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An online-only journal publishing Reviews, Perspectives & Comments across psychology, its applications & societal implications. Tweets from the editors. https://www.nature.com/nrpsychol/
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📣The December issue is live!

🧠💻This month we are introducing a new Collection on AI & Psychology: go.nature.com/3MIwX4X

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Systemic forces in the replication crisis

Journal Club by Jiawei Zhao

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January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Intergenerational transmission of mental health during the first 1,000 days of life

Review by Angus MacBeth, M. Francisca Morales & Lisa Golds

Web: go.nature.com/4q5buSB
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January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The development of spatial perception with and without visual experience

Review by Monica Gori, Maria Bianca Amadeo & Andrew J. Bremner

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January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Individual, interpersonal and sociocultural contributors to maths anxiety in children

Review by Fraulein Retanal & Erin A. Maloney
Individual, interpersonal and sociocultural contributors to maths anxiety in children - Nature Reviews Psychology
Maths anxiety refers to negative emotions such as fear, tension and apprehension that arise while doing mathematics. In this Review, Retanal and Maloney discuss individual, interpersonal and sociocult...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology details memorability effects in perception, working memory and long-term memory, and considers the role of processing efficiency in memory. go.nature.com/3MoUOXy 🔒
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I contributed to the Nature Reviews Psychology Journal Club, highlighting work by Winfried and my supervisor Thomas, and also discussing contributions by Martin @mskov01.bsky.social and Marcos. I’m excited by the lively and growing discussions in this field!

Read it here:
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December 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The distinctiveness of aesthetic emotions

Journal Club by Jimpei Hitsuwari

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December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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📣The December issue is live!

🧠💻This month we are introducing a new Collection on AI & Psychology: go.nature.com/3MIwX4X

Read the Editorial that introduces the Collection (and features 3 articles published in the issue): go.nature.com/4ayds9c

Full issue: go.nature.com/4rKEeS4
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Learning words in context

Journal Club by Audun Rosslund

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December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Social change in science and the courtroom

Journal Club by Sabrina Piccolo

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December 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Co-approaches in mental health need conceptual clarity

Comment by Nelson Shen

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December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📣The December issue is live!

🧠💻This month we are introducing a new Collection on AI & Psychology: go.nature.com/3MIwX4X

Read the Editorial that introduces the Collection (and features 3 articles published in the issue): go.nature.com/4ayds9c

Full issue: go.nature.com/4rKEeS4
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The merits of undergraduate student samples

Comment by Jennifer M. Talarico

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December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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A Perspective in Nature Reviews Psychology reviews research from developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience that provides evidence for the interaction between psychological and physical reasoning systems. 🔒
How physical information is used to make sense of the psychological world - Nature Reviews Psychology
Reasoning about minds and reasoning about physical objects are governed by two distinct systems. In this Perspective, Liu et al. review research from developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience that provides evidence for the interaction between psychological and physical reasoning systems.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Very happy that our review article "Dual-process theory and decision-making in large language models" has been published in Nature Reviews Psychology, with Oliver Brady, Lili Zhang, Tomas Ward and David McGovern @dpmcgovern.bsky.social go.nature.com/3LGzbBx
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November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology proposes that understanding violent extremism needs integration of trait-descriptive models with process-oriented frameworks that outline mechanisms in social reactivity, needs and mindsets that make some people more at risk for engaging in violent extremism. 🧪
Individual differences in violent extremism - Nature Reviews Psychology
In this Review, Obaidi et al. propose that understanding violent extremism requires integration of trait-descriptive models (such as Big Five and HEXACO) with process-oriented frameworks that outline mechanisms in social reactivity, needs and mindsets that make some individuals more at risk for engaging in violent extremism.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Memorability of visual stimuli and the role of processing efficiency

Review by Wilma A. Bainbridge, Dirk B. Walther, Keisuke Fukuda & Lore Goetschalckx

Web: go.nature.com/3MxVOZ8
PDF: rdcu.be/eSNuI
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
How physical information is used to make sense of the psychological world

Perspective by Shari Liu, Seda Karakose-Akbiyik, Joseph Outa & Minjae J. Kim

Web: go.nature.com/3Xwo40J
PDF: rdcu.be/eSMfa
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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What makes visual stimuli memorable? Wilma Bainbridge, @keisukefukuda.bsky.social, Lore Goetschalckx, and I investigate the role of processing fluency for memorability in a new review paper in Nature Reviews Psychology. Check it out!

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Memorability of visual stimuli and the role of processing efficiency
Nature Reviews Psychology - Certain items are better remembered than others across individuals, a property known as memorability. In this Review, Bainbridge and colleagues detail memorability...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Memorability of visual stimuli and the role of processing efficiency

Very cool review on image memorability (hint: priority coding is key) by Wilma Bainbridge, @dirkbwalther.bsky.social @keisukefukuda.bsky.social, Lore Goetschalckx

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Memorability of visual stimuli and the role of processing efficiency
Nature Reviews Psychology - Certain items are better remembered than others across individuals, a property known as memorability. In this Review, Bainbridge and colleagues detail memorability...
rdcu.be
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Light as chronotherapy for depressed mood

Journal Club by Angus C. Burns

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November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Individual differences in violent extremism

Review by Milan Obaidi, Robin Bergh, Nora Cornelia Glerud Benningstad & John F. Dovidio

Web: go.nature.com/49X33Uc
PDF: rdcu.be/eQnoe
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Dual-process theory and decision-making in large language models

Review by Oliver Brady, Paul Nulty, Lili Zhang, Tomás E. Ward & David P. McGovern

Web: go.nature.com/3LGzbBx
PDF: rdcu.be/ePY2w
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Metacognition is a term with lots of meanings, especially in mental health. Together with Lena Jelinek and Steffen Moritz, @seowxft.bsky.social has taken on the mammoth task of bringing these different fields together in our latest paper.
Have a read how we think they can inform each other 👇🏼
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM