US, July 22 -- Individuals with psychiatric conditions show reduced flexibility in their brain network dynamics, according to a new Rutgers study.

The study, published in Nature Communications, was led by Carrisa Cocuzza, a postdoctoral fellow, and Avram Holmes, an associate professor of psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and core faculty member of the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research within the Rutgers Brain Health Institute.

The researchers used a large, transdiagnostic dataset of 219 people that included individuals with 11 psychiatric diagnoses, alongside extensive behavioral, cognitive and clinical assessments. Participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging scans both at rest and while performing t...