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In this study, Wang et al. compare human and LLM creativity, finding that humans perform slightly better on average. Efforts to enhance LLM performance, such as adopting genius personas or using strategic prompts, show mixed results.

In this Article, @jacquespesnot.bsky.social and @summerfieldlab.bsky.social compare humans to transformer networks in a task designed to distinguish "in-weights" and "in-context" learning processes.

A cross-country survey among 82,324 sexual and gender diverse people finds that family rejection, homophobic reactions, and institutional stigma and discrimination are linked with individual well-being, especially for those facing poverty.

In this study, Huang, Cao and Liu compile a dataset of 3,534 profiles of members of China’s national academies to trace academic exchanges over 120 years, and find evidence for a decline in foreign-educated faculty.

This article by @aozkirli.bsky.social @achetverikov.bsky.social and @davidpascucci.bsky.social shows that, rather than improving performance, serial dependence makes perceptual decisions more uncertain.

In this Article, Battiston et al. discuss the emerging technique of higher-order network analysis, and its application to understanding social systems.

Using brain lesions and DNN models, this article suggests that human visual perception is modulated by language.

Article by @thomasdavidson.bsky.social on multimodal LLMs and hate speech: larger models aligned with human judgment, but pervasive demographic and lexical biases remain, and visual identity cues may amplify disparities.

Beginning in December 2025, Australia prohibits individuals under the age of 16 from holding social media accounts. Whether this decisive move will effectively address growing concerns about adolescent social media use remains uncertain.

This new study by @nuritnobel.bsky.social and Michael Hiscox shows adding place cues to climate-risk emails doubled click-throughs and increased engagement in wildfire-preparedness actions. #cliamteresilience #placeattachment

This new paper by @davidlazer.bsky.social et al. finds that people from groups underrepresented in science tend to have lower trust in science, and those from low-trusting groups have higher trust in scientists who share their characteristics.

In this comment, @casonschmit.bsky.social et al. highlight how threats to democracy hinder voters' ability to advance policies that serve their health interests, creating a dangerous feedback cycle of health vulnerability and democratic barriers.

By age 4, children understand lexical causatives to refer to direct causes and periphrastic causatives to indirect causes in causal chains. Understanding causation by absence develops later in older children. @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social

Currently, there is a low barrier to access AI characters, and regulations fail to adequately protect users online. This Comment discusses the specific risks of AI characters, the regulatory framework, and potential avenues for mitigating harm.

Working in #academia can be stressful. In a new World View, @laraffington.bsky.social#academiasuggests treating it as "just a job" to reduce performance pressure and advocate for structural improvements.

Happy #InternationalVolunteerDay! To celebrate, we launch a new Collection on prosocial behaviour, which explores the science behind it and its real-world impacts. Read our Editorial: https://www.nature.c... and the Collection: https://www.nature.c...

A behind-the-design look at the Waste Focus cover from our art editor Bethany. See how each flower language brings meaning to rethinking waste. Check out the full story here: www.nature.com/collections/...

Opie and Atkinson conduct a global phylogenetic analysis of 868 cultures and find evidence indicating that cereal grain cultivation, not agricultural surplus, drove state formation. Their findings also link taxation and writing to state emergence.

In this Article, Futrell and Hahn argue that languages can be understood as codes that minimize predictive information, i.e. they express approximately independent features systematically and locally.

In this study, Howard-Spink et al. develop an empirically based model of orangutan diet development, which suggests that social learning is vital for allowing orangutans to acquire varied diets.

Our new Focus issue "Rethinking Waste" is live! We’re thrilled to present a human-centred look at sustainable waste management. [1/14] www.nature.com/collections/...

New study using the #GramBank database finds that about 1/3 of 191 proposed grammatical universals hold across languages @verkerk.bsky.social#GramBank#linguistics #universals #typology #Bayesian

Dee & Pyne find that having mental-health first responders accompany police on certain emergency calls reduces the number of individuals placed in involuntary psychiatric detentions. #MentalHealth, #Law, #Police, #Reform

In this study, Collins proposes an alternative dual process (working memory-habit) model of Reinforcement Learning in humans.

In this study, Piray shows a problem of low statistical power in many studies that use Bayesian model selection with computational modelling in psychology and neuroscience.

Adolescents are especially vulnerable to misinformation but also possess unique strengths. This perspective by Ma et al. outlines a research agenda to understand these vulnerabilities and foster resilience. @unileiden.bsky.social

How do people disengage, reengage, and flexibly adapt goals? A new meta-analysis reviewed 235 studies (1,421 effects) on goal adjustment. A model that unifies the fragmented field is put forward. @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social‬

In this Article, Qian et al. use 7T fMRI to show that the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) plays an active role in biasing and synchronizing local competition in V1 during binocular rivalry.

In this study, Sagar et al. show that human sniff behavior is active sensing which responds to the specific odor being detected.

In this article, Holton et al. show that both humans and artificial neural networks have similar patterns of transfer and interference during sequential learning.

In this study, Tian et al. show that rich temporal dynamics within individual brain regions form stable individual-specific “barcodes”, reflecting inter-individual variation across datasets.

In this Comment, authors argue that it is time to integrate natural ecosystems into the bioecological model of human development.

Our October 2025 issue is now live! Check out the table of contents: https://www.nature.c...

This article shows that how you express yourself on social media is more influential than who you are in attracting attention.

..@ruipei.bsky.social et al. find that undergrads who perceive peers as empathic show better well-being but underestimate their peers' empathy. Simple interventions that reduced this perception gap boosted social behavior and connection.

In this study, Tamnes et al. explore the complex relationship between illbeing - including mental and behavioural disorders - and mental wellbeing.

Individuals are very different in their social behaviour. In this Perspective Kuper and colleagues examine interdisciplinary evidence for why this is and what it means for our understanding of individual and collective human behaviour.

In this article, @jadynpark.bsky.social et al find that emotionally arousing moments during a narrative are associated with heightened integration across functional brain networks, which in turn predict how well those moments are then remembered.

#WHS2025 This Comment by Gelen et al discusses diversity in representation at the World Health Summit. They found an increasing diversity in representation is increasing — but influence remains uneven. They propose three areas for future reform.

Our editor @yushijiang.bsky.social will be there at the #WHS2025, feel free to reach out!

Psychometric network models have become increasingly popular in psychology and the social sciences. Huth et al. show that many reported network findings are based on weak or inconclusive evidence inviting caution when interpreting results.

Population-weighted exposure to tropical storms and hurricanes increased in the U.S. between 1992 - 2017. The attractions of high-risk areas currently outweigh incentives to reduce exposure to future storms through migration. @vbolotnyy.bsky.social

Children can solve a difficult sorting task by spontaneously discovering efficient sorting algorithms. Older children outperform younger children, showing developmental growth in strategy use and problem-solving. @hw-yang.bsky.social‬‬ @celestekidd.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Formal education systems rarely include knowledge and skills of hunter-gatherer societies. In this Comment, Heys et al. argue that, for education to be both high quality and sustainable, Indigenous knowledge should be recognized and valued.

In this new Perspective, Christopher Summerfield et al. discuss a range of potential impacts of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) on democracy, considering both risks and possible opportunities.

Surveys are a cornerstone of research in the social and behavioral sciences, but they come with challenges. In a new How to Comment, Peter Lynn shares practical advice on ensuring surveys are truly fit for purpose!

In this correspondence, Yoav Zeevi et al. argue that adjustments for multiple comparisons should be standard practice in psychological research.

The silent crisis in girls’ mental health: across countries, girls’ mental health is worsening. In Japan, suicides among girls under 20 have now surpassed boys for the first time.

Milad Malekzadeh was once told that to be successful in #academia, developing unique expertise was necessary. Over the years, he learned that diversification is more valuable.