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Psychology, Biological
Alexander Tschantz, Laura Barca, Domenico Maisto, Christopher L. Buckley, Anil K. Seth, Giovanni Pezzulo
Summary: This article uses the framework of active inference to simulate and study interoceptive control and its dysfunctions. Interoceptive control aims to minimize the discrepancy between expected and actual interoceptive sensations through different forms of control. The analysis of generative models within active inference provides predictions for physiological and brain signals, supporting empirical research.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Liqa N. Athamneh, Jeremiah Brown, Jeffrey S. Stein, Kirstin M. Gatchalian, Stephen M. LaConte, Warren K. Bickel
Summary: The study conducted a field trial using remotely delivered EFT to reduce alcohol consumption among individuals with AUD. Results showed a significant decrease in alcohol consumption, and the remote approach was considered feasible and acceptable.
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Geoffrey Brookshire
Summary: Research has suggested that attention rhythmically switches between targets at a frequency of 3-8 Hz. However, the author demonstrates through simulations and alternative analysis methods that seemingly periodic rhythms of attention may be artefactual.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Burcu Acikgoz, Bahar Dalkiran, Ayfer Dayi
Summary: Various behavioral tests are developed and used to evaluate behavior in animal studies, particularly in the field of neuropsychiatric disorders. These tests are valuable for understanding the pathophysiology and potential treatments of such disorders. It is crucial to select appropriate tests and consider experimental design factors, as well as use complementary tests when necessary.
BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Manvir Singh, Luke Glowacki
Summary: Many researchers have believed that humans lived in small, mobile, and egalitarian groups until around 10-12,000 years ago. However, recent research challenges this nomadic-egalitarian model and proposes an alternative, the diverse histories model. This model suggests that non-agricultural societies were often sedentary, unequal, large, politically stratified, and capable of large-scale cooperation and resource management. The findings have important implications for understanding human psychological adaptations and the broader trajectory of human history.
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Marshall Burke, Sam Heft-Neal, Jessica Li, Anne Driscoll, Patrick Baylis, Matthieu Stigler, Joakim A. Weill, Jennifer A. Burney, Jeff Wen, Marissa L. Childs, Carlos F. Gould
Summary: The study shows that during wildfire smoke events, residents in wealthy areas are more concerned about air quality and health protection, while those in lower-income neighborhoods exhibit less awareness of health protection and spend less time at home, with more neutral emotional responses. The reliance on self-protection in current policies to mitigate smoke health risks may not be effective and could lead to unequal benefits.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Joyce F. Benenson, Christine E. Webb, Richard W. Wrangham
Summary: Research shows that human females exhibit stronger self-protective reactions than males when facing various threats, including stronger immune responses, lower pain thresholds, more frequent awakenings at night, and greater concern about physical threats.
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Biological
Rachel Hartman, Will Blakey, Jake Womick, Chris Bail, Eli J. Finkel, Hahrie Han, John Sarrouf, Juliana Schroeder, Paschal Sheeran, Jay J. Van Bavel, Robb Willer, Kurt Gray
Summary: This article provides a comprehensive review of interventions designed to reduce partisan animosity and introduces a framework that categorizes interventions into thoughts, relationships, and institutions. The authors highlight the importance of motivation and mobilization in addressing partisan animosity.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Lindsay E. Hunter, Elana A. Meer, Claire M. Gillan, Ming Hsu, Nathaniel D. Daw
Summary: The goal of computational psychiatry is to link symptoms to basic mechanisms. Research findings suggest that symptoms of social anxiety disorder are associated with increased deliberative evaluation, indicating a grounding of social anxiety disorder symptoms in more basic neuro-computational mechanisms.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Christophe Heintz, Thom Scott-Phillips
Summary: Human expression is diverse and unified by cognitive capacities for expressing and recognizing informative intentions. These cognitive capacities are adaptations to partner choice social ecology, explaining the massive diversity and open-endedness in human means and modes of expression. This diversity, including language use and other behaviors like joint action, teaching, punishment, and art, is a foundation of distinctive features of human behavior, society, and culture.
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
(2022)
Letter
Psychology, Biological
Ali Jawaid, Magdalena Gomolka, Anastasiia Timmer
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Avinash Collis, Kiran Garimella, Alex Moehring, M. Amin Rahimian, Stella Babalola, Nina H. Gobat, Dominick Shattuck, Jeni Stolow, Sinan Aral, Dean Eckles
Summary: Understanding people's baseline beliefs, behaviors, and norms is crucial for policy and communication responses to COVID-19. The authors conducted a global survey in 67 countries, with over 2 million responses, providing insights into these areas. This survey resource can facilitate research in public health, communication, and economic policy.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Laura S. Geurts, James R. H. Cooke, Ruben S. van Bergen, Janneke F. M. Jehee
Summary: This study found that the human sense of confidence is based on a probability distribution represented in cortical activity. When sensory evidence is more precise, observers report higher levels of confidence.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Biological
Andrew Jones, Jessica Earnest, Martyna Adam, Ross Clarke, Jack Yates, Charlotte R. Pennington
Summary: This article conducts a meta-analysis on the practices and prevalence of careless responding in crowdsourced alcohol research, revealing its significant impact on research results. Practical recommendations for handling careless responding are provided, highlighting the importance of ensuring robust and reliable research outcomes.
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Manuel Kuhn, Anna M. Gerlicher, Tina B. Lonsdorf
Summary: This study applied seven different approaches to process fear conditioning data and investigated the comparability of the results. The findings suggest that there is no single approach that consistently yields larger effect sizes, but at least some methods show consistent effect sizes within each data set indicating comparability. Additionally, substantial heterogeneity was observed within most quantification approaches.
Review
Psychology, Biological
Samy Chikhi, Nadine Matton, Sophie Blanchet
Summary: Cognitive workload has a significant impact on brain frequency spectral power, with theta showing the most notable sensitivity to CWL. Alpha and beta power are also influenced by CWL, but their association appears less straightforward. Further research is needed to explore the interaction between CWL and other factors affecting spectral power.
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Psychology, Biological
Joseph B. Bak-Coleman, Ian Kennedy, Morgan Wack, Andrew Beers, Joseph S. Schafer, Emma S. Spiro, Kate Starbird, Jevin D. West
Summary: Misinformation online can undermine democratic processes and public health measures. A framework is proposed to evaluate interventions aimed at reducing viral misinformation spread, showing that commonly proposed interventions are unlikely to be effective alone, but a combined approach can substantially reduce the prevalence of misinformation.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Steffen Buergers, Uta Noppeney
Summary: This study provides evidence that alpha oscillation frequency does not influence observers' ability to parse sensory signals into discrete perceptual events. This conclusion is important for our understanding of how the brain processes sensory inputs.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Psychology, Biological
Sarah Feldstein Ewing, Angela D. Bryan, Genevieve F. Dash, Travis Lovejoy, Brian Borsari, Sarah J. Schmiege
Summary: This study found that motivational interviewing (MI) was equally effective for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white youth, more effective than an educational control in reducing alcohol use, but not significant in reducing cannabis use. Motivation and self-efficacy appeared to underlie the efficacy of MI in reducing adolescent substance use.
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Manuel Mello, Martina Fusaro, Gaetano Tieri, Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Summary: Research shows that wearing an opposite-sex avatar can enhance individuals' perceptions of pleasantness and erogeneity for same-sex touch, particularly for men. This body swap illusion may have important implications on people's attitudes and implicit reactivity to touch-mediated interactions.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
