Ran Zhang

Emotion & Motivation 🧠 PhD student 👣

[Ran Zhang @rayZhangran]

Our latest study developed a neurofunctional signature of affective arousal, and this model shows great potential in enhancing the specificity of affective neuromarkers! Welcome sharing!😊

[Ben Becker @bn_becker]

In Nature Comm: #brain #fMRI marker of emotional intensity #arousal that distinguishes conscious feelings from automatic reactions, even in imagination. Insights for #AI, #BCI,mental health. Congrats to Ran Zhang and Zhou Feng #emotion https://t.co/ihdRDqdgyT

[Shan Siddiqi @shansiddiqi.bsky.social @shansiddiqi]

New in @AmJPsychiatry — personally I think this is my best paper so far. Highest statistical rigor, strongest causal inference (via a series of natural experiments), and multiple clinical applications.

Thanks @KJBinSTL and team tagged below.

https://t.co/l5gyWQ7XSt

[Kazuhisa Shibata @kazuhi_s_]

安静時fMRIにおける機能結合は安静時fMRI計測時の参加者の思考状態に影響を受ける、という研究。参加者の思考内容まで説明変数に入れる必要が出てくるとなると、安静時fMRIの解釈はだいぶ大変になりそう・・。

[Gabriel A. Devenyi @gadevenyi]

🧠 New from CoBrALab: AllenHumanReferenceAtlas_Classified

Converts the Allen Human Reference Atlas (~3,300 structures) into a clean 9-class tissue segmentation + ANTs-ready priors. Deterministic, auditable, NIfTI out.

https://t.co/ul1WQis4Yt

[Xiong Xiao @xiaoxiong2n]

How does the striatum help the brain identify what matters? Excited to share our new paper in @NatureNeuro. We show that opposing NAc D1/D2 pathways shape salience representation by regulating amygdalar ACh release, extending D1/D2 MSN models beyond action and reinforcement.

[Sophont @SophontAI]

NEW RELEASE:

Today we're releasing CortexMAE: a family of fMRI foundation models trained on 2.1K hours of open fMRI data.

We're also releasing Brainmarks: an open benchmark suite for evaluating fMRI foundation models.

Full paper is on arXiv (accepted to ICML 2026)

A thread:

[Martin Hebart @martin_hebart]

I'm proud we are releasing LAION-fMRI, a densely sampled 7T fMRI dataset of natural images, with very broad stimulus sampling for testing countless hypotheses & deeply exploring brain representations. It is now available at
https://t.co/hOnILHonf9
What does LAION-fMRI offer? 🧵

[Caterina Gratton @GrattonCaterina]

Very excited about this project, led by @zach_ladwig
We show that the individual lateral prefrontal cortex has reliable and highly detailed network organization missed in past group approaches.
Full🧵 coming soon!

[Nature Human Behaviour @NatureHumBehav]

How to design effective scientific figures https://t.co/2r8WVAqP18

[Nature Medicine @NatureMedicine]

Human #neuroimaging data across five major #psychedelics reveal a convergent #brain signature, highlighting a shared pattern of large-scale network #reorganization. These findings help understand how #psychedelic compounds reshape brain architecture.
https://t.co/ezJeludgeu

[Luiz Pessoa @PessoaBrain]

𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Timing is everything! The brain dynamics theme develops further...
https://t.co/PU6w1fFRn0

[Rodrigo Braga @RodBraga]

Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron!

Here is a download link (free for 50 days):
https://t.co/xQOEH0CkvJ

Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social

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[Leah Banellis @LeahBanellis]

🎉 Excited to share our publication in PNAS! 🎉 What happens when our stream of consciousness turns towards the body? Our N=536 fMRI study finds that 'body-wandering' is associated with brain connectivity, physiology, affect, and mental health patterns:
https://t.co/K2fHRgDo4q

[Andrew Zalesky @AndrewZalesky]

Computing correlations between brain maps?

Check out our new tool for fast p-value estimation for spatial brain map correlations

Fast alternative to the spin test, eigenstrapping, BrainSMASH

https://t.co/j6LYZy4CMs

https://t.co/HKkYyPsmGR

@yuanzhel94

1/7

[Toomas Erik Anijärv 🇪🇪 @teanijarv]

I couldn't find a tool to plot different #neuroimaging data in one consistent style, so I made one! Meet yabplot (yet another brain plot) - a #Python package for (sub)cortex & tracts.🧠
- Simple API
- Built-in atlases
- Custom atlas support
🔗 https://t.co/xKs5F3papF (drop a ⭐️!)

[Annie G. Bryant @AnnieGBryant]

The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🤠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)!

Preprint: https://t.co/bjJ8goEDcW
Website: https://t.co/eUPfQj2rWI

[Luiz Pessoa @PessoaBrain]

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀
New paper I anticipate will become a classic in neuroscience and a must-read for students at all levels.
Understanding brain function beyond brain areas.
https://t.co/OjQPX87cfw

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain

https://t.co/hfH8gM2RC2

[Dustin Scheinost @DScheinost]

Thrilled to share @JeanSYe_’s latest paper on brain dynamics in opioid use disorder (OUD), using resting-state, task-based, and naturalistic fMRI! Check it out at @JAMANetworkOpen https://t.co/hQu2uJ1YWh

[Nature Human Behaviour @NatureHumBehav]

In this study, Collins proposes an alternative dual process (working memory-habit) model of Reinforcement Learning in humans.
https://t.co/FFhTQUJu27

[Zhiqiang Sha (@zhiqiangsha.bsky.social) @sha_zhiqiang]

Within-individual precision mapping of brain networks exclusively using task data | Neuron
https://t.co/ysy6Hr2gkF