Behavioural science is unlikely to change the world without a heterogeneity revolution

CJ Bryan, E Tipton, DS Yeager - Nature human behaviour, 2021 - nature.com
In the past decade, behavioural science has gained influence in policymaking but suffered a
crisis of confidence in the replicability of its findings. Here, we describe a nascent …

Stewardship of global collective behavior

JB Bak-Coleman, M Alfano, W Barfuss… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties
of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans …

Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media

J Roozenbeek, S Van Der Linden, B Goldberg… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Online misinformation continues to have adverse consequences for society. Inoculation
theory has been put forward as a way to reduce susceptibility to misinformation by informing …

A worldwide assessment of changes in adherence to COVID-19 protective behaviours and hypothesized pandemic fatigue

A Petherick, R Goldszmidt, EB Andrade… - Nature Human …, 2021 - nature.com
As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers, the possibility of 'pandemic fatigue'has raised worldwide
concerns. Here, we examine whether there was a gradual reduction in adherence to …

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low-and middle-income countries

JS Solís Arce, SS Warren, NF Meriggi, A Scacco… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is crucial for achieving sufficient
immunization coverage to end the global pandemic, yet few studies have investigated …

COVID-19 vaccine rumors and conspiracy theories: The need for cognitive inoculation against misinformation to improve vaccine adherence

MS Islam, AHM Kamal, A Kabir, DL Southern, SH Khan… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Rumors and conspiracy theories, can contribute to vaccine hesitancy.
Monitoring online data related to COVID-19 vaccine candidates can track vaccine …

Psychological impacts from COVID-19 among university students: Risk factors across seven states in the United States

MHEM Browning, LR Larson, I Sharaievska, A Rigolon… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background University students are increasingly recognized as a vulnerable population,
suffering from higher levels of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and disordered eating …

Collectivism predicts mask use during COVID-19

JG Lu, P Jin, AS English - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Since its outbreak, COVID-19 has impacted world regions differentially. Whereas some
regions still record tens of thousands of new infections daily, other regions have contained …

A large‐scale meta‐analytic atlas of mental health problems prevalence during the COVID‐19 early pandemic

E Dragioti, H Li, G Tsitsas, KH Lee… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic and related restrictions can impact mental health. To quantify the
mental health burden of COVID‐19 pandemic, we conducted a systematic review and meta …

[HTML][HTML] Underestimating the challenges of avoiding a ghastly future

CJA Bradshaw, PR Ehrlich, A Beattie… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little
attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental …