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The “men have shallower friendships” story is too blunt. In a 2026 Sex Roles analysis of 1,899 young adults, the familiar gender friendship gap was largely driven by one group: white men rep…
Read articleA 2025 preregistered meta-analysis found that temporary social media abstinence did not significantly improve positive affect, negative affect, or life satisfaction across 10 adult experimen…
Read articlePsychiatric brain biomarkers have produced a large research literature but little routine clinical use. A 2026 evidence map found 441 primary studies and 27 systematic reviews of neuroimagin…
Read articleA 2026 fNIRS hyperscanning study involving 20 dyads found that structured chord progressions paired with live eye contact increased activity in social-brain regions and produced partner-spec…
Read articleA 2026 TwinLife analysis found that cognitive ability at age 23 predicted education and occupational status at age 27, and bivariate twin models attributed 69-98% of the shared IQ–SES varian…
Read articleA 2026 IMAGEN stop-signal task analysis found that evidence accumulation, response caution, and go-failure probability predicted cigarette-plus-cannabis use at ages 19 and 23, while inhibiti…
Read articleA 2026 resting-state fMRI study of 800 adults found intra-thalamic hypoconnectivity across schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression, but schizophrenia showed far broader subcort…
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