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A randomized controlled trial on the effect of administrative burden and information costs on social inequalities in early childcare access in France 一项关于行政负担和信息成本对法国早期儿童保育机会社会不平等影响的随机对照试验

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02293-4

Laudine Carbuccia, Arthur Heim, Carlo Barone, Coralie Chevallier

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A model for refugee integration 难民融合的典范

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02304-4

Dany Bahar

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Interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy among adolescents: a cluster-randomized trial 减少青少年疫苗犹豫的干预措施：一项集群随机试验

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02306-2

N. Baudouin, S. de Rouilhan, E. Huillery, E. Pasquinelli, C. Chevallier, H. Mercier

{"title":"Interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy among adolescents: a cluster-randomized trial","authors":"N. Baudouin, S. de Rouilhan, E. Huillery, E. Pasquinelli, C. Chevallier, H. Mercier","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02306-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02306-2","url":null,"abstract":"School interventions targeting adolescents’ general knowledge of vaccination are rare despite their potential to reduce vaccine hesitancy. This cluster-randomized trial involving 8,589 French ninth graders from 399 schools tests two interventions against the standard curriculum. The first provided teachers with ready-to-use pedagogical activities, while the second used a chatbot. Both interventions significantly improved adolescents’ attitudes towards vaccination, the primary outcome of this trial (Pedagogical Activities: t398 = 2.99; P = 0.003; β = 0.094; 95% confidence interval (CI), (0.032, 0.156); Chatbot: t398 = 2.07; P = 0.039; β = 0.063; 95% CI, (0.003, 0.124)). Both also improved pupils’ knowledge of vaccination (Pedagogical Activities: t398 = 3.23; P = 0.0013; β = 0.103; 95% CI, (0.040, 0.165); Chatbot: t398 = 2.23; P = 0.027; β = 0.070; 95% CI, (0.008, 0.132)). That such interventions can improve pupils’ acceptance and understanding of vaccines has important consequences for public health.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145025748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Active use of latent tree-structured sentence representation in humans and large language models 在人类和大型语言模型中积极使用潜在的树状结构句子表示

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02297-0

Wei Liu, Ming Xiang, Nai Ding

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The impact of private hosting on the integration of Ukrainian refugees in Germany 私人收容对乌克兰难民融入德国社会的影响

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02303-5

Mathis Herpell, Moritz Marbach, Niklas Harder, Alexandra Orlova, Dominik Hangartner, Jens Hainmueller

{"title":"The impact of private hosting on the integration of Ukrainian refugees in Germany","authors":"Mathis Herpell, Moritz Marbach, Niklas Harder, Alexandra Orlova, Dominik Hangartner, Jens Hainmueller","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02303-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02303-5","url":null,"abstract":"Amid the Ukrainian displacement crisis, private hosting of refugees in Europe has surged, yet its impact on integration remains understudied. This research examines the short- to medium-term effects of private hosting on Ukrainian refugee integration in Germany. Using data from one of the largest non-profit platforms that matches private hosts with refugees, we compare the multidimensional integration outcomes of refugees who were matched with private hosts to those of observably similar refugees who applied for private hosting but were not matched (n = 1,700). Our findings show significant improvements in the social, psychological and navigational integration of privately hosted refugees, with no discernible effects on linguistic, economic or political integration. This study provides causal evidence on the effectiveness of private hosting in enhancing refugee integration, underscoring its potential to complement traditional public asylum reception and housing systems, and to harness civil society engagement for refugee integration during humanitarian crises.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145025695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Publisher Correction: Representational dynamics during extinction of fear memories in the human brain 作者更正：人类大脑中恐惧记忆消失过程中的表征动力学

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-04 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02305-3

Daniel Pacheco-Estefan, Antoine Bouyeure, George Jacob, Marie-Christin Fellner, Katia Lehongre, Virginie Lambrecq, Valerio Frazzini, Vincent Navarro, Onur Güntürkün, Lu Shen, Jing Yang, Biao Han, Qi Chen, Nikolai Axmacher

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Efficacy of digital interventions for smoking cessation by type and method: a systematic review and network meta-analysis 不同类型和方法的数字干预对戒烟的效果：系统回顾和网络荟萃分析

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02295-2

Shen Li, Yiyang Li, Chenhao Xu, Siheng Tao, Haozhen Sun, Jiaqing Yang, Yilin Wang, Sheyu Li, Xuelei Ma

{"title":"Efficacy of digital interventions for smoking cessation by type and method: a systematic review and network meta-analysis","authors":"Shen Li, Yiyang Li, Chenhao Xu, Siheng Tao, Haozhen Sun, Jiaqing Yang, Yilin Wang, Sheyu Li, Xuelei Ma","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02295-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02295-2","url":null,"abstract":"Smoking cessation is the only evidence-based approach to reducing tobacco-related health risks, yet traditional interventions suffer from limited coverage. Although digital interventions show promise, their comparative efficacy across methodological frameworks and technology types remains unclear. Here we assessed digital interventions versus standard care via frequentist random-effects network meta-analysis of 152 randomized controlled trials (48.8% USA, 7.5% China). Interventions were categorized by methodology and technology type, with cross-matched subgroup analyses. Results showed that personalized interventions significantly improved smoking cessation rates compared with standard care (relative risk (RR) 1.86, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.54–2.24), while group-customized interventions were more effective (RR 1.93, 95% CI 1.30–2.86) compared with standard digital interventions (RR 1.50, 95% CI 1.31–1.72). Among the various technology types, text message-based interventions were the most effective (RR 1.63, 95% CI 1.38–1.92). Intervention effectiveness was also influenced by age, with middle-aged individuals benefitting more than younger individuals. Short- and medium-term interventions were more effective than long-term interventions. Sensitivity analyses further confirmed these low-to-moderate findings. However, this study has some limitations, including methodological heterogeneity, potential bias and inconsistent definitions of numerical interventions. In addition, long-term follow-up data remain limited. Future studies require large-scale trials to assess long-term sustainability and population-specific responses, as well as standardization of methods and integration of data at the individual level.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144928302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Quantifying the impact of hair and skin characteristics on fNIRS signal quality for enhanced inclusivity 量化头发和皮肤特征对近红外光谱信号质量的影响，以增强包容性

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02274-7

Meryem A. Yücel, Jessica E. Anderson, De’Ja Rogers, Parisa Hajirahimi, Parya Farzam, Yuanyuan Gao, Rini I. Kaplan, Emily J. Braun, Nishaat Mukadam, Sudan Duwadi, Laura Carlton, David Beeler, Lindsay K. Butler, Erin Carpenter, Jaimie Girnis, John Wilson, Vaibhav Tripathi, Yiwen Zhang, Bettina Sorger, Alexander von Lühmann, David C. Somers, Alice Cronin-Golomb, Swathi Kiran, Terry D. Ellis, David A. Boas

{"title":"Quantifying the impact of hair and skin characteristics on fNIRS signal quality for enhanced inclusivity","authors":"Meryem A. Yücel, Jessica E. Anderson, De’Ja Rogers, Parisa Hajirahimi, Parya Farzam, Yuanyuan Gao, Rini I. Kaplan, Emily J. Braun, Nishaat Mukadam, Sudan Duwadi, Laura Carlton, David Beeler, Lindsay K. Butler, Erin Carpenter, Jaimie Girnis, John Wilson, Vaibhav Tripathi, Yiwen Zhang, Bettina Sorger, Alexander von Lühmann, David C. Somers, Alice Cronin-Golomb, Swathi Kiran, Terry D. Ellis, David A. Boas","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02274-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02274-7","url":null,"abstract":"Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a promising neuroimaging method owing to its non-invasive nature and adaptability to real-world settings. However, fNIRS signal quality is sensitive to individual differences in biophysical factors such as hair and skin characteristics, which can considerably impact the absorption and scattering of near-infrared light. If not properly addressed, these factors risk biasing fNIRS research by disproportionately affecting signal quality across diverse populations. Here we quantify the impact of hair properties and skin pigmentation, as well as head size, sex and age, on signal quality in n = 115 individuals. We provide recommendations for fNIRS researchers, including a suggested metadata table and guidance for cap and optode configurations, hair management techniques and strategies to optimize data collection across varied participants. This research will help to guide future hardware advances and methodological standards to overcome barriers to inclusivity in fNIRS studies.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Systematic review and meta-analysis of educational approaches to reduce cognitive biases among students 减少学生认知偏差的教育方法的系统回顾与元分析

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02253-y

Ghassani Swaryandini, Jessica Graham, Shantell Griffith, Vasco Grilo, Federica Ruzzante, Xingruo Zhang, Siu Kit Yeung, Marta Mangiarulo, Geetanjali Basarkod, Clarence Ng, Philip Parker, Jason Tangen, Alexander Saeri, Emily Grundy, Peter Slattery, Michael Noetel

{"title":"Systematic review and meta-analysis of educational approaches to reduce cognitive biases among students","authors":"Ghassani Swaryandini, Jessica Graham, Shantell Griffith, Vasco Grilo, Federica Ruzzante, Xingruo Zhang, Siu Kit Yeung, Marta Mangiarulo, Geetanjali Basarkod, Clarence Ng, Philip Parker, Jason Tangen, Alexander Saeri, Emily Grundy, Peter Slattery, Michael Noetel","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02253-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02253-y","url":null,"abstract":"Resistance to cognitive biases is a crucial element of rationality that influences judgement and decision-making. Here we synthesized the effects of debiasing training in educational settings. Our systematic review found 54 randomized controlled trials consisting of 383 effect sizes and 10,941 participants. Our meta-analysis of educational interventions showed a small, yet significant, improvement in reducing the likelihood of committing biases compared with control conditions (g = 0.26, 95% confidence interval 0.14 to 0.39), 160 effects from 41 studies, P < 0.001). Most studies focused on reducing the likelihood of committing biases (for example, confirmation bias) using cognitive strategies. Some biases seemed difficult to overcome (for example, representativeness heuristic), and questions remain about the depth and transferability of learning beyond classroom settings. All studies had unclear or high risk of bias and there was some risk of publication bias. While evidence suggests that educational interventions can reduce bias on targeted tasks, more research is needed to determine whether these improvements translate to meaningful changes in real-world decision-making and to identify which paedagogical approaches are most effective for reducing the influence of cognitive biases.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144900192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection 不同的音频和视觉累加器共同激活多感官检测的运动准备

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02280-9

John M. Egan, Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, John J. Foxe, Redmond G. O’Connell, Simon P. Kelly

{"title":"Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection","authors":"John M. Egan, Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, John J. Foxe, Redmond G. O’Connell, Simon P. Kelly","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02280-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02280-9","url":null,"abstract":"Detecting targets in multisensory environments is an elemental brain function, but it is not yet known whether information from different sensory modalities is accumulated by distinct processes, and, if so, whether the processes are subject to separate decision criteria. Here we address this in two experiments (n = 22, n = 21) using a paradigm design that enables neural evidence accumulation to be traced through a centro-parietal positivity and modelled alongside response time distributions. Through analysis of both redundant (respond-to-either-modality) and conjunctive (respond-only-to-both) audio-visual detection data, joint neural–behavioural modelling, and a follow-up onset-asynchrony experiment, we found that auditory and visual evidence is accumulated in distinct processes during multisensory detection, and cumulative evidence in the two modalities sub-additively co-activates a single, thresholded motor process during redundant detection. These findings answer long-standing questions about information integration and accumulation in multisensory conditions.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144851397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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