Light as chronotherapy for depressed mood Journal Club by Angus C. Burns go.nature.com/47Mxg71

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

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

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 👇🏼

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

Very pleased to share our new review in @natrevpsychol.nature.com on integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives of metacognition in mental health! With @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social, Lena Jelinek, and Steffen Moritz. (1/3) Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44... PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG

Network-informed interventions for psychopathology Journal Club by René Freichel go.nature.com/43ispIc

📣November issue is live! Cover: Mental health & treatment challenges in older adults Also in this issue: ➡️Material perception & its relation to broader cognition ➡️Psychology-based organizational diversity initiatives ➡️Social contagion of self-harm in young people Read more: go.nature.com/3JLY3Hq

Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders affect one in five women during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology provides an overview of evidence-based psychotherapies for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and describes their underlying mechanisms. 🔒

Evidence-based psychotherapies for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and their underlying mechanisms Review by Daisy R. Singla, Andrea S. Lawson, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Parisa R. Kaliush, Kate Walsh, Vikram Patel & Crystal E. Schiller Web: go.nature.com/3Lng7YO PDF: rdcu.be/eOd0w

A fascinating and deeply thoughtful analysis of the different motivations for faculty diversity by @azimshariff.bsky.social --essential reading for anyone interested in this issue (either pro- or anti-DEI) www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We are growing our Editorial Board! If you are interested in being an Editorial Board Member, register your interest here: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/01978... We welcome applications from across the globe to better represent the international community of psychology researchers.

The relevance of classic language models in the age of AI Journal Club by Cheng-Yu Hsieh go.nature.com/4qXEs87

The theory that woke scientists up to sleep Journal Club by Rebecca Crowley go.nature.com/3LhI4kL

Taking faculty diversity seriously means asking why it matters Comment by Azim Shariff go.nature.com/4hxi2pC

A Perspective in Nature Reviews Psychology provides a conceptual framework to integrate human decision-making with AI, focusing on cognitive AI: a computational approach that models human cognitive processes to create AI systems that learn and make decisions in ways like those of humans. 🔒

Read our new paper “A cognitive approach to human–AI complementarity in dynamic decision-making” published with Springer Nature in Nature Portfolio-Nature Reviews Psychology. We examine how Cognitive AI can help design systems that complement human capabilities. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology describes findings from research that seek to improve mental health interventions in late life and enhance older adults’ emotional capabilities and motivations. go.nature.com/47h2aTr 🧪

Nice coverage of our Pseudo project in Nature Reviews. @johnsakaluk.bsky.social @davekhera.bsky.social @helenaqin.bsky.social @sarahcestanton.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A cognitive approach to human–AI complementarity in dynamic decision-making Perspective by Cleotilde Gonzalez & Hoda Heidari go.nature.com/3KNiPXt

This #SPSP preconference 1st happened in January of 2016 when the area was 'emerging'. It's more arrived than emerging these days. I will talk about how to approach inequality scholarship (be it central or peripheral to your research question) from a functional perspective: rdcu.be/eBHv8

A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology specifies factors that exacerbate self-harm social contagion and discusses how to bridge psychological and public health perspectives to mitigate self-harm risk in adolescents. go.nature.com/46syzrc 🔒

Mental health and treatment challenges in older adults Review by Ken Laidlaw, Georgina Charlesworth & Sunil Bhar go.nature.com/3JcZEpn

Psychological risk and resilience in families of children with cancer Journal Club by Brittany C. McGill go.nature.com/476jqLk

🚨To celebrate #WorldMentalHealthDay, our October issue includes a Focus that examines the advances in computational psychiatry and the challenges of developing computational models to address mental health disorders. #mentalhealthresearch #Psychiatry ➡️ nature.com/collections/... 🧵(1/8)

Nature Reviews Psychology is encouraging authors to include a citation diversity statement to draw attention to citation imbalances and confirm that they made efforts to cite publications from a diverse group of researchers. Read more in our editorial: go.nature.com/4mTIpr2

📣Our October issue is live! Cover: The cost of eye movements 👀 Also in this issue: ⚠️Social threat & adolescent mental health 🧠How insights from PTSD can inform treatment of functional neurological disorder ⚖️A functional approach to the psychology of inequality Read more: go.nature.com/47fVLZV

Honored to contribute a Journal Club piece to @natrevpsychol.nature.com! I explore Robert White's seminal "competence motivation" framework (1959) and why it remains relevant over 60 years later—from why toddlers insist on doing things themselves to designing intrinsically motivated AI. 🤖

‘Motivation reconsidered’ reconsidered Journal Club by Bella Fascendini go.nature.com/3IwYftH

Bridging individual-level and system-level approaches to advance psychology-based diversity initiatives Review by Joyce C. He, Benjamin B. Keller & Sonia K. Kang Web: go.nature.com/3ISa2mg PDF: rdcu.be/eJbnh

The behavioural essence of episodic memory Journal Club by Tyler Wayne Ross go.nature.com/4gZ4dQM

My PhD student @qinyuxiao.bsky.social has written a wonderful tribute to Gary Bornstein’s influential paper on team games (doi.org/10.1207/S153...) — a paper that remains as relevant today as it was over 20 years ago. You can read Qinyu’s short piece here: doi.org/10.1038/s441...

When asked who beyond my immediate circle has shaped my thinking the most, I often point to two names: Toshio Yamagishi and Gary Bornstein. It was an honour for me to write this short piece to pay tribute to Bornstein's classic work on intergroup conflicts. Open-access link: rdcu.be/eH8te

The multi-level social dilemmas of intergroup interactions Journal Club by Qinyu Xiao go.nature.com/46n3Nju

A social ecological approach to social contagion of self-harm among young people Review by Xue Wen, Shufang Sun, Danhua Lin, Weihua Yue & Runsen Chen Web: go.nature.com/4nTGV0V PDF: rdcu.be/eH9T2

Great webinar today from @nationalacademies.org - Opportunities for Doing Social-Environmental Research with Little to No Funding. Full recording will be up sometime next week. Four takeaways for me.. 1/ www.nationalacademies.org/event/1072_0...

Bridging fair-aware artificial intelligence and co-creation for equitable mental healthcare Perspective by A.C. Timmons, J.B. Duong, S.N. Walters, K.E. Carta, G.A. Jumonville, A.S. Carrasco, D.N. Romero, M.W. Ahle, J.S. Comer, I.P. Khurd & T. Chaspari Web: go.nature.com/47RInw6 PDF: rdcu.be/eHehH

Bridging fair-aware artificial intelligence and co-creation for equitable mental healthcare Perspective by A.C. Timmons, J.B. Duong, S.N. Walters, K.E. Carta, G.A. Jumonville, A.S. Carrasco, D.N. Romero, M.W. Ahle, J.S. Comer, I.P. Khurd & T. Chaspari Web: go.nature.com/47RInw6 PDF: rdcu.be/eHehH

Finding the optimal retention parameters for learning Journal Club by Ewan Murray go.nature.com/46sM8FE

Happy birthday, @natrevneuro.nature.com! 🥳

Material perception connects vision, cognition and action Review by Bei Xiao & Chenxi Liao Web: go.nature.com/46qSq8Y PDF: rdcu.be/eGrss

🚨 Check out a new review paper in Nature Reviews Psychology co-authored by Alex Rodman. Sequeira, S.L., Rodman, A.M., Nesi, J. et al. Social threat and adolescent mental health. Nat Rev Psychol (2025). doi-org.ezproxy.neu.edu/10.1038/s441... 🔗 rdcu.be/eFQD7

Human navigation involves encoding spatial relationships among places. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology examines the use of cognitive maps for navigation and the circumstances in which both place and orientation information are encoded. https://go.nature.com/4lsJpmC 🔒

Perception of emotional stimuli involves a mix of bottom-up stimulus information and top-down information. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology explores how top-down processes — including attention, expectations and context — shape the perception of emotional stimuli. 🔒

There is extensive debate about whether and how social media use affects well-being. A Perspective in Nature Reviews Psychology outlines key methodological issues in experimental intervention studies on social media use and how they could be addressed. 🔒

Inclusive writing in the social sciences Comment by Carolyn Quam & Teresa Roberts go.nature.com/3HOAw7W

#AffectSci - check out Brett Ford's interesting new review, "The individual, relational and societal costs of striving to feel good." Fabulous, as always! static1.squarespace.com/static/56f5c...

🧠 Interested in how the brain constructs and uses meaning? 
In my Journal Club piece for @natrevpsychol.nature.com, I summarize the Controlled Semantic Cognition Framework by Lambon Ralph et al. — a leading model of how the brain represents and flexibly applies semantic knowledge. 👉🏼 rdcu.be/eE31i

📣Back to school with our September issue! Cover: Numerical cognition in birds🐥 Also in this issue: 👩‍⚕️🗣️negative effects of psychotherapy ❎😁costs of striving to feel good 📱📵methodological considerations for social media intervention studies Read more: go.nature.com/4m8bbno

White supremacy as context Journal Club by Kun Wang go.nature.com/46jdCPb