{"title":"Psychological distance to science.","authors":"Bastiaan T Rutjens","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychological distance to science reflects how people perceive science from the perspective of the self. For many, science represents a distant endeavor that is irrelevant to day-to-day life. Research from my lab finds that distance to science correlates with, and predicts, science rejection across domains. Bringing science closer improves trust.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":"594-596"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.009","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/6/6 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Psychological distance to science reflects how people perceive science from the perspective of the self. For many, science represents a distant endeavor that is irrelevant to day-to-day life. Research from my lab finds that distance to science correlates with, and predicts, science rejection across domains. Bringing science closer improves trust.
期刊介绍:
Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas, Trends in Cognitive Sciences provides an instant overview of current thinking for scientists, students and teachers who want to keep up with the latest developments in the cognitive sciences. The journal brings together research in psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, computer science and neuroscience. Trends in Cognitive Sciences provides a platform for the interaction of these disciplines and the evolution of cognitive science as an independent field of study.