Boris Cheval, Silvio Maltagliati, Florent Desplanques, Wanja Wolff
{"title":"Unpacking the dynamic role of physical effort in shaping behavior.","authors":"Boris Cheval, Silvio Maltagliati, Florent Desplanques, Wanja Wolff","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effort plays a crucial role in shaping behavior. We propose that physical effort - and its perception - modulates people's engagement across different stages of behavioral regulation: before, during, and after engagement. We demonstrate that individuals tend to avoid effort before engagement, minimize effort during task performance, and derive a sense of reward from effort after engagement due to an effort-justification mechanism. This dynamic and stage-specific approach moves beyond static models of effort (de)valuation, offering a more nuanced understanding of how effort shapes behavior. Focusing on physical activity, we explore how these specific effort-related mechanisms could promote physical activity by fostering conditions where individuals engage in active behaviors because of the potential rewards effort brings, despite its associated cost.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144182829","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":"Conjunctive or context-invariant coding in the human hippocampus?","authors":"Rodrigo Quian Quiroga","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175466","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":"A high-dimensional model of social impressions.","authors":"Jonathan B Freeman, Chujun Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People form social impressions from visual cues such as faces, which are argued by various models to arise from some limited set of fixed dimensions (e.g., trustworthiness and dominance). We argue that these dimensions, rather than reflecting intrinsic mechanisms, emerge from adaptive visuo-semantic processes in a high-dimensional neural-state space. Drawing on attractor neural-network models, we propose a framework treating social impressions as dynamic trajectories that stabilize over time, influenced not only by visual cues but also by conceptual associations and higher-order social cognition. Unlike low-dimensional models, this framework can account for cultural, individual, and situational factors that shape impressions. A high-dimensional framework makes several novel predictions and can offer a more accurate and complete understanding of the fluidity and complexity of social perception.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144163423","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}
Lillian Behm, Nicholas B Turk-Browne, Melissa M Kibbe
{"title":"The ubiquity of episodic-like memory during infancy.","authors":"Lillian Behm, Nicholas B Turk-Browne, Melissa M Kibbe","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Considerable progress has been made in understanding early memory development. However, much of this research pre-dates contemporary theories of memory systems in the mature brain. This review provides a refresher on these conceptual frameworks and proposes a common theoretical foundation for reconciling adult and infant studies. This foundation enables a critical analysis of infant studies that have directly tested memory and suggests that they may not capture the full nature and extent of episodic memory abilities in infancy. The analysis is extended to infant studies that are ostensibly focused on cognitive domains other than memory and finds that many such tasks require episodic-like memory. Thus, there may be substantially more evidence for episodic-like memory in infants than previously recognized.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144129112","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}
Christin Schulze, Ada Aka, Daniel M Bartels, Stefan F Bucher, Jake R Embrey, Todd M Gureckis, Gerald Häubl, Mark K Ho, Ian Krajbich, Alexander K Moore, Gabriele Oettingen, Joan D K Ongchoco, Ryan Oprea, Nicholas Reinholtz, Ben R Newell
{"title":"A timeline of cognitive costs in decision-making.","authors":"Christin Schulze, Ada Aka, Daniel M Bartels, Stefan F Bucher, Jake R Embrey, Todd M Gureckis, Gerald Häubl, Mark K Ho, Ian Krajbich, Alexander K Moore, Gabriele Oettingen, Joan D K Ongchoco, Ryan Oprea, Nicholas Reinholtz, Ben R Newell","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research from economics, psychology, cognitive science, computer science, and marketing is increasingly interested in the idea that people face cognitive costs when making decisions. Reviewing and synthesizing this research, we develop a framework of cognitive costs that organizes concepts along a temporal dimension and maps out when costs occur in the decision-making process and how they impact decisions. Our unifying framework broadens the scope of research on cognitive costs to a wider timeline of cognitive processing. We identify implications and recommendations emerging from our framework for intervening on behavior to tackle some of the most pressing issues of our day, from improving health and saving decisions to mitigating the consequences of climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144112423","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":"Synchrony and subjective experience: the neural correlates of the stream of consciousness.","authors":"Matthew D Lieberman","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human subjectivity, our first-person conscious experience of the world, is among the deepest scientific mysteries. This opinion article lays out an approach to examining the neural correlates of subjectivity as it unfolds over time. Subjective experience is inherently idiosyncratic, arising from effortless interpretations that feel like perceived facts (p-interpretations), and integrative, with past and expected future moments influencing the current experience. Differential synchrony effects (i.e., neural synchrony that differs between groups) suggest that parts of gestalt cortex (inferior parietal lobule and posterior temporal cortex) and posterior medial cortex track p-interpretations. Differential synchrony may result from each person's preexisting idiosyncratic non-sensory representations (e.g., expectations, memories, motivations) being integrated with sensory inputs to yield unique meaning-infused immediate experiences across the stream of consciousness.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144086901","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":"Predictive coding in the human olfactory system.","authors":"Sam H Lyons, Jay A Gottfried","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The human olfactory system is unusual. It deviates from the classical structure and function of other sensory cortices, and many of its basic computations remain mysterious. These idiosyncrasies have challenged the development of a clear and comprehensive theoretical framework in olfactory neuroscience. To address this challenge, we develop a theory of olfactory predictive coding that aims to unify diverse olfactory phenomena. Under this scheme, the olfactory system is not merely passively processing sensory information. Instead, it is actively issuing predictions about sensory inputs before they even arrive. We map this conceptual framework onto the micro- and macroscale neurobiology of the human olfactory system and review a variety of neurobiological, computational, and behavioral evidence in support of this scheme.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144023362","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":"GenAI and the psychology of work.","authors":"Erik Hermann, Stefano Puntoni, Carey K Morewedge","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Work is a central source of identity and meaning. The rapid and widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping workplaces. Unlike previous technologies, GenAI can demonstrate cognitive, creative, and interpersonal capabilities that challenge traditional human-machine boundaries and redefine the knowledge, task, and social characteristics of work. GenAI can benefit workers by enhancing their productivity and performance. It can also psychologically threaten workers' needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness, which can initiate five coping strategies to mitigate these threats. We unpack the effects of GenAI on work and workers, show the importance of addressing its potential psychological threats, and explain how to foster human-centered workplaces that balance the benefits and risks of GenAI.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143994856","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":"Facial clues to conversational intentions.","authors":"Judith Holler","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.03.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It has long been known that we use words to perform speech acts foundational to everyday conversation, such as requesting, informing, proposing, or complaining. However, the natural environment of human language is face-to-face interaction where we use words and an abundance of visual signals to communicate. The multimodal nature of human language is increasingly recognised in the language and cognitive sciences. In line with this turn of the tide, findings demonstrate that facial signals significantly contribute to communicating intentions and that they may facilitate pragmatically appropriate responding in the fast-paced environment of conversation. In light of this, the notion of speech acts no longer seems appropriate, highlighting the need for a modality-neutral conception, such as social action.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028064","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":"A hierarchical model of early brain functional network development.","authors":"Wei Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Functional brain networks emerge prenatally, grow interactively during the first years of life, and optimize both within-network topology and between-network interactions as individuals age. This review summarizes research that has characterized this process over the past two decades, and aims to link functional network growth with emerging behaviors, thereby developing a more holistic understanding of the developing brain and behavior from a functional network perspective. This synthesis suggests that the development of the brain's functional networks follows an overlapping hierarchy, progressing from primary sensory/motor to socioemotional-centered development and finally to higher-order cognitive/executive control networks. Risk-related alterations, resilience factors, treatment effects, and novel therapeutic opportunities are also discussed to encourage the consideration of future imaging-assisted methods for identifying risks and interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144037918","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}