A manifesto for applying behavioural science

M Hallsworth - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 - nature.com
Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the use of behavioural science to address the
priorities of public and private sector actors. There is now a vibrant ecosystem of …

The blind-variation and selective-retention theory of creativity: Recent developments and current status of BVSR

DK Simonton - Creativity Research Journal, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article provides an update on the blind-variation and selective-retention theory of
creativity (BVSR), beginning with an overview of its historical development. That brief …

AI, behavioural science, and consumer welfare

S Mills, S Costa, CR Sunstein - Journal of Consumer Policy, 2023 - Springer
This article discusses the opportunities and costs of AI in behavioural science, with particular
reference to consumer welfare. We argue that because of pattern detection capabilities …

Networks of adversity in childhood and adolescence and their relationship to adult mental health

A Pollmann, J Fritz, E Barker, D Fuhrmann - Research on Child and …, 2023 - Springer
Adverse experiences before the age of eighteen are common and include diverse events
ranging from sexual abuse to parental divorce. These stressful experiences have been …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical MRI morphological analysis of functional seizures compared to seizure-naïve and psychiatric controls

WT Kerr, H Tatekawa, JK Lee, AH Karimi… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Functional seizures (FS), also known as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
(PNES), are physical manifestations of acute or chronic psychological distress. Functional …

[HTML][HTML] The institutional impact of research challenges and constraints on psychology and other social and behavioral sciences

DM Sanbonmatsu, EH Cooley, SS Posavac - New Ideas in Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Psychology and other social and behavioral disciplines are severely limited by the
extraordinary complexity of the phenomena of study and numerous legal, ethical, and …

Exceptional Canadian contributions to research on cognitive vulnerability to depression.

DJA Dozois, EP Hayden - Canadian Journal of Behavioural …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Depuis plus de quatre décennies, les psychologues du Canada font d'importantes
contributions à l'amélioration de la compréhension de la vulnérabilité cognitive à l'égard de …

Developmental psychopathology as a meta-paradigm: From zero-sum science to epistemological pluralism in theory and research

TP Beauchaine - Development and Psychopathology, 2024 - cambridge.org
In a thoughtful commentary in this journal a decade ago, Michael Rutter reviewed 25 years
of progress in the field before concluding that developmental psychopathology (DP) initiated …

The Opportunities and Costs of AI in Behavioural Science

S Mills, S Costa, CR Sunstein - Available at SSRN 4490597, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
This article discusses the opportunities and costs of AI in behavioural science. We argue that
because of pattern detection capabilities, modern AI will be able to identify (1) new biases in …

Design in biology and rational design in vaccinology: A conceptual analysis

MHV Van Regenmortel - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
This review discusses the philosophical foundations of what used to be called “the scientific
method “and is nowadays often known as the scientific attitude. It used to be believed that …