Single and multiple systems in categorization and category learning Review by John Paul Minda, Casey L. Roark, Priya Kalra & Anthony Cruz Web: go.nature.com/4d9ihnn PDF: rdcu.be/dOAep

A replication of the harm-made mind effect finds conflicting effects of harm on the perception of mind in robots —robots were both anthropomorphized and dehumanized when harmed intentionally while the harmer was perceived as less prosocial. nature.com/articles/s4427…

Our new review article focuses on role of #online communities in the context of #work, #hate, and #addiction. We review both risks and opportunities of online communities and recognize their impact on offline encounters. nature.com/articles/s4427…

Couples competing in a reaction time task where they can play loud sounds to their partner are more aggressive when negative facial affect is expressed. Couples retaliate, but introducing short breaks reduces negative affect and aggressive behaviour. nature.com/articles/s4427…

Media literacy tips promoting trust in true news, skepticism of false news or a mix of both, were all effective in improving discernment between true & false news stories relative to a control condition without tips Sacha Altay Andrea De Angelis Emma Hoes nature.com/articles/s4427…

Our call for papers on the topic of (altered) states of consciousness is still open. nature.com/collections/ef… The first few pieces in the Collection have been published already, including this Perspective nature.com/articles/s4427…

A theoretical framework informed by computational social science and social psychology explains the process of polarization as the gradual fragmentation of a divided society. Ana-Maria Bliuc nature.com/articles/s4427…

Communications Psychology is celebrating its first birthday and has recently reached the publication of its 100th peer-reviewed paper. 🥳 We mark our transition to toddlerhood by reflecting on publications, milestones, and development. nature.com/articles/s4427…

16-month-old infants showed heightened theta oscillations for informative versus uninformative causal evidence. This relationship was more pronounced in infants who subsequently made correct predictions based on this information. Elizabeth Bonawitz @ebonawitz.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s4427…

Interventions targeting children’s eco-anxiety have focused on fostering hope, however this is disconnected from children’s need to explore and express despair regarding the climate crisis. Dr. Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise Jonathan Smith nature.com/articles/s4427…

Namibian Hai||om and Ovambo children aged 6 to 10 were generally risk averse. However, across both cultures and ages, boys were less risk averse than girls, especially in the presence of peers. MPI-EVA Leipzig Oxford ExpPsychology #MyUNAM nature.com/articles/s4427…

Across replications, threat-of-shock during encoding impairs emotional face recognition; a mega-analysis across studies implicates increased BOLD activity in anterior and posterior cingulate cortex in the process. Sarah Katharina Buehler UCL ICN nature.com/articles/s4427…

Reinforcement learning strategies and motor performance are linked. Participants show poorer motor performance when they adopt or shift towards a model-free strategy under threat of electric shocks than when they use a model-based strategy. Pranav Sankhe nature.com/articles/s4427…

A single instance of exercise improves cognitive task performance especially in regard to reaction time. Cycling and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) were particularly beneficial. Jordan Garrett Barry Giesbrecht carly chak Tom Bullock nature.com/articles/s4427…

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Travelling to Portugal to attend the Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. I am looking forward to many interesting talks and conversations. Send me a msg if you'd like to meet over coffee and discuss research and publishing in Nature Human Behaviour. EHPS2024

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Submit your abstracts to the 7th Perspectives on Scientific Error conference, and join us in Bern on February 5-7, 2025! Keynotes by Saloni, Stephanie M. Lee, and Liam Bright