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Analyzing 12,000 metaphors of AI from a year-long U.S. survey, this study introduces a scalable framework for quantitatively analyzing implicit perceptions from open-ended language and
shows that Americans increasingly view AI as warm and human-like.
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shows that Americans increasingly view AI as warm and human-like.
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Metaphors of AI indicate that people increasingly perceive AI as warm and human-like - Communications Psychology
Analyzing 12,000 metaphors of AI from a year-long U.S. survey, this study introduces a scalable framework for quantitatively analyzing implicit perceptions from open-ended language and shows that Amer...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Analyzing 12,000 metaphors of AI from a year-long U.S. survey, this study introduces a scalable framework for quantitatively analyzing implicit perceptions from open-ended language and
shows that Americans increasingly view AI as warm and human-like.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
shows that Americans increasingly view AI as warm and human-like.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This Registered Report examines how forgetting affects the language through which memories are communicated. Even though the probability of recalling memories declines over time, the content of recalled memories is mostly preserved.
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Memory justifications provide valid indicators of retrieval accuracy across time - Communications Psychology
This Registered Report examines how forgetting affects the language through which memories are communicated. Even though the probability of recalling memories declines over time, the content of recall...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
This Registered Report examines how forgetting affects the language through which memories are communicated. Even though the probability of recalling memories declines over time, the content of recalled memories is mostly preserved.
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Helping decisions across 100 real-life scenarios were modeled as a socioemotional cost–benefit tradeoff combined with
an individual helping bias. Model parameters varied systematically with empathy, agreeableness, and punishment
sensitivity.
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an individual helping bias. Model parameters varied systematically with empathy, agreeableness, and punishment
sensitivity.
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Prosocial decisions in naturalistic helping scenarios are predicted by cost-benefit tradeoffs and individual disposition - Communications Psychology
Helping decisions across 100 real-life scenarios were modeled as a socioemotional cost-benefit tradeoff combined with an individual helping bias. Model parameters varied systematically with empathy, a...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Helping decisions across 100 real-life scenarios were modeled as a socioemotional cost–benefit tradeoff combined with
an individual helping bias. Model parameters varied systematically with empathy, agreeableness, and punishment
sensitivity.
@qianying.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
an individual helping bias. Model parameters varied systematically with empathy, agreeableness, and punishment
sensitivity.
@qianying.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
In daily life, light exposure influences cognitive performance in 58 UK adults: brighter, more stable days are linked to better vigilance, memory, and visual search, while recent bright light reduces sleepiness and reaction times.
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Relationships between light exposure and aspects of cognitive function in everyday life - Communications Psychology
In daily life, light exposure influences cognitive performance in 58 UK adults: brighter, more stable days are linked to better vigilance, memory, and visual search, while recent bright light reduces ...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
In daily life, light exposure influences cognitive performance in 58 UK adults: brighter, more stable days are linked to better vigilance, memory, and visual search, while recent bright light reduces sleepiness and reaction times.
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A battery of bedside tests was designed to test split-brain patients across multiple functional domains. While full callosotomy introduced disconnection syndromes across all
domains, even minimal callosal remnants enabled fully integrated behavior.
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domains, even minimal callosal remnants enabled fully integrated behavior.
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No disconnection syndrome after near-complete callosotomy - Communications Psychology
A battery of bedside tests was designed to test split-brain patients across multiple functional domains. While full callosotomy introduced disconnection syndromes across all domains, even minimal call...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
A battery of bedside tests was designed to test split-brain patients across multiple functional domains. While full callosotomy introduced disconnection syndromes across all
domains, even minimal callosal remnants enabled fully integrated behavior.
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domains, even minimal callosal remnants enabled fully integrated behavior.
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Nature Health launches today! In our inaugural editorial, we outline our vision of 'health beyond medicine' and aim to publish research, reviews and opinion that bridges the 'implementation gap' between health research with policy and practice.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Nature Health launches today! In our inaugural editorial, we outline our vision of 'health beyond medicine' and aim to publish research, reviews and opinion that bridges the 'implementation gap' between health research with policy and practice.
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Does trust in science drive intentions for health-related behaviour? Across four studies employing an experimental manipulation of trust in science, no evidence emerged to support a causal link between the two.
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No evidence for causal effects of trust in science on intentions for health-related behavior - Communications Psychology
Does trust in science drive intentions for health-related behaviour? Across four studies employing an experimental manipulation of trust in science, no evidence emerged to support a causal link betwee...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Does trust in science drive intentions for health-related behaviour? Across four studies employing an experimental manipulation of trust in science, no evidence emerged to support a causal link between the two.
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We hope everyone had a healthy start to 2026!
In a new Editorial, we reflect on the contributions that Health Psychology makes alongside, e.g., medical research and epidemiology, to fostering human health and wellbeing.
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In a new Editorial, we reflect on the contributions that Health Psychology makes alongside, e.g., medical research and epidemiology, to fostering human health and wellbeing.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM
We hope everyone had a healthy start to 2026!
In a new Editorial, we reflect on the contributions that Health Psychology makes alongside, e.g., medical research and epidemiology, to fostering human health and wellbeing.
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In a new Editorial, we reflect on the contributions that Health Psychology makes alongside, e.g., medical research and epidemiology, to fostering human health and wellbeing.
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Our launch editorial calls for open, rigorous debate across perspectives. We welcome solution-oriented research and commentary. Join the conversation!
Sustainability demands technical innovation and open dialogue. Our editorial invites diverse perspectives, grounded in evidence.
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The sustainable paths we build together - Communications Sustainability
Successful solutions for a more sustainable world will only become broadly acceptable through vigorous and transparent debate across diverse perspectives. We are launching Communications Sustainabilit...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Our launch editorial calls for open, rigorous debate across perspectives. We welcome solution-oriented research and commentary. Join the conversation!
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Call for papers!
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Call for papers!
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Submit your symposium to PuG by 28th February 2026:
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And posters by 31st or March!
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And posters by 31st or March!
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Submit your symposium to PuG by 28th February 2026:
pug2026.org/submission/
And posters by 31st or March!
pug2026.org/submission/
And posters by 31st or March!
This Comment advocates promoting children’s psychological agency to building climate resilience. This approach includes physical and digital climate learning, engaging families, educators, and communities to empower children and provide emotional support.
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Promoting children’s psychological agency through balanced engagement with climate - Communications Psychology
This Comment advocates promoting children’s psychological agency to building climate resilience. This approach includes physical and digital climate learning, engaging families, educators, and communi...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This Comment advocates promoting children’s psychological agency to building climate resilience. This approach includes physical and digital climate learning, engaging families, educators, and communities to empower children and provide emotional support.
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Self-report questionnaires are vital in psychology, yet how the brain generates these responses is unknown. We found that items assessing the same trait produced similar activation patterns specifically in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC).
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Self-referential judgments from the same personality trait scales show increased representational similarity in mPFC - Communications Psychology
Self-report questionnaires are vital in psychology, yet how the brain generates these responses is unknown. We found that items assessing the same trait produced similar activation patterns specifical...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Self-report questionnaires are vital in psychology, yet how the brain generates these responses is unknown. We found that items assessing the same trait produced similar activation patterns specifically in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Rather than restructuring native sound category mappings, this EEG study shows that listeners recalibrate the functional relevance of sounds that violate long-term expectations, achieving rapid adaptation while preserving long-term stability.
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Accented speech modulates multiple event-related potential components across multiple levels of language processing - Communications Psychology
EEG was used to examine how listeners adapt to accented speech. Rather than restructuring native sound category mappings, listeners recalibrate the functional relevance of acoustic dimensions&nbs...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Rather than restructuring native sound category mappings, this EEG study shows that listeners recalibrate the functional relevance of sounds that violate long-term expectations, achieving rapid adaptation while preserving long-term stability.
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Reviewing the psychology of poverty, this Perspective argues that variability in conformism, present orientation, personal agency and social vigilance alters responses to default options, self-regulation devices, information campaigns and social norms.
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Behavioural public policy should take the psychology of poverty into account - Communications Psychology
Behavioural policies succeed on average but yield highly heterogeneous outcomes. Reviewing the psychology of poverty, this Perspective argues that variability in conformism, present orientation, perso...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Reviewing the psychology of poverty, this Perspective argues that variability in conformism, present orientation, personal agency and social vigilance alters responses to default options, self-regulation devices, information campaigns and social norms.
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Does mode of contact influence older adults’ verbal expression of emotion? Both in-person and phone contact were associated with communicating positive emotions, but only in-person contact was associated with communicating negative emotions.
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Mode of social contact is associated with momentary verbal communication of emotion and well-being in older adults - Communications Psychology
Does mode of contact influence older adults’ verbal expression of emotion? Both in-person and phone contact were associated with communicating positive emotions, but only in-person contact was associa...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Does mode of contact influence older adults’ verbal expression of emotion? Both in-person and phone contact were associated with communicating positive emotions, but only in-person contact was associated with communicating negative emotions.
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Call for papers!
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Call for papers!
This study provides evidence that bottom-up rhythmic features interact with top-down metric structures in a way that shapes the pleasurable urge to move to music.
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4/4 and more, rhythmic complexity more strongly predicts groove in common meters - Communications Psychology
This study provides evidence that bottom-up rhythmic features interact with top-down metric structures in a way that shapes the pleasurable urge to move to music.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This study provides evidence that bottom-up rhythmic features interact with top-down metric structures in a way that shapes the pleasurable urge to move to music.
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Large language models automate event segmentation & recall scoring with human-level accuracy. LLMs identify event boundaries more consistently than humans, while semantic embeddings enable scalable memory assessments.
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Event segmentation applications in large language model enabled automated recall assessments - Communications Psychology
Large language models automate event segmentation and recall scoring with human-level accuracy. LLMs identify event boundaries more consistently than humans themselves, while semantic embeddings enabl...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Large language models automate event segmentation & recall scoring with human-level accuracy. LLMs identify event boundaries more consistently than humans, while semantic embeddings enable scalable memory assessments.
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An interesting contribution in the Journal of Informetrics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...; transparent peer review is associated with higher scores for information content
Published peer review reports have higher informative content than unpublished reports
Although publishing peer review reports increases editorial transparency, little is known about the differences in terms of information content, reada…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
An interesting contribution in the Journal of Informetrics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...; transparent peer review is associated with higher scores for information content
Read the "Behind the paper" story on Vahed, S. & Sanfey, A.G. Large-scale community study reveals information sampling drives fairness decisions. Communications Psychology 3, 178 (2025)
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What Bringing the Lab to the Public Taught Us About Fairness
'Behind the Paper' on a citizen science, lab-in-the-field study capturing >18,672 decisions about fairness from volunteer members of the public (Vahed, S. & Sanfey, A.G. Large-scale community study re...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Read the "Behind the paper" story on Vahed, S. & Sanfey, A.G. Large-scale community study reveals information sampling drives fairness decisions. Communications Psychology 3, 178 (2025)
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Using a within-subjects experimental design, children’s early STEM behaviours during solitary play with loose parts (e.g., acorn, cardboard) were examined with findings indicating that play with loose parts offers strong potential for STEM exploration and learning.
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Loose parts play encourages spontaneous science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) behaviours - Communications Psychology
Using a within-subjects experimental design, children’s early STEM behaviours during solitary play with loose parts (e.g., acorn, cardboard) were examined with findings indicating that play with loose...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Using a within-subjects experimental design, children’s early STEM behaviours during solitary play with loose parts (e.g., acorn, cardboard) were examined with findings indicating that play with loose parts offers strong potential for STEM exploration and learning.
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A multilevel meta-analysis (N = 6,570) revealed that boredom is generally linked to lower arousal. However, heterogeneity in effect sizes rather characterized boredom as a variable arousal state and could be explained by a range of moderators.
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A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the relationship between boredom and arousal - Communications Psychology
A multilevel meta-analysis (N = 6570) revealed that boredom is generally linked to lower arousal. However, heterogeneity in effect sizes rather characterized boredom as a variable arousal state and co...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A multilevel meta-analysis (N = 6,570) revealed that boredom is generally linked to lower arousal. However, heterogeneity in effect sizes rather characterized boredom as a variable arousal state and could be explained by a range of moderators.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Does mode of contact influence older adults’ verbal expression of emotion? Both in-person and phone contact were associated with communicating positive emotions, but only in-person contact was associated with communicating negative emotions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Does mode of contact influence older adults’ verbal expression of emotion? Both in-person and phone contact were associated with communicating positive emotions, but only in-person contact was associated with communicating negative emotions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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This study finds that acute stress has a limited effect on decision-making, irrespective of the decision’s complexity. However, on decisions with experienced time pressure, acute stress reduced decision quality.
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Acute stress impairs decision-making at varying levels of decision complexity - Communications Psychology
This study finds that acute stress alone has a surprisingly limited effect on decision-making, irrespective of the decision’s complexity. However, on decisions with experienced time pressure, acute st...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This study finds that acute stress has a limited effect on decision-making, irrespective of the decision’s complexity. However, on decisions with experienced time pressure, acute stress reduced decision quality.
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