#mentalizing — Public Fediverse posts

New #neuroforecasting research out in #PNASNexus : "Brain activity reveals how wildlife imagery evokes engagement on social media"!

Partnering with #NationalGeographic, we found that group brain activity in the Medial PreFrontal Cortex (MPFC) forecast image popularity on their social media feed (as did subjects' "like" ratings).

Further, correlated activity in #face processing (FFG) and #mentalizing (rTPJ) implied that socioemotional features might drive image popularity, verified by modeling the impact of these features on the popularity of out-of-sample images.

Thus, beyond forecasting, brain activity helped to clarify which image features drive popularity. Congratulations to steadfast coauthors Tara Srirangarajan , Nik Sawe , Cynthia Wu , and Tierney Thys and deep thanks to the #Stanford Woods Institute for continued support.

P.S. The news alert below illustrates our findings with the winning wildlife image, and links to the article:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116282

New #neuroforecasting #megaanalysis suggests that effective messages recruit #reward and #mentalizing circuits -- in individuals and at scale!
Though there's much yet to learn, this collaboration (headed by Christin Scholz and Hang-Yee Chan, and guided by Emily Falk) offers encouraging support for the replicability of #neuroforecasting findings...

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/11/pgaf287/8313348

Mentalizing and Empathy: Connecting Minds for Better Relationships

#Resilience #MentalHealth #BrainScience #Mentalizing #EmotionRegulation #AttachmentTheory #Neurobiology #StressManagement #SelfControl #PsychologyInsights

https://youtube.com/shorts/OxTSIwcJLug?feature=share

Resilience in Action: How Your Brain Overcomes Stress and Challenges

#Neuroscience #Resilience #MentalHealth #Mindfulness #EmotionalIntelligence #BrainPower #Mentalizing #AttachmentTheory #SelfAwareness #StressManagement #Neuropsychology #PersonalGrowth #SocialCognition #SelfReflection #Neurobiology

https://youtube.com/shorts/mRn-keZkih0?feature=share

Dancing Through Love: Exploring Culture-Based Couples Therapy

#CouplesTherapy #Mentalizing #CulturalUnderstanding #ReflectiveFunctioning #SharedIntentionality #LoveJourney #CognitiveEmpathy #Mindfulness #RelationshipGoals #PsychologyInLove #EmotionalConnection #CouplesGrowth #AdaptiveFlexibility #LoveAndPsychology #HealthyRelationships

https://youtube.com/shorts/UFBqUVyQebs?feature=share

Dancing Through Love: Exploring Culture-Based Couples Therapy

#CouplesTherapy #Mentalizing #CulturalUnderstanding #ReflectiveFunctioning #SharedIntentionality #LoveJourney #CognitiveEmpathy #Mindfulness #RelationshipGoals #PsychologyInLove #EmotionalConnection #CouplesGrowth #AdaptiveFlexibility #LoveAndPsychology #HealthyRelationships

https://youtube.com/shorts/UFBqUVyQebs?feature=share

I can unfortunately not attend the upcoming 18th #WAIMH2023 in #Dublin in person.

However, our work from my @SoNeAtLab (Dept. of #psychology
#University of #Essex in #Colchester, #UK) will be featured by two #posters & in one #symposium

*T1-SYM4.3
*P-096
*P-097

Check it out if you can!

#attachment #caregiving #mentalizing #sensitivity #brain #synchrony #NAMA #NAMDA #parent #child #father #mother #interaction #relationship