Review
Psychology, Clinical
Ellen Choi, Norman Farb, Ekaterina Pogrebtsova, Jamie Gruman, Igor Grossmann
Summary: Psychological theories see mindfulness as a form of awareness that helps individuals accept the presence of stressful thoughts and emotions, allowing for engaged exploration and identification of adaptive responses. Critics argue that the popularization of mindfulness has led to misunderstandings among lay people, who often misconstrue acceptance as a passive endorsement of experiences, hindering effective problem-solving. Research findings show that while experts and clinical samples demonstrate convergence between awareness and acceptance, lay people's understanding of mindfulness lacks such associations.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nils C. Kobis, Barbora Dolezalova, Ivan Soraperra
Summary: Deepfakes pose challenges for verifying online content authenticity, as people struggle to reliably detect deepfakes and tend to mistake them for authentic videos. People often overestimate their detection abilities, leading to overconfidence and susceptibility to the influence of deepfake content.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Toshiaki Hiromitsu, Yoko Kitakaji, Keishiro Hara, Tatsuyoshi Saijo
Summary: In public decision-making with long-term implications, decisions made by the current generation will impact the welfare of future generations. The study invited Imaginary Future Generations (IFGs) to participate in discussions, representing the interests of future generations, and found that the deliberations among IFGs raised interest in issues related to common fundamental needs across generations. Additionally, the environment for deliberation was found to have a significant impact on effectively taking on the role of future generations.
Article
Ecology
Damaris Castro, Brent Bleys
Summary: This study examines individuals' experience of sufficiency in contemporary society from a subjective perspective in a micro-economic context. The results suggest that while most individuals perceive their income to be sufficient, there is substantial variation in the perception of what constitutes enough income. Factors such as personal monthly income, homeownership, materialism, and environmental self-identity also have an impact on subjective income sufficiency.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Social
Norhan Elsaadawy, Erika N. Carlson, Joanne M. Chung, Brian S. Connelly
Summary: This research investigates the effects of metapositivity and trait-specificity in trait metaperceptions, using the positivity-specificity model. The study finds that participants' ideas about how they were seen include both attitudes and substance, and the contribution of each aspect depends on the trait being judged and acquaintanceship.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Amelia Calonge, Omid Fesharaki, Maria Dolores Lopez Carrillo
Summary: This article analyzes the perceptions of previous training among the winners of the first ten Geology Olympics held in Spain. It also investigates the factors that have influenced young people's university career choices and their perceptions of the learning that participation in the Olympics has brought. The results show that the theoretical training in secondary education has been limited and that good teachers play a decisive role in motivating students to choose geology as a university degree. Suggestions are made for improving teacher training and providing better teaching tools.
Editorial Material
Substance Abuse
Jim McCambridge, Mary Madden
Summary: The emergence of big players in the cannabis, tobacco, and alcohol industries underscores the need for significant policy innovations and scientific investments to address the major challenges to public health.
Article
Urban Studies
Xueying Chen, Jie Duan
Summary: Urban regeneration is a global phenomenon and a local challenge-driven activity embedded in local politics and institutional contexts. This study investigates the knowledge structure and key features of urban regeneration activities in the PRD region of China, highlighting the efforts of policy-makers to incorporate multifaceted aims in local practices and the challenges faced in translating these aims into feasible strategies.
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Samuel Schindler
Summary: Theoretical virtues are important for the acceptance and belief of theories in both science and philosophy. Scientists and philosophers have similar views on the virtues, with all three groups having a preference order regarding theoretical virtues. Surprisingly, social scientists value simplicity as an epistemic virtue, while philosophers do not. Additionally, syntactic parsimony is preferred over ontological parsimony by all three groups.
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Economics
Bishal Baniya, Damien Giurco, Scott Kelly
Summary: Nepal and Bangladesh are working towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving sustainable development goals, while also aiming to green their economic growth. Although they have made some progress in recent years through green growth policies, more efforts are needed, such as increasing the share of renewable energy and reducing future energy and material consumption.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Le Yang, Junbang Wang, Yongsheng Yang, Sha Li, Tongxin Wang, Patrik Oleksak, Zofia Chrienova, Qinghua Wu, Eugenie Nepovimova, Xiujuan Zhang, Kamil Kuca
Summary: By analyzing 1123 publications, this study provides insights into the global status and research hotspots of heavy metal pollution phytoremediation. China, India, Spain, Italy, and Pakistan are the top five contributors. The hot research topics include diversity, translocation, and enhanced phytoremediation, with a focus on cadmium as the most concerned heavy metal. Future research directions should focus on strengthening plant remediation ability, studying the molecular mechanisms of heavy metal damage to plants, and investigating the enrichment principle of heavy metals in plants.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Linguistics
Laura Wagner, Nikole D. Patson, Sumurye Awani
Summary: Despite the scientific tradition in studying language, there is a widespread belief among language scientists that the public does not see language as a classic object of scientific study. This study aimed to investigate this notion and found that high-impact demonstrations of core linguistic phenomena could help people recognize that language can be studied scientifically.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Anja Gampe, Katharina Zahner-Ritter, Joanna Joys Mueller, Sarah Rebecca Schmid
Summary: Children's communicative behavior with a voice-only interaction partner differs based on their assumptions about the partner. The way children adjusted their speech varied in terms of quantity and quality when interacting with voice assistants. Individual parasocial relationships played a role in predicting children's communicative behavior.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Katrina McFerran, Alex Crooke, Zoe Kalenderidis, Helen Stokes, Kate Teggelove
Summary: The study explored the impact of rhythm-based activities led by music therapists on young people in out-of-home care. Finding a balance between freedom and structure in music therapy sessions is crucial for young people's engagement and enjoyment, while the concept of co-regulation emerged as a significant finding.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aviva Philipp-Muller, Spike W. S. Lee, Richard E. Petty
Summary: This article explores the psychology behind antiscience attitudes and identifies four core principles driving these attitudes. It highlights the importance of source credibility, social identity, information processing, and message delivery in shaping antiscience attitudes. Politics plays a crucial role in triggering or amplifying these principles, making it a potent force. Evidence-based counteractive strategies are provided for increasing public acceptance of science.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
A. Parker, J. B. Horton, D. W. Keith
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wake Smith, Gernot Wagner
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kent D. Daniel, Robert B. Litterman, Gernot Wagner
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peter J. Irvine, David W. Keith
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2020)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Gernot Wagner
Summary: The science is ready to update estimates of CO2 emissions costs, and calls to scrap the calculation are misguided.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Simon Dietz, James Rising, Thomas Stoerk, Gernot Wagner
Summary: Studies indicate that climate tipping points will increase the social cost of carbon by about 25%, with a 10% chance of doubling it. This suggests that climate tipping points will increase global economic risk and economic losses will be felt almost everywhere.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
A. P. Behrer, R. J. Park, G. Wagner, C. M. Golja, D. W. Keith
Summary: Rising temperatures can lead to reduced labor income, with humidity and vulnerability exacerbating the effects. Projections suggest that wealthier regions will experience smaller earnings impacts from heat compared to poorer regions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Gernot Wagner, Daniel Zizzamia
Summary: Moral hazards, especially in the green sector, often involve technological solutions, and dismissing solar geoengineering on moral hazard grounds may not be a productive approach. On the contrary, those vehemently opposed to the technology should see it as an opportunity to expand attention to the underlying environmental problem.
ETHICS POLICY & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Simon Dietz, James Rising, Thomas Stoerk, Gernot Wagner
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gernot Wagner, Wolfram Schlenker
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Adrien Fabre, Gernot Wagner
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jesse L. Reynolds, Gernot Wagner
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Studies
Aseem Mahajan, Dustin Tingley, Gernot Wagner
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
(2019)
Article
Economics
J. Paul Kelleher, Gernot Wagner
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
(2019)
Article
Environmental Studies
Joshua B. Horton, Jesse L. Reynolds, Holly Jean Buck, Daniel Callies, Stefan Schaefer, David W. Keith, Steve Rayner
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
(2018)