The growing availability of large-population human biomedical datasets provides
researchers with unique opportunities to conduct rigorous and impactful studies on brain …

Psychiatric illnesses are heterogeneous in nature. No illness manifests in the same way
across individuals, and no two patients with a shared diagnosis exhibit identical symptom …

Consistent evidence documents powerful effects of social inequality on health, well-being
and academic achievement. Yet research on whether social inequality may also be linked to …

Research policies aiming to integrate sex and gender in scientific studies are receiving
increased attention in academia. Incorporating these policies into health research is …

Racism-related stressors, from experiences of both implicit and explicit racial discrimination
to systemic socioeconomic disadvantage, have a cumulative impact on Black Americans' …

Objective Early adverse parenting predicts various negative outcomes, including
psychopathology and altered development. Animal work suggests that adverse parenting …

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) promises to be a leading non-invasive
neuroimaging method due to its portability and low cost. However, concerns are rising over …

Abstract The Society for Psychophysiological Research and accompanying journal,
Psychophysiology, have increasingly incorporated diversity and inclusion into their posted …

Peer review is a core component of scientific practice. Although peer review ideally
improves research and promotes rigor, it also has consequences for what types of research …

Neuroscience research is affected by a substantial racial bias, but there are major
challenges involved in minimizing this bias. Here we discuss these challenges and call for a …