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Liron Amihai, Yael Hanein & Hila Man about their recent study in the journal
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Liron Amihai, Yael Hanein & Hila Man about their recent study in the journal
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Your Face Reveals What You Like: How Mimicry Predicts Preferences
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Liron Amihai, Yael Hanein & Hila Man about their recent study in the journal
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Cognitive performance is a common concern among cancer survivors. Comparing survivors to controls on objective tasks in daily life, survivors had better average scores but showed greater fluctuations.
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Ecological momentary assessments of cognitive performance are more variable in breast cancer survivors - Communications Psychology
Cognitive performance is a common concern among cancer survivors. Comparing survivors to controls on objective tasks in daily life, survivors had better average scores but showed greater fluctuations.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Cognitive performance is a common concern among cancer survivors. Comparing survivors to controls on objective tasks in daily life, survivors had better average scores but showed greater fluctuations.
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Process models of personality development propose that personality states precede trait change, yet evidence
across the lifespan is limited. This multimethod study shows
similar changes in personality states and traits in younger and
older adults.
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across the lifespan is limited. This multimethod study shows
similar changes in personality states and traits in younger and
older adults.
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Personality intervention affects emotional stability and extraversion similarly in older and younger adults - Communications Psychology
Process models of personality development propose that personality states precede trait change, yet evidence across the lifespan is limited. This multimethod study shows similar changes in personality...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Process models of personality development propose that personality states precede trait change, yet evidence
across the lifespan is limited. This multimethod study shows
similar changes in personality states and traits in younger and
older adults.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
across the lifespan is limited. This multimethod study shows
similar changes in personality states and traits in younger and
older adults.
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Computational modelling reveals that people flexibly regulate their emotion expressions by balancing their value as a communicative signal against the potential social costs they incur.
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Value computations underpin flexible emotion expression - Communications Psychology
People do not always express the emotions they feel truthfully. Computational modelling reveals that people flexibly regulate their emotion expressions by balancing their value as a communicative sign...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Computational modelling reveals that people flexibly regulate their emotion expressions by balancing their value as a communicative signal against the potential social costs they incur.
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This study shows that human pairs adopt stable cooperative, competitive, or mixed strategies. A computational model predicts dyadic choices and links these strategies to interaction dynamics, payoffs, and cost of cooperation.
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Continuous dynamics of cooperation and competition in social decision-making - Communications Psychology
Using a continuous social foraging game, this study shows that human pairs adopt stable cooperative, competitive, or mixed strategies. A computational model predicts dyadic choices and links these str...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This study shows that human pairs adopt stable cooperative, competitive, or mixed strategies. A computational model predicts dyadic choices and links these strategies to interaction dynamics, payoffs, and cost of cooperation.
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Combining data from post-disaster field experiments in Japan and the Philippines, the study shows that disaster exposure heightens present bias, which explains variance in increases in smoking, drinking, and BMI among survivors.
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Unhealthy behaviours in disaster survivors are associated with scarcity and present bias - Communications Psychology
Combining data from post-disaster field experiments in Japan and the Philippines, the study shows that disaster exposure heightens present bias, which explains variance in increases in smoking, drinki...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Combining data from post-disaster field experiments in Japan and the Philippines, the study shows that disaster exposure heightens present bias, which explains variance in increases in smoking, drinking, and BMI among survivors.
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Consciousness and how it can/should/mustn't be researched is a contentious topic, as are different takes on theories of consciousness.
Two complementary Comments published today put forward views on what use theories can be to better understand consciousness.
Two complementary Comments published today put forward views on what use theories can be to better understand consciousness.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Consciousness and how it can/should/mustn't be researched is a contentious topic, as are different takes on theories of consciousness.
Two complementary Comments published today put forward views on what use theories can be to better understand consciousness.
Two complementary Comments published today put forward views on what use theories can be to better understand consciousness.
Holiday stress isn’t just about the turkey 🦃—when parents feel burned out during the holidays, their genuine emotional expression drops.
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Higher momentary parental burnout predicts lower subsequent emotional expression in parents during the festive season - Communications Psychology
Using a 35-day experience sampling study with 293 parents, this research explores dynamic links between parental burnout and genuine emotional expression during the holiday season, uncovering unidirec...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Holiday stress isn’t just about the turkey 🦃—when parents feel burned out during the holidays, their genuine emotional expression drops.
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People are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for costly climate policies.
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Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions - Communications Psychology
People are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for cos...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
People are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for costly climate policies.
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High-quality listening behaviors (e.g., follow-up questions) are linked to behavioral and self-reported markers of social connection in conversations between strangers and may account for the effectiveness of a social connectedness intervention.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
High-quality listening behaviors (e.g., follow-up questions) are linked to behavioral and self-reported markers of social connection in conversations between strangers and may account for the effectiveness of a social connectedness intervention.
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We built a computational framework to show people flexibly balance communicative benefits against social costs when deciding whether and how to express their emotions. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We built a computational framework to show people flexibly balance communicative benefits against social costs when deciding whether and how to express their emotions. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Value computations underpin flexible emotion expression - Communications Psychology
People do not always express the emotions they feel truthfully. Computational modelling reveals that people flexibly regulate their emotion expressions by balancing their value as a communicative sign...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Happy to finally see this paper (w/ @cendripetalfrce.bsky.social) out now @commspsychol.nature.com
We built a computational framework to show people flexibly balance communicative benefits against social costs when deciding whether and how to express their emotions. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We built a computational framework to show people flexibly balance communicative benefits against social costs when deciding whether and how to express their emotions. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Dynamic patterns of infants’ behaviour (n = 185) during environmental interactions were investigated using time-series clustering and dynamical systems modelling, revealing an aspect of learning that reduces individual differences.
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Individual differences in how infants change behaviours from spontaneous to instrumental - Communications Psychology
Dynamic patterns of infants’ behaviour (n = 185) during environmental interactions were investigated using time-series clustering and dynamical systems modelling, revealing an aspect of learning that ...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Dynamic patterns of infants’ behaviour (n = 185) during environmental interactions were investigated using time-series clustering and dynamical systems modelling, revealing an aspect of learning that reduces individual differences.
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In more than 10,000 U.S. youth aged 10–15, early-life adversity was observed to intensify the coupling between waist-to-height ratio and internalizing problems, while protective family and community environments mitigated this effect.
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Early life environment moderates association of body composition and internalizing problems in adolescence - Communications Psychology
In more than 10,000 U.S. youth aged 10–15, early-life adversity was observed to intensify the coupling between waist-to-height ratio and internalizing problems, while protective family and community e...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In more than 10,000 U.S. youth aged 10–15, early-life adversity was observed to intensify the coupling between waist-to-height ratio and internalizing problems, while protective family and community environments mitigated this effect.
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Using free association and natural language methods, we show that individuals with higher subjective well-being generate thoughts semantically closer to 'friend' but not to 'money,' highlighting the value of social relationships in happiness.
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Happier individuals generate more spontaneous thoughts about friends and value relationships over money - Communications Psychology
Using free association and natural language methods, we show that individuals with higher subjective well-being generate thoughts semantically closer to ‘friend’ but not to ‘money,’ highlighting the v...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Using free association and natural language methods, we show that individuals with higher subjective well-being generate thoughts semantically closer to 'friend' but not to 'money,' highlighting the value of social relationships in happiness.
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White Americans’ mental images of those who
never had an abortion, those who had an abortion for medical reasons & those who had an abortion for non-medical reasons differ in the degree to which they resemble the stereotypes of White Americans, wealth, and femininity.
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never had an abortion, those who had an abortion for medical reasons & those who had an abortion for non-medical reasons differ in the degree to which they resemble the stereotypes of White Americans, wealth, and femininity.
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Investigating White Americans’ Mental Images of Who Has Abortions and Its Impact on Attitudes Toward Abortion Policies - Communications Psychology
White Americans’ mental representations of those who have never had an abortion, those who had an abortion for medical reasons and those who had an abortion for non-medical reasons differ in the degre...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
White Americans’ mental images of those who
never had an abortion, those who had an abortion for medical reasons & those who had an abortion for non-medical reasons differ in the degree to which they resemble the stereotypes of White Americans, wealth, and femininity.
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never had an abortion, those who had an abortion for medical reasons & those who had an abortion for non-medical reasons differ in the degree to which they resemble the stereotypes of White Americans, wealth, and femininity.
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Sleep involves dynamic changes in brain activity that unfold over time, reflected in the brain's aperiodic EEG patterns. Incorporating the spectral 'knee' reveals stage-specific shifts in neural processing timescales.
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Temporally resolved analyses of aperiodic features track neural dynamics during sleep - Communications Psychology
Sleep involves dynamic changes in brain activity that unfold over time, reflected in the brain’s aperiodic EEG patterns. Incorporating the spectral ‘knee’—a bend in the EEG power spectrum—reveals stag...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Sleep involves dynamic changes in brain activity that unfold over time, reflected in the brain's aperiodic EEG patterns. Incorporating the spectral 'knee' reveals stage-specific shifts in neural processing timescales.
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Twenty experiments show that hypothetical scenarios correctly estimated whether or not behavioral nudges would encourage behaviors in five field settings, but unreliably estimated the size of those effects.
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Hypothetical nudges provide directional but noisy estimates of real behavior change - Communications Psychology
Twenty experiments show that hypothetical scenarios (across four styles) correctly estimated whether or not behavioral interventions (i.e., nudges) would encourage behaviors in five field settings, bu...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Twenty experiments show that hypothetical scenarios correctly estimated whether or not behavioral nudges would encourage behaviors in five field settings, but unreliably estimated the size of those effects.
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A large-scale resampling exercise in the Confidence Database was done to study the reliability of (between and within individuals) confidence estimates. Results show that these measures reach a reliability plateau after roughly 50 trials.
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Large-scale experimental investigation of the reliability of confidence measures - Communications Psychology
A large-scale resampling exercise in the Confidence Database was performed to investigate the reliability of (between and within individuals) confidence estimates. Results show that these measures rea...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A large-scale resampling exercise in the Confidence Database was done to study the reliability of (between and within individuals) confidence estimates. Results show that these measures reach a reliability plateau after roughly 50 trials.
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Human relational learning is winner-biased: we update our beliefs about winners more than losers. A study of transitive inference uses computational modelling to show this bias hinders flexibility.
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Asymmetric learning and adaptability to changes in relational structure during transitive inference - Communications Psychology
Human relational learning is winner-biased: we update our beliefs about winners more than losers. A transitive inference study with computational modelling shows this bias hinders flexibility when ada...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Human relational learning is winner-biased: we update our beliefs about winners more than losers. A study of transitive inference uses computational modelling to show this bias hinders flexibility.
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Contrasting previous offline results, in 5 online studies, motivated empathy interventions for intergroup contexts failed to increase empathy or prosociality with outgroup members.
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Brief empathy interventions online can decrease but not increase empathic tendencies - Communications Psychology
Editorial Summary: Across five online studies, motivated empathy interventions for intergroup contexts failed to increase empathy or prosociality with outgroup members; participants were more easily m...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Contrasting previous offline results, in 5 online studies, motivated empathy interventions for intergroup contexts failed to increase empathy or prosociality with outgroup members.
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Choice, reproducibility, and reporting of stats is critical & an editorial focus at the journal.
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
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It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
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Improving statistical reporting in psychology - Communications Psychology
Practical guidelines for transparent statistical reporting in quantitative psychology are presented, covering key decisions from study planning through results reporting across frequentist, Bayesian, ...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Choice, reproducibility, and reporting of stats is critical & an editorial focus at the journal.
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
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It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
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Integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives on metacognitive mechanisms in psychopathology
Review by Tricia X. F. Seow, Lena Jelinek, Steffen Moritz & Tobias U. Hauser
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Review by Tricia X. F. Seow, Lena Jelinek, Steffen Moritz & Tobias U. Hauser
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November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives on metacognitive mechanisms in psychopathology
Review by Tricia X. F. Seow, Lena Jelinek, Steffen Moritz & Tobias U. Hauser
Web: go.nature.com/49KJb6D
PDF: rdcu.be/ePzMT
Review by Tricia X. F. Seow, Lena Jelinek, Steffen Moritz & Tobias U. Hauser
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Important points 👇
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
I wish ORCIDs were more widely used. You can add a secondary email address to your ORCID account, so even if you lose your institutional email, which is the norm rather than then exception, you can still use the same ORCID.
194: Author verification everythinghertz.com/194
We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should introduce author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, is this worth the potential downsides?
We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should introduce author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, is this worth the potential downsides?
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Important points 👇
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
Pro-environmental actions often require effort. Participants were less motivated to help the climate than a food charity, but two interventions removed this bias. Computational modelling linked climate motivation with pro-environmental traits.
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Psychological interventions that decrease psychological distance or challenge system justification increase motivation to exert effort to mitigate climate change - Communications Psychology
Pro-environmental actions often require effort. Participants were less motivated to help the climate than a food charity, but two interventions removed this bias. Computational modelling linked climat...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Pro-environmental actions often require effort. Participants were less motivated to help the climate than a food charity, but two interventions removed this bias. Computational modelling linked climate motivation with pro-environmental traits.
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