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This month we introduce Consensus Statement articles, which present formally derived expert recommendations for a research field, methodological approach or clinical practice.
When killing and war unfold — however difficult and overwhelming the moment — social psychologists must keep searching for ways to curb violence and influence reality, even while recognizing how limited their power is and how difficult it is to shift minds amid ongoing violence.
It is often asserted that human cognition is Bayesian, but that broad claim is difficult to test in a falsifiable way. We suggest that researchers specifically assess a narrower, falsifiable hypothesis: that cognition explicitly uses Bayes’ rule at the algorithmic level.
Dominant responses to concerns about the underrepresentation of African populations in psychological science have failed to address underlying asymmetries of power and knowledge production, and might inadvertently reinforce them. Meaningful participation in global psychological science should be grounded in epistemic self-determination, intra-African connectivity and open science infrastructures.
Conversational AI chatbots could democratize access to personalized learning and mental health support, but they might also exacerbate psychological risk and social isolation. Realizing their full potential requires involving psychologists in the AI industry and embedding psychological theory and empirical methods into system design, development, evaluation, and monitoring.
Human–artificial intelligence (AI) interaction research can become outdated quickly as technologies advance. To ensure cumulative insights that outlast the latest model release, research should meaningfully rely on psychological theory to explain, predict and anticipate human–AI interaction.
Research on adolescent mental health directly impacts the clinical, social and policy spheres. We are highlighting this important work by bringing together review, opinion and original research content on this topic in a dedicated Collection.
