Liye Zou, Zhihao Zhang, Myrto Mavilidi, Yanxia Chen, Fabian Herold, Kim Ouwehand, Fred Paas
{"title":"The synergy of embodied cognition and cognitive load theory for optimized learning","authors":"Liye Zou, Zhihao Zhang, Myrto Mavilidi, Yanxia Chen, Fabian Herold, Kim Ouwehand, Fred Paas","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02152-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02152-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The integration of embodied cognition and cognitive load theory offers a promising framework for advancing educational practices. Cognitive load theory emphasizes the constraints of working memory and the importance of managing cognitive load through effective instructional design. Embodied cognition highlights the role of physical actions, such as gestures, object manipulation and whole-body activities, in enhancing cognitive processes. This Review highlights the importance of bridging these frameworks by exploring their theoretical foundations and synthesizing empirical evidence on the benefits of physical actions in learning. Here we present the introduction of the relevance–integration taxonomy as a transformative advancement in embodied cognition research, offering new perspectives for educational interventions. Additionally, we identify current gaps in cognitive load theory applications and propose future research directions to unify these approaches, aiming to optimize learning outcomes across diverse educational settings. This work has broad implications for advancing evidence-based instructional design.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665973","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}
Farid Anvari, Taym Alsalti, Lorenz A. Oehler, Ian Hussey, Malte Elson, Ruben C. Arslan
{"title":"Defragmenting psychology","authors":"Farid Anvari, Taym Alsalti, Lorenz A. Oehler, Ian Hussey, Malte Elson, Ruben C. Arslan","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02138-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02138-0","url":null,"abstract":"Psychology is fragmented into the study of a myriad of constructs and measures, most of which are used very rarely. This hinders cumulative knowledge generation. We call on the field to defragment psychology and prevent further fragmentation. We provide four key recommendations to achieve this and summarize the needed actions.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"182 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143640493","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}
James A. Brissenden, Yitong Yin, Michael Vesia, Taraz G. Lee
{"title":"Publisher Correction: Errors of attention adaptively warp spatial cognition","authors":"James A. Brissenden, Yitong Yin, Michael Vesia, Taraz G. Lee","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02170-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02170-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Correction to: <i>Nature Human Behaviour</i> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02109-5, published online 24 February 2025.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143641101","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}
Emily Kubota, Xiaoqian Yan, Sarah Tung, Bella Fascendini, Christina Tyagi, Sophie Duhameau, Danya Ortiz, Mareike Grotheer, Vaidehi S. Natu, Boris Keil, Kalanit Grill-Spector
{"title":"White matter connections of human ventral temporal cortex are organized by cytoarchitecture, eccentricity and category-selectivity from birth","authors":"Emily Kubota, Xiaoqian Yan, Sarah Tung, Bella Fascendini, Christina Tyagi, Sophie Duhameau, Danya Ortiz, Mareike Grotheer, Vaidehi S. Natu, Boris Keil, Kalanit Grill-Spector","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02116-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02116-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Category-selective regions in ventral temporal cortex (VTC) have a consistent anatomical organization, which is hypothesized to be scaffolded by white matter connections. However, it is unknown how white matter connections are organized from birth. Here we scanned newborn to 6-month-old infants and adults to determine the organization of the white matter connections of VTC. We find that white matter connections are organized by cytoarchitecture, eccentricity and category from birth. Connectivity profiles of functional regions in the same cytoarchitectonic area are similar from birth and develop in parallel, with decreases in endpoint connectivity to lateral occipital, parietal and somatosensory cortex, and increases in connectivity to lateral prefrontal cortex. In addition, connections between VTC and early visual cortex are organized topographically by eccentricity bands and predict eccentricity biases in VTC. These data show that there are both innate organizing principles of white matter connections of VTC, and capacity for white matter connections to change over development.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635084","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 when laypeople adopt predictive algorithms","authors":"Berkeley J. Dietvorst","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02135-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02135-3","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding when and why laypeople adopt predictive algorithms is key to aligning technology with user needs. I propose that adoption is driven by performance expectations (as algorithms are tools designed to aid users) and outline when laypeople are likely to adopt algorithms, given their distinctive performance goals.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635252","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":"Climate resilience in the past was local","authors":"Emily Lena Jones","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02131-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02131-7","url":null,"abstract":"In this Comment, Emily Jones discusses what we can learn from archaeology about climate change resilience. The effects of climate change are complex, and successful adaptations in the past responded to local conditions. This suggests that collaborative, place-based research is key to resilience to future climate change.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"92 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635082","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":"When diversity, equity and inclusion fail to globalize","authors":"Hye Yun Kang","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02141-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02141-5","url":null,"abstract":"Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives do not always translate across different contexts. Hye Yun Kang highlights the complexities of implementing DEI policies across cultures.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635083","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}
Jerry John Kponyo, Francis Kemausuor, Eric Tutu Tchao, Henry Nunoo-Mensah, Rachel Yayra Adjoe
{"title":"We need Afrocentric datasets for inclusive AI growth","authors":"Jerry John Kponyo, Francis Kemausuor, Eric Tutu Tchao, Henry Nunoo-Mensah, Rachel Yayra Adjoe","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02140-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02140-6","url":null,"abstract":"The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa faces a key challenge: a lack of quality data. This Comment explores datasets in agriculture, health and energy, and advocates for Afrocentric data that reflect African experiences.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635253","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}
Xi Cheng, Haroon Popal, Huanqing Wang, Renfen Hu, Yinyin Zang, Mingzhe Zhang, Mark A. Thornton, Yina Ma, Huajian Cai, Yanchao Bi, Jamie Reilly, Ingrid R. Olson, Yin Wang
{"title":"The conceptual structure of human relationships across modern and historical cultures","authors":"Xi Cheng, Haroon Popal, Huanqing Wang, Renfen Hu, Yinyin Zang, Mingzhe Zhang, Mark A. Thornton, Yina Ma, Huajian Cai, Yanchao Bi, Jamie Reilly, Ingrid R. Olson, Yin Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02122-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02122-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A defining characteristic of social complexity in <i>Homo sapiens</i> is the diversity of our relationships. We build connections of various types in our families, workplaces, neighbourhoods and online communities. How do we make sense of such complex systems of human relationships? The basic organization of relationships has long been studied in the social sciences, but no consensus has been reached. Here, by using online surveys, laboratory cognitive tasks and natural language processing in diverse modern cultures across the world (<i>n</i> = 20,427) and ancient cultures spanning 3,000 years of history, we examined universality and cultural variability in the ways that people conceptualize relationships. We discovered a universal representational space for relationship concepts, comprising five principal dimensions (formality, activeness, valence, exchange and equality) and three core categories (hostile, public and private relationships). Our work reveals the fundamental cognitive constructs and cultural principles of human relationship knowledge and advances our understanding of human sociality.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143608093","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":"Sleep studies enter the real world","authors":"Jessica Palmieri, Monika Schönauer","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02130-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02130-8","url":null,"abstract":"Memory for details fades over time, yet retaining the spatiotemporal associations inherent to our individual experiences may be adaptively relevant. Using an art tour as an experimental setting, Diamond, Simpson and colleagues shed light on the role of sleep in shaping the long-term retention of episodic memory for real-world events.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"192 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589836","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}