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A Global Crisis

Mind health is declining with each younger generation across the modern Internet-enabled world. Mind health refers to the full complement of emotional, social, cognitive and physical capacities required to navigate life’s challenges and function productively. This decline means more than a growing mental health burden. It means a potential decline in our capacity to function as a society.

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A novel method for estimating functional connectivity from EEG coherence potentials

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Mental State of the World in 2024

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The Youth Mind: Rising Aggression and Anger

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MHQ: constructing an aggregate metric of population mental wellbeing

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Hierarchy of demographic and social determinants of mental health: analysis of cross-sectional survey data from the Global Mind Project

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Leveraging big data for causal understanding in mental health: a research framework

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High Variability Periods in the EEG Distinguish Cognitive Brain States

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Ultra-processed food consumption and mental wellbeing outcomes

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Age of First Smartphone/Tablet and Mental Wellbeing Outcomes

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Assessment of Population Well-being With the Mental Health Quotient: Validation Study

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The Acceptability, Feasibility, and Utility of Portable Electroencephalography to Study Resting-State Neurophysiology in Rural Communities

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Poor Separation of Clinical Symptom Profiles by DSM-5 Disorder Criteria

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Enhancing the Mental Wellbeing of Federal Workers

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The impact of socioeconomic and stimulus inequality on human brain physiology

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Assessment of Population Well-Being With the Mental Health Quotient (MHQ): Development and Usability Study

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Proof of Concept of a Gamified Developmental Assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP) Tool to Measure Cognitive Development in Rural Indian Preschool Children

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The Heterogeneity of Mental Health Assessment

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Waveform complexity: A new metric for EEG analysis

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Characterizing peaks in the EEG power spectrum

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Development, feasibility and acceptability of a gamified cognitive DEvelopmental assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP) in rural Indian pre-schoolers – a pilot study

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EEG Frequency Bands in Psychiatric Disorders: A Review of Resting State Studies

LAB TALK

Part journal club, part musing, we blog here about interesting and open questions in human neuroscience as well as new tools and approaches to research.

Regional and National Trends in Youth Mental Health

Regional and National Trends in Youth Mental Health

A growing body of research highlights that the mental health of young people worldwide is in…

There are plastics lodged in the human brain. How do they get there, and what are they doing?

There are plastics lodged in the human brain. How do they get there, and what are they doing?

One of the major changes in our environment over the last two decades has been the…

A comparison of measures and methodologies of the Global Mind Project, World Mental Health Survey Initiative & World Happiness Report

A comparison of measures and methodologies of the Global Mind Project, World Mental Health Survey Initiative & World Happiness Report

Tracking and understanding the mental state of populations around the world is important for understanding how…

Representativeness of the Global Mind Project Data

Representativeness of the Global Mind Project Data

Self-report survey has been one of the main tools in the study of human populations in…

Understanding the Construction of the MHQ Score

Understanding the Construction of the MHQ Score

Here we explain how and why the MHQ scale is constructed including addressing common questions such…

EEG Approaches to Measuring Depth of Anesthesia

EEG Approaches to Measuring Depth of Anesthesia

What are the common approaches to measuring depth of anesthesia in clinical application and how do…

MENTALOG

Mentalog is our blog on mental wellbeing. How to interpret your own, understand it in a population context and how to measure and manage it within organizations.

What is Mental Wellbeing?

What is Mental Wellbeing?

At Sapien Labs, we track our evolving mental wellbeing and explore the factors that explain it.…

What matters most when it comes to predicting and preventing mental distress?

What matters most when it comes to predicting and preventing mental distress?

Data from the Global Mind Project shows that mental wellbeing is declining with each successively younger…

Is symptom-based diagnosis of mental health disorders doing more harm than good?

Is symptom-based diagnosis of mental health disorders doing more harm than good?

We need to abandon the conventional way of diagnosing mental health disorders by symptoms and instead…

Gender Gaps in Mind Health and Wellbeing

Gender Gaps in Mind Health and Wellbeing

Nonbinary adults face challenges to Mind Health and Wellbeing, research shows. The American Psychiatric Association reports…

Is Mental Health Behind the Outsized Level of Firearm Deaths in the United States? The Data Says Not.

Is Mental Health Behind the Outsized Level of Firearm Deaths in the United States? The Data Says Not.

Our recent presented findings from our survey on mental wellbeing and firearm deaths due to physical…

MHQ as a Measurement of Function

MHQ as a Measurement of Function

Our mental health doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Anyone who has snapped at an unsuspecting family…

OUR WORK IN THE NEWS

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Why Gen Z Is More Obsessed With Celebrities Than Any Other Age Group
Gen Z Employees Are Feeling Disconnected. Here’s How Employers Can Help.

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