Thomas Kraynak

Slides, sharks, and science!

Health Psych Research Network Website - Summer Institute

Are you a Postdoc or Early Career Faculty interested in health psychology, behavioral medicine, or mind-body science?

Apply to the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Science and Health Summer Institute - July 13-15 in Pittsburgh!

Travel and accommodations supported by the Institute

Application Deadline Jan 9

Fitness and Exercise Effects on Brain Age: A Randomized Clinical Trial Examine the effect of aerobic exercise on structural brain age and explore potential mediators. In a single-blind, 12-month randomized clinical trial, 130 healthy participants aged 26–58 years were randomized into a moderator-to-vigorous intensity ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The functional neurobiology of negative affective traits across regions, networks, signatures, and a machine learning multiverse Understanding the neural basis of negative affective traits like neuroticism remains a critical challenge across psychology, neuroscience, and psychiatry. Here, we investigate which level of brain org...

cool - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The original text is not well-organized and can come across as rambling. If you’re looking for a regular curation of the ideas that are not as red-pilled as others like to twist them, as you rightfully noted, I might suggest checking out Daily Stoic

Older and wiser? The neural correlates of worry induction and reappraisal in older adults

Our latest NPP BrainPod episode is out 🧠🎙️

Worry seems like something most people do, but for some, severe worry can become overwhelming...and for older adults later in life, it has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity

open.spotify.com/show/6s3gf3Q...

Biggest mistake of my K experience (so far)

Yes, or Cate Blanchett. She can play any role 🙏

Why I cough up a fit after eating Chipotle

Check out our paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social:

Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression

#ThisWeekInNPP

Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fabulous!

This Pitt alum is heartbroken by this decision. The attacks on science, research, and higher education continue. Afraid we will never know the full extent of the damage inflicted by these horrible policies.

Attn: neuroimagers

That is a movement trace, not an image of the brain or CNS that tells us anything about its structure or function. Would you call an ECG an example of 'cardiac imaging'? I wouldn't. Just my opinion :)

Mosso's experiments are not an example of brain imaging. Where are the images? It's classic psychophysiology!

Shameful that our PA Attorney General did not join this suit, especially considering that 2 of the 6 universities most affected by the cap are in PA. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/9/

Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression

Another banger from the REMBRANDT study!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As we near the end of Insula week, I want to introduce you to Insula's bestie, Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC).

Left: ACC (yellow)
Right: "Insula" (Anterior Insular Cortex, AIC; green).