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Self-supporting graphitized palm-branch anodes for enhanced electricity generation from sewage wastewater in membrane-less microbial fuel cells. 无膜微生物燃料电池中提高污水发电效能的自支撑石墨化棕榈枝阳极。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.261016

Nasser A M Barakat, Mahmoud M Bin, Ibrahim Ashour

{"title":"Self-supporting graphitized palm-branch anodes for enhanced electricity generation from sewage wastewater in membrane-less microbial fuel cells.","authors":"Nasser A M Barakat, Mahmoud M Bin, Ibrahim Ashour","doi":"10.1098/rsos.261016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.261016","url":null,"abstract":"A simple strategy was developed to fabricate self-supporting bioanodes from graphitized palm-tree-branch powder for application in membrane-less microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Palm tree branches were graphitized at 900°C, 1000°C and 1100°C, ground into fine powder, blended with bitumen and starch, compression-moulded and thermally treated to produce robust anodes. The resulting electrodes were evaluated in an air-cathode, single-chamber MFC using raw sewage wastewater without external microbial inoculation or nutrient addition. Structural and electrochemical analyses showed that the prepared anodes possessed rough porous surfaces, stable carbon-dominated electrochemical behaviour and improved conductivity compared with an activated-carbon-based anode. Among the investigated samples, the anode prepared from palm branches graphitized at 1000°C exhibited the best overall performance. In sewage containing 5g l-1 sodium acetate, this anode delivered a maximum power density of about 1300 mW m-2, which was nearly 25 times higher than that of the activated-carbon-based anode (approx. 52 mW m-2). Even under electrolyte-free conditions, the same anode generated a maximum power density of about 400 mW m-2, indicating that intrinsically retained inorganic species, particularly KCl, may contribute to sustaining MFC operation without external electrolyte addition. In contrast, NaCl showed a much weaker promoting effect than sodium acetate. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy confirmed relatively low ohmic and charge-transfer resistances under the optimum condition.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"261016"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682878/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How methodological cues shape trust in psychological research and legal judgements: a vignette study. 方法论线索如何在心理学研究和法律判断中塑造信任：一个小插曲研究。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.260648

Sera Wiechert, Elise de Groot, Bastiaan T Rutjens, Yoni Pertzov, Bruno Verschuere

{"title":"How methodological cues shape trust in psychological research and legal judgements: a vignette study.","authors":"Sera Wiechert, Elise de Groot, Bastiaan T Rutjens, Yoni Pertzov, Bruno Verschuere","doi":"10.1098/rsos.260648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260648","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decade, psychology has embraced transparency and reproducibility reforms to address the replication crisis, raising the question of whether these signals help legal decision makers identify reliable psychological evidence. This study examines how these reforms influence perceived study reliability and downstream decision-making. We hypothesized that higher methodological quality (larger sample sizes, preregistration, and replications or meta-analyses) would increase perceived reliability and influence guilt judgements. We conducted an online vignette experiment, including individuals with doctorates and laypersons, who evaluated fictitious legal cases accompanied by research summaries varying in sample size (low versus high), preregistration status (preregistered versus not) and study design (primary study versus replication versus meta-analysis). Larger sample sizes consistently enhanced perceived reliability across both groups, whereas preregistration did not. Doctorate participants rated replications and meta-analyses as more reliable than primary studies; laypersons did not differentiate among designs. Importantly, none of the methodological quality cues influenced guilt judgements, despite shaping reliability judgements. This suggests that recognizing methodological quality alone may not shape downstream decisions. Future research should replicate the evidence in more ecologically valid legal designs (e.g. expert testimony) and with a broader range of methodological indicators to better understand how methodological quality influences perceived reliability and applied reasoning.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"260648"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Experience-dependent shifts in behavioural decision-making following repeated captures in a wild mammal. 野生哺乳动物反复捕获后行为决策的经验依赖转变。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.260223

Fragkiskos Darmis, Yiannis G Zevgolis

{"title":"Experience-dependent shifts in behavioural decision-making following repeated captures in a wild mammal.","authors":"Fragkiskos Darmis, Yiannis G Zevgolis","doi":"10.1098/rsos.260223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260223","url":null,"abstract":"Live trapping is central to behavioural ecology, yet whether post-capture behaviour reflects consistent among-individual differences and how it is modified by repeated captures remain poorly understood. Here, we repeatedly captured wild individuals of the rodent Apodemus mystacinus and temporarily held them in a standardised wooden experimental box. We then allowed them to voluntarily exit the box near the capture location and continuously recorded their behaviour for 5 minutes. Using multilevel, multivariate and continuous-time multi-state models, we characterise the sequence of behavioural states from confinement to escape. We also test whether capture experience reorganises individual behavioural trajectories and whether individual characteristics, such as body mass and sex, mediate behavioural transitions across capture-recapture events. We show that there is among-individual variation in the measured post-capture behaviours and that repeated captures reorganise the structure and sequential organisation of behavioural responses after individuals exit a trap. Importantly, we also show that recapture experience and body mass are associated with an increased tendency towards rapid escape. In contrast, we find that sex has no detectable effects. Our findings highlight that behaviours expressed immediately after trap release do not represent individuals' undisturbed ecological baseline, but instead experience-dependent responses shaped by individuals' cumulative history of interactions with their environment.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"260223"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682897/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Natural recovery and gaming disorder: a case series. 自然恢复和游戏障碍：一个案例系列。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.262017

Yaewon Jin, Matúš Adamkovič, Marcel Martončik, Veli-Matti Karhulahti

{"title":"Natural recovery and gaming disorder: a case series.","authors":"Yaewon Jin, Matúš Adamkovič, Marcel Martončik, Veli-Matti Karhulahti","doi":"10.1098/rsos.262017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.262017","url":null,"abstract":"Conceptualizations of recovery in gaming disorder (GD) remain relatively underdeveloped. While remission without formal treatment appears common in longitudinal data, the mechanisms through which it occurs have received little systematic attention. In contrast, natural recovery-the resolution of addictive problems without formal treatment-is well documented in substance and gambling research, where it has prompted broader reconceptualizations of how and where recovery unfolds. Using longitudinal qualitative data from Finland, Slovakia and South Korea, this case series examines how individuals who had previously experienced self-identified gaming-related problems reached recovery without successful intervention explicitly targeting their gaming behaviour. Six recurring recovery pathways were identified: axiological shift, social enforcement, gradual regulation, reflexive transformation, healing comorbidity and environmental transformation. Rather than centring on abstinence or direct symptom elimination, recovery emerged through reconfigurations of life structure, social roles and personal value hierarchies. In most cases, gaming did not disappear but was repositioned within a broader ecology of responsibilities and relationships. These findings suggest that natural recovery in GD may be better understood as a contextual and relational reconfiguration rather than solely as symptom reduction. The pathways identified here provide a conceptual stepping stone towards more comprehensive frameworks for understanding the recovery process in GD.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"262017"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682888/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Variation in cultural attitude, knowledge and individual motivational factors impact engagement and tool use in a field experiment in wild chimpanzees. 在野外实验中，文化态度、知识和个人动机因素的差异影响了野生黑猩猩的参与和工具使用。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.261322

Kelly R Mannion, Michael Ndora, Stephen Kugonza, Thibaud Gruber

{"title":"Variation in cultural attitude, knowledge and individual motivational factors impact engagement and tool use in a field experiment in wild chimpanzees.","authors":"Kelly R Mannion, Michael Ndora, Stephen Kugonza, Thibaud Gruber","doi":"10.1098/rsos.261322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.261322","url":null,"abstract":"Cultural traditions shape how animals approach ecological problems. Over the last two decades, Ugandan chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) have engaged with the honey-trap experiment, an apparatus mimicking a beehive, while relying on their cultural knowledge. Here, we compared the behaviour of three Ugandan chimpanzee communities in the experiment, adding a previously untested community, the Mwera South chimpanzees of Bugoma Forest. First, we tested whether communities varied in their engagement with the experiment and investigated whether differences lay in individual or community-based characteristics. Second, we analysed individual variation within the same culture, particularly focusing on the new data coming from Bugoma Forest. We found that only the Kanyawara chimpanzees of Kibale Forest displayed a dedicated instrumental method, stick use, realized in their cultural knowledge and expressed by most members of the community, congruent with the largest engagement with the resource and suggestive of a general positive cultural attitude towards honey. By contrast, the two other communities appeared to lack a cultural attitude towards honey, with no attached tool technique overall. Nevertheless, there were also large inter-individual differences. Notably, Bugoma chimpanzees displayed undescribed behavioural flexibility, using a range of tool behaviours, including both stick and leaf tool use, a pattern never documented before. Cultural attitudes toward resources thus constitute an additional layer to culture in addition to instrumental knowledge and coexist with individual motivational traits in influencing the realization of cultural behaviour.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"261322"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682877/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Moral echoes: do morality and humanness affect emotional and aesthetic responses to music? 道德呼应：道德和人性是否会影响音乐的情感和审美反应？

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.252167

Abbigail M Fleckenstein, Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Katarzyna Pypno-Blajda, Henna-Riikka Peltola, Jonna K Vuoskoski

{"title":"Moral echoes: do morality and humanness affect emotional and aesthetic responses to music?","authors":"Abbigail M Fleckenstein, Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Katarzyna Pypno-Blajda, Henna-Riikka Peltola, Jonna K Vuoskoski","doi":"10.1098/rsos.252167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252167","url":null,"abstract":"When listening to novel music, extra-musical information about the musician may influence a listener's evaluations of the music. Here, we studied the extent to which information about the musicians' Humanness, Morality and Sex, conveyed by their vocal timbre and tessitura, affected listeners' emotional and aesthetic responses to their music. This online, pre-registered experiment followed a 2 (Humanness: Human vs. AI model) × 2 (Vocalist Sex: Male vs. Female) × 3 (Morality: Moral, Immoral, Neutral) mixed factorial design. Participants (n = 400) were randomly assigned to one of four groups, differing in Humanness and Vocalist Sex. Participants read three descriptions depicting a Moral, Immoral and Neutral behaviour and listened to three unfamiliar songs pseudorandomly paired with a description. Emotional and aesthetic responses to each song were measured using validated measures (GEMS-9 scale) and additional items assessing feelings of being Moved, Connected, perceived Beauty, Liking and perceived Creativity. As predicted, linear mixed-effects models revealed significant main effects of Morality for all dependent variables, with Immoral descriptions consistently yielding more negative ratings. Contrary to predictions, we observed no differences in responses to songs based on Humanness, no significant interaction between Morality and Humanness and no effect of Vocalist Sex on responses.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"252167"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682890/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Metabolic features of enantiornithines (Avialae: Ornithothoraces): evidence supporting a semi-precocial/precocial developmental trajectory. 对鸟氨酸的代谢特征：支持半早熟/早熟发育轨迹的证据。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.260574

Mariana V Haase, Fabien Knoll, Dennis Voeten, Sophie Sanchez, Zhiheng Li, Hugo Bert, Esaú V de Araújo, Francisco J Serrano, Javier C Terol, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Jorge Cubo

{"title":"Metabolic features of enantiornithines (Avialae: Ornithothoraces): evidence supporting a semi-precocial/precocial developmental trajectory.","authors":"Mariana V Haase, Fabien Knoll, Dennis Voeten, Sophie Sanchez, Zhiheng Li, Hugo Bert, Esaú V de Araújo, Francisco J Serrano, Javier C Terol, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Jorge Cubo","doi":"10.1098/rsos.260574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260574","url":null,"abstract":"The enantiornithes, a group of Mesozoic birds, have morphological features suggesting a precocial mode of development; however, their detailed physiological characteristics, particularly hatchling metabolic rates, have yet to be explored. Here, we retrodicted metabolic rates for four Lower Cretaceous enantiornithines: one hatchling, one adult from Las Hoyas, one early post-hatching juvenile and one post-juvenile individual from the Jehol Biota, using phylogenetic comparative analyses and a comprehensive dataset of extant birds spanning the altricial-precocial spectrum. By examining vascular density (related to resting metabolic rate (RMR)) and nutrient foraminal size (proportional to blood flow rate) as proxies, we inferred the metabolic scope of the hatchling enantiornithine and determined that it fell toward the precocial end of the altricial-precocial spectrum. The RMR values of the two enantiornithine chicks were retrodicted as 0.67 mlO2 h-1 g-0.93. The peak metabolic rate (PMR) retrodicted is twice the resting metabolism for the Las Hoyas hatchling. These results are consistent with a semi-precocial/precocial development characterized by independent locomotion by climbing using the wing claws soon after hatching. However, flapping flight may have been delayed, owing to incomplete ossification of the sternum, as observed in one hatchling specimen.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"260574"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682901/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Code-driven planning in grid worlds with large language models. 在具有大型语言模型的网格世界中，代码驱动的规划。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.260255

Ashwath Vaithinathan Aravindan, Zhisheng Tang, Mayank Kejriwal

{"title":"Code-driven planning in grid worlds with large language models.","authors":"Ashwath Vaithinathan Aravindan, Zhisheng Tang, Mayank Kejriwal","doi":"10.1098/rsos.260255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260255","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an iterative programmatic planning (IPP) framework that solves grid-based tasks by using large language models (LLMs) to synthesize interpretable, executable programs that act as agent policies mapping environment states to action sequences, rather than relying on traditional search or reinforcement learning. Alongside prompting strategies such as direct code generation, pseudocode conditioned refinement and curriculum-based prompting, IPP centres on an iterative refinement mechanism that updates code from coarse, task-level feedback. We evaluate our approach using six leading LLMs and two challenging grid-based benchmarks (grid-based reasoning for assessing spatial planning (GRASP) and MiniGrid). Our IPP framework demonstrates improvements over direct code generation for five of the six models, with net energy gains ranging from a few per cent to roughly threefold and, for Gemini-2.5-Pro, a sign flip from a negative baseline to a strongly positive score, establishes a new state-of-the-art result for GRASP and significantly outperforms direct elicitation from GPT-o3-mini (by 43% on the hardest MiniGrid task to 116% on GRASP). While code generation has a higher initial prompting cost compared to direct solution elicitation ($0.08 per task versus $0.002 per instance for GPT-o3-mini), the code can be reused for any number of instances, making the amortized cost significantly lower (by 400 times on GPT-o3-mini across the complete GRASP benchmark). Beyond performance gains, IPP produces reusable, human-readable policies that support transparent inspection and modification, underscoring the advantages of planning as program synthesis over per-instance inference. The code and results can be found at http://github.com/Mystic-Slice/LLM-Planning-CodeGen.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"260255"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682874/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Can consumers accurately identify loot boxes and loot box receipts? 消费者能否准确识别战利品箱和战利品箱收据？

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.261484

Matt B Hall, Lauren C Hall, James D Sauer, Aaron Drummond

{"title":"Can consumers accurately identify loot boxes and loot box receipts?","authors":"Matt B Hall, Lauren C Hall, James D Sauer, Aaron Drummond","doi":"10.1098/rsos.261484","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.261484","url":null,"abstract":"Loot boxes are randomized rewards in video games. Meta-analyses suggest relationships between loot box spending and problem gambling symptomatology, and early longitudinal evidence suggests loot box purchasers migrate into conventional gambling at higher rates than non-purchasers. Regulatory responses vary across jurisdictions, and even in jurisdictions that have banned loot boxes, evidence suggests their presence in games remains common. Consequently, consumers are often responsible for regulating their own, and their children's, loot box purchasing. To effectively achieve this, consumers must first be able to identify loot boxes. Here, we investigated consumer accuracy in identifying critical features of loot boxes. Participants were tasked to identify basic facts about, pictures of, and receipts generated by loot boxes. Parents and non-gamers, compared with non-parents and gamers, respectively, were poorer at identifying loot boxes. Our results suggest that parents and non-gamers may be less equipped to make informed loot box purchasing decisions compared with non-parents/non-guardians and gamers, respectively. This may pose risks for parents and unaware incipient gamers. These are the first findings providing objective evidence about the relative ability of consumers to identify, and thus self-regulate purchases of, loot boxes and suggest that parents and non-gamers may require support to ensure informed purchasing decisions.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"261484"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682923/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Have you really seen this illusory face before? Illusory faces bias recognition memory reports. 你以前真的见过这张虚幻的脸吗？虚幻面孔偏见识别记忆报告。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2026-10-21 eCollection Date: 2026-10-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.261253

Olga Kreichman, Limor Brook, Susan G Wardle, Sharon Gilaie-Dotan

{"title":"Have you really seen this illusory face before? Illusory faces bias recognition memory reports.","authors":"Olga Kreichman, Limor Brook, Susan G Wardle, Sharon Gilaie-Dotan","doi":"10.1098/rsos.261253","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.261253","url":null,"abstract":"Visual memory is known to be influenced by objective image properties, including image size and contrast, as well as visual category. However, the influence of illusory perceptual experience on memory remains less understood. Here we investigated whether face pareidolia, a robust illusory phenomenon where certain stimuli elicit a face-like percept despite not being real faces, influences memory. While we assumed illusory faces would be remembered better than matched control images since they are surprising, interesting, draw more attention and may be associated with longer observation times, old-new recognition memory sensitivity was not consistently influenced by the face illusion. Surprisingly, decision criterion was more liberal for illusory faces than for other categories, and this effect scaled with illusory strength such that participants were more likely to report having seen illusory faces for stronger illusory face percepts. In a two-alternative-forced-choice recognition memory paradigm that minimizes criterion influence, we found that the tendency to report having seen illusory faces is present even for unseen images. Further analyses, involving confidence ratings indicated our findings probably reflect a heightened sense of familiarity for illusory faces and not genuine false memory. Our results suggest that during retrieval, illusory faces influence decisions independently of the actual memory trace.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"13 10","pages":"261253"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13682891/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149239528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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