Sapien Labs | Shaping the Future of Mind Health https://sapienlabs.org/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:32:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://sapienlabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-logo-sticky-32x32.png Sapien Labs | Shaping the Future of Mind Health https://sapienlabs.org/ 32 32 Regional and National Trends in Youth Mental Health https://sapienlabs.org/regional-and-national-trends-in-youth-mental-health/ https://sapienlabs.org/regional-and-national-trends-in-youth-mental-health/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:48:03 +0000 https://sapienlabs.org/?p=22382 A growing body of research highlights that the mental health of young people worldwide is in decline. A series of recent papers by David “Danny”...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/regional-and-national-trends-in-youth-mental-health/feed/ 0 There are plastics lodged in the human brain. How do they get there, and what are they doing? https://sapienlabs.org/there-are-plastics-lodged-in-the-human-brain-how-do-they-get-there-and-what-are-they-doing/ https://sapienlabs.org/there-are-plastics-lodged-in-the-human-brain-how-do-they-get-there-and-what-are-they-doing/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:39:14 +0000 https://sapienlabs.org/?p=21854 One of the major changes in our environment over the last two decades has been the huge increase in plastic pollution. Does plastic get into...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/there-are-plastics-lodged-in-the-human-brain-how-do-they-get-there-and-what-are-they-doing/feed/ 0 A comparison of measures and methodologies of the Global Mind Project, World Mental Health Survey Initiative & World Happiness Report https://sapienlabs.org/a-comparison-of-measures-and-methodologies-of-the-global-mind-project-world-mental-health-survey-initiative-world-happiness-report/ https://sapienlabs.org/a-comparison-of-measures-and-methodologies-of-the-global-mind-project-world-mental-health-survey-initiative-world-happiness-report/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:52:33 +0000 https://sapienlabs.org/?p=19607 Tracking and understanding the mental state of populations around the world is important for understanding how we are faring as a collective humanity and determining...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/a-comparison-of-measures-and-methodologies-of-the-global-mind-project-world-mental-health-survey-initiative-world-happiness-report/feed/ 0 Representativeness of the Global Mind Project Data https://sapienlabs.org/representativeness-of-the-global-mind-project-data/ https://sapienlabs.org/representativeness-of-the-global-mind-project-data/#respond Fri, 05 May 2023 19:32:46 +0000 https://sapienlabs.org/?p=16360 Self-report survey has been one of the main tools in the study of human populations in matters of mind across numerous disciplines from Sociology to...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/representativeness-of-the-global-mind-project-data/feed/ 0 Understanding the Construction of the MHQ Score https://sapienlabs.org/understanding-the-construction-of-the-mhq-score/ https://sapienlabs.org/understanding-the-construction-of-the-mhq-score/#respond Wed, 03 May 2023 20:49:56 +0000 https://sapienlabs.org/?p=16428 Here we explain how and why the MHQ scale is constructed including addressing common questions such as why the MHQ uses a negative-positive scale as...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/understanding-the-construction-of-the-mhq-score/feed/ 0 EEG Approaches to Measuring Depth of Anesthesia https://sapienlabs.org/eeg-approaches-to-measuring-depth-of-anesthesia/ https://sapienlabs.org/eeg-approaches-to-measuring-depth-of-anesthesia/#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:50:04 +0000 https://sapienlabs.org/?p=14792 What are the common approaches to measuring depth of anesthesia in clinical application and how do we evaluate the algorithms used? Monitoring the depth of...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/eeg-approaches-to-measuring-depth-of-anesthesia/feed/ 0 Bayesian Model Selection For DCM Using EEG https://sapienlabs.org/bayesian-model-selection-for-dcm-using-eeg/ https://sapienlabs.org/bayesian-model-selection-for-dcm-using-eeg/#respond Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:47:50 +0000 http://18.234.132.130/?p=11612 How do you compare and select the best Bayesian model in Dynamic Causal Modeling or DCM of EEG data? In the previous two blogs we...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/bayesian-model-selection-for-dcm-using-eeg/feed/ 0 Dynamic Causal Modelling (DCM): DCM – Neural Mass Models and Bayesian Inference https://sapienlabs.org/dcm_eeg_bayesian_inference/ https://sapienlabs.org/dcm_eeg_bayesian_inference/#respond Thu, 21 Oct 2021 01:40:46 +0000 http://18.234.132.130/?p=10803 This post discusses the core components of neural mass models and Bayesian inference in DCM applied to EEG.

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/dcm_eeg_bayesian_inference/feed/ 0 Glia As Key Players in Network Activity and Plasticity https://sapienlabs.org/glia-as-key-players-in-network-activity-and-plasticity/ https://sapienlabs.org/glia-as-key-players-in-network-activity-and-plasticity/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:28:54 +0000 http://18.234.132.130/?p=10317 After decades of being ignored, the important role of glia in shaping network activity and behavior is redefining how we understand the brain. For decades...

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]]> https://sapienlabs.org/glia-as-key-players-in-network-activity-and-plasticity/feed/ 1 Dynamic Causal Modeling and the Application of Bayes Theorem https://sapienlabs.org/dynamic-causal-modeling-and-the-application-of-bayes-theorem/ https://sapienlabs.org/dynamic-causal-modeling-and-the-application-of-bayes-theorem/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:59:30 +0000 http://18.234.132.130/?p=9760 Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) takes a probabilistic Bayesian framework to infer effective or causal connectivity, essentially to model how a stimulus would influence the connectivity...

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