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Collabra: Psychology @CollabraOA

Open-access journal publishing in psychology, official journal of @improvingpsych, published by @ucpress.

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Collabra: Psychology@CollabraOA
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Collabra: Psychology, the official journal of SIPS @improvingpsych, seeks applications for Editor-in-Chief. The SIPS Publications Committee encourages editors with innovative ideas about how Collabra: Psychology can best accomplish its mission to apply. improvingpsych.org/2026/05/1…

Collabra: Psychology seeks applications for Editor-in-Chief

Collabra: Psychology, the official journal of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, is a mission-driven Open Access (OA) journal from the University of California Press that sha…

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A Systematic Review of Nudging in the Mental Health Contexts—Progress, Findings, and Ways Forward doi.org/10.1525/collabra.161…

A Systematic Review of Nudging in the Mental Health Contexts—Progress, Findings, and Ways Forward

Nudges, defined as decisional context designs such as information presentation and structure (Münscher et al., 2016), are increasingly utilized to encourage mental health behaviors. We conducted a...

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#RegisteredReport Bilingual Language Control During Sentence vs. Single Word Production doi.org/10.1525/collabra.162…

Bilingual Language Control During Sentence vs. Single Word Production—A Registered Report

Whenever bilinguals produce language, both languages are activated and compete to some degree. Language control is the process used to minimize this cross-language interference and facilitate the...

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Excited to share our new paper, now online in Collabra: Psychology @CollabraOA: “The Moral Foundations Questionnaire-1 Short-Form Judgment Section Fails Structural Validation: Evidence From a 21-Nation Psychometric Evaluation” online.ucpress.edu/collabra/…
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New in Social Psychology: Perverse incentives in #AI design: anthropomorphism simultaneously increases user trust while deflecting accountability from developers. From @vicoldemburgo #artificialintelligence doi.org/10.1525/collabra.161…

The Effects of AI Anthropomorphism on Trust and Responsibility

AI companies often anthropomorphize their products with the aim of increasing user engagement and trust. What downstream consequences result from such anthropomorphism? One possibility is a deflect...

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New in Cognitive Psychology: Interventions for Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Study on Efficacy and Moderators in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples doi.org/10.1525/collabra.162…

Interventions for Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Study on...

Executive functions (EFs) are essential for children’s development and school success, yet the efficacy of EF interventions with respect to their far-transfer effects on untrained domains to regula...

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Children consider many cues when deciding from whom to learn. How do informants who express disagreement affect their choices? New in Developmental Psychology, from @FobertSophie and Patricia Brosseau-Liard doi.org/10.1525/collabra.162…

Objection! the Effect of Informant Disagreement on Children’s Selective Trust

Past research has demonstrated that children consider many cues when deciding from whom to learn. In the present study, we evaluated whether children consider the cue of explicit interpersonal...

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Collabra: Psychology@CollabraOA
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Collabra: Psychology, the official journal of SIPS @improvingpsych, seeks applications for Editor-in-Chief. The SIPS Publications Committee encourages editors with innovative ideas about how Collabra: Psychology can best accomplish its mission to apply. improvingpsych.org/2026/05/1…

Collabra: Psychology seeks applications for Editor-in-Chief

Collabra: Psychology, the official journal of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, is a mission-driven Open Access (OA) journal from the University of California Press that sha…

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Does Disintegration Qualify as a Separate Trait Extending the HEXACO Model? A Preregistered Meta-Analysis Exploring Discriminant Validity doi.org/10.1525/collabra.162…

Does Disintegration Qualify as a Separate Trait Extending the HEXACO Model? A Preregistered...

Basic personality models, such as the HEXACO framework, are intended to cover the personality space exhaustively. However, it is debated whether the dispositional proneness to psychotic-like experi...

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Why do some people reject scientific evidence? While most studies examine reasons for domain-specific science denial (e.g., climate denial), in new #RegisteredReport, researchers developed, tested, and validated the new General Science Skepticism Scale. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.161…

General Science Skepticism: Development and Validation of a New Scale

The question why segments of Western populations reject scientific evidence has occupied researchers for some time. While most studies examine reasons for domain-specific science denial (e.g.,...

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In this new qualitative analysis, researchers gauge perceived impact of digital technology on attention. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.161…

“Endless Mind-Numbing Slop”: A Qualitative Analysis of the Perceived Impact of Digital Technology...

There is widespread concern that digital technology use is damaging attention spans. However, this concern contrasts with empirical research on this issue, which report mixed findings on whether...

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If you're worried about something, does that worry increase or decrease your unrelated worries? A new #RegisteredReport attempts to answer this question. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.160…

How Does Increased Worry Affect Worries About Unrelated Issues?

There are two competing accounts explaining how increased worry about one issue affects people’s worry about unrelated issues. According to one account, it decreases worries about other issues,...

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In a new Methodology and Research Practice Commentary, researchers find that Zendle et al. (2023) cannot support its claims due to a flawed design. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.161…

“No Evidence That Chinese Playtime Mandates Reduced Heavy Gaming”: Zendle et al. (2023) Cannot...

Zendle et al. (2023) is a study of the impact of a Chinese policy restricting heavy videogame play among minors, finding that the policy had no effect. We show that, due to flaws in design, the study...

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子どもにとって報酬（ご褒美）になるものが、大人とは異なることを示した大阪大学山本さん、東大の金沢さんとの共同研究が出版されました！幼児では食べ物、お金、賞賛、いいねマークは同等の価値がありますが、児童や大人では異なるようです。online.ucpress.edu/collabra/…

The Structure of Subjective Reward Values Differs Between Children and Adults

Reward is a fundamental concept in psychological research and is mostly applied in the context of learning and motivation. Various reward types (e.g., money and snacks) are used in psychological...

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New in Social Psychology: Does Uncontrollability Reduce Willingness to Invest Mental Effort? doi.org/10.1525/collabra.161…

Does Uncontrollability Reduce Willingness to Invest Mental Effort?

Experiences of uncontrollability impair cognitive processing efficiency but the mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear. In this research, we take a motivational perspective and test the...

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Four experiments explore the social softness illusion and qualitative aspects of touch sensation across multiple body parts. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.160…

Predictability and Agency Shape Self-Touch Perception

Self-touch and interpersonal touch feel very different—self-touch sensations are attenuated. The distinction between self- and not-self not only influences properties such as intensity, but also...

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New #RegisteredReport Probing the Dual-Task Structure of a Metacontrast-Masked Priming Paradigm With Subjective Visibility Judgments doi.org/10.1525/collabra.160…

Probing the Dual-Task Structure of a Metacontrast-Masked Priming Paradigm With Subjective Visibil...

Experiments contrasting conscious and masked stimulus processing have shaped, and continue to shape, cognitive and neurobiological theories of consciousness. However, as shown by Aru et al. (2012)...

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Core Vocabulary Reveals Differences Between Human Word Prediction and Large Language Models doi.org/10.1525/collabra.160…

Core Vocabulary Reveals Differences Between Human Word Prediction and Large Language Models

The question of which words are the most central or important to a language has been explored in various ways. In this study, we propose definitions of core vocabulary that are based on how language...

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New cognitive psychology research help us to understand the underlying mechanisms of arithmetic deficits faced by Parkinson’s Disease patients in daily life. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.159…

Arithmetic Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease?—A Registered Report

Elderly people and patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease (PD) rely on arithmetic skills to lead an independent life. Activities such as medication management, financial...

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The Advantage of Big Team Science: Lessons Learned From Cognitive Science doi.org/10.1525/collabra.160…

The Advantage of Big Team Science: Lessons Learned From Cognitive Science

The credibility revolution in psychology and related sciences contributed to the adoption of large-scale research initiatives known as Big Team Science (BTS). BTS has made significant advances in...

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