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This Comment advocates promoting children’s psychological agency to building climate resilience. This approach includes physical and digital climate learning, engaging families, educators, and communities to empower children and provide emotional support.
Consciousness Science is entering an age of unprecedented opportunity, thanks to recent empirical and theoretical advances, increasing interest in the topic, and technological advances in neuroscience. The role theories will play in a maturing science of consciousness deserves a closer look.
Consciousness research has long been dominated by competing grand theories, yet consensus remains elusive. We propose shifting focus toward construct-based, data-driven, and iterative approaches that identify the empirical building blocks of conscious experience and provide a more cumulative, integrative path forward for the field.
Why do many citizens of Western Europe appear complacent about their societies’ democratic backsliding? One explanation is the effect of personal experience on risk perception: a stable democratic past lulls humans into a false sense of security.
Psychology is committed to the principle of nonmaleficence. This Comment argues that psychology as a discipline and psychological associations as its representatives should uphold their ethical responsibility
When communicating psychological intervention research, two pernicious tendencies have become prominent: using imprecise terms with lay meanings and sensationalizing outcome descriptions. This Comment examines the consequences of these communication styles and proposes strategies for effective communication, ensuring enthusiasm does not come at the cost of credibility.
Widespread belief in unfounded conspiracy theories is a risk. Yet, academics also mustn’t commit the reverse error, in adopting a Protective Conspiracy Framing and labelling credible theories and proposals conspiracies when these would deserve scientific scrutiny.
Misinformation is often framed as a cognitive failure, focusing on the vulnerabilities of those who believe it. But misinformation often stems from deliberate disinformation campaigns—which should be considered proactive intergroup aggression.
The use of social media field experiments has led to calls for revised ethical guidelines—but none have stuck. A participatory governance approach, similar to developments in AI, can improve practices and collectively align the interests of researchers, platforms and users.
