Metastability is proposed as the mechanism supporting our adaptive responses to the environment. While extensive research has characterized brain metastability during rest and task performance, prior studies have mainly focused on understanding underlying mechanisms, with limited exploration of its application in mental processes and behaviors. This scoping review offers an overview of the existing empirical literature in this area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLoneliness is strongly related to affective dysregulation. However, the neuropsychological mechanisms underpinning the loneliness-affective processing relationships remain unclear. Here, we first utilised the coordinate-based activation likelihood estimation method to confirm functional clusters related to loneliness, including the striatum, superior and medial frontal gyrus, insula, and cuneus.
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