{"title":"There is no clear target for replication rates.","authors":"Mark Rubin","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02602-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02602-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149017401","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}
{"title":"The case for gender quotas","authors":"Jennifer M. Piscopo","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02521-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41562-026-02521-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"10 9","pages":"1611-1612"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149011649","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}
Lucía de Hoyos, Fenja Schlag, Sanjeevan Jahagirdar, Elizabeth C. Corfield, Andrea G. Allegrini, Danielle Admiraal, Eveline L. de Zeeuw, Ilja M. Nolte, Natalia Llonga, Alexander Neumann, Katherine Lange, Simone van den Bedem, Ebba Du Rietz, Ehsan Motazedi, Else Eising, Nicole Y. T. Ng, Teemu Palviainen, Carol A. Wang, Elisabeth Thiering, Sofia Scatolin, Priyanka Choudhary, Natalia Vilor-Tejedor, Zhijie Liao, Silvia Alemany, Casper-Emil T. Pedersen, Nora Fernandez-Jimenez, Megan L. Campbell, Polina Girchenko, Eli Barthome, L. Caitlin Martin, Hanna Seelemeyer, Afsheen Kumar, Alexandre Jeanne, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Melissa H. Black, Jan K. Buitelaar, Simon E. Fisher, Anni Heiskala, María Hernández-Lorca, Vincent W. Jaddoe, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Sheri-Michelle Koopowitz, Marilyn T. Lake, Paul Lichtenstein, Sabrina Llop
{"title":"Genome-wide analysis of social behaviour across social domains, reporters and developmental stages: a meta-regression approach","authors":"Lucía de Hoyos, Fenja Schlag, Sanjeevan Jahagirdar, Elizabeth C. Corfield, Andrea G. Allegrini, Danielle Admiraal, Eveline L. de Zeeuw, Ilja M. Nolte, Natalia Llonga, Alexander Neumann, Katherine Lange, Simone van den Bedem, Ebba Du Rietz, Ehsan Motazedi, Else Eising, Nicole Y. T. Ng, Teemu Palviainen, Carol A. Wang, Elisabeth Thiering, Sofia Scatolin, Priyanka Choudhary, Natalia Vilor-Tejedor, Zhijie Liao, Silvia Alemany, Casper-Emil T. Pedersen, Nora Fernandez-Jimenez, Megan L. Campbell, Polina Girchenko, Eli Barthome, L. Caitlin Martin, Hanna Seelemeyer, Afsheen Kumar, Alexandre Jeanne, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Melissa H. Black, Jan K. Buitelaar, Simon E. Fisher, Anni Heiskala, María Hernández-Lorca, Vincent W. Jaddoe, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Sheri-Michelle Koopowitz, Marilyn T. Lake, Paul Lichtenstein, Sabrina Llop","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02551-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02551-z","url":null,"abstract":"Social behaviour is a heritable trait linked to well-being and mental health, yet it varies across social context, including social domains, informants and development, which may shape its underlying genomic architecture. Here, we conducted a genome-wide meta-regression meta-analysis of social behaviour from infancy to early adulthood, studying ~500,000 repeated measures in European-ancestry cohorts (N = 73,321). We modelled heterogeneity in single-variant associations across social domains (low prosocial behaviour and peer/social difficulties), multiple informants (parents, teachers and self-reports) and ages (2–29 years), identifying 6 associated loci, including variation within CADM2 (P = 2.51 × 10−9). Single nucleotide polymorphism-based heritability ranged from 2% to 7%, and the genetic architecture comprised 4 factors reflecting differences in either social domains or informants. Polygenic scores (N = 16,305) accurately predicted contextual variation in independent cohorts, with some cross-ancestry transferability. Context-specific patterns of genetic correlations, particularly when estimating the developmental onset of associations, offer opportunities to disentangle shared trajectories linking social behaviour with later-life and mental health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149010585","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}
{"title":"Understanding the structural and psychological bases of inequality","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02600-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41562-026-02600-7","url":null,"abstract":"Inequalities in education, health, technology and social status are often studied in isolation. This Focus issue shows how these inequalities are interconnected in the real world, and how competing views of fairness shape the responses to them. To reduce inequality, we need more research on the drivers: how complex interactions among individual beliefs, institutions, technologies and environments widen the gaps or create opportunities for change.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"10 9","pages":"1609-1610"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02600-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149011647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nihan Toprakkiran, Marina Treskova, Jale Tosun, Alexander Zipf, Joacim Rocklöv
{"title":"Rising health inequities require looking beyond health systems","authors":"Nihan Toprakkiran, Marina Treskova, Jale Tosun, Alexander Zipf, Joacim Rocklöv","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02565-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41562-026-02565-7","url":null,"abstract":"Global health inequity is increasingly driven by the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. To address it, we must place health at the centre of climate and environmental action and develop interventions that target both individual behaviours and structural drivers of inequality.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"10 9","pages":"1618-1621"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149011621","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}
{"title":"Impacts of PM2.5 air pollution on high-skilled worker productivity in China","authors":"Xiaofang Dong, Liecheng Qiao, Yinggang Zhou","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02576-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02576-4","url":null,"abstract":"The short-term impact of air pollution on labour productivity has mainly been studied in the context of physically demanding occupations. Here we examined the causal impact of air pollution on the academic publications of individual scholars in China. Using an instrumental variable design and combining air quality data with a bibliographic dataset of publications, we found that an increase of 1 μg m−3 in the annual concentration of PM2.5 (particles smaller than 2.5 μm in diameter) causes a decline of 0.23% (P < 0.01; 95% confidence interval, −0.0028 to −0.0017) in publications. The mean PM2.5 concentration was 45.91 over the study period. A 1% increase in PM2.5 concentration results in a reduction of approximately 1,053 publications nationwide. This effect was more pronounced during years of heavy pollution, especially among highly productive and younger scholars. Further analyses showed that higher pollution levels reduced academic working hours, increased hospital visits and hindered scholarly collaborations.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149010584","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}
{"title":"How AI companions could deepen social inequality","authors":"Qiyang Zhang, Renwen Zhang, Nan Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02538-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41562-026-02538-w","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) companions promise connection at low cost, but their effects are not evenly distributed. When user vulnerabilities, platform control loopholes, and governance gaps coincide, these systems risk deepening inequalities by exposing vulnerable users to more risks.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"10 9","pages":"1622-1624"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149011622","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}
{"title":"What chimpanzees at war have taught me about being human.","authors":"John C Mitani","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02601-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02601-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149017344","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}
{"title":"Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide","authors":"Gaia Ghirardi, Arno Van Hootegem, K. Paige Harden","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02561-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41562-026-02561-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"10 9","pages":"1613-1614"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149011648","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}
{"title":"Meritocracy and inequality acceptance","authors":"Alexander W. Cappelen, Bertil Tungodden","doi":"10.1038/s41562-026-02567-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41562-026-02567-5","url":null,"abstract":"The idea of meritocracy — that income differences should reflect performance rather than luck or inherited privilege — can be used to justify inequality. Yet people who consider meritocracy to be fair may disagree about redistribution. Understanding these disagreements can help to reduce polarization.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"10 9","pages":"1615-1617"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149011646","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}