regulatory protein, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The findings suggest new therapeutic strategies for a variety of cancer types.

A new study led by Boston University researchers estimates that nearly 75% of all NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) neuropathology. CTE is a neurodegenerative disease that has been diagnosed in individuals with substantial exposure to repetitive head impacts. It can only be definitively diagnosed after death.

Exoskeletons, advanced prostheses and wearables have entered the workplace and are here to stay, but their adoption presents significant challenges