Lea-Maria Schmitt, Dota Tianai Dong, Emin Çelik, Floris P. de Lange, Mariya Toneva
{"title":"A decade of comparing brains to DNNs: Progress and perspectives","authors":"Lea-Maria Schmitt, Dota Tianai Dong, Emin Çelik, Floris P. de Lange, Mariya Toneva","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":"263 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148461464","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}
Victoria Guazzelli Williamson, Nicholas B Allen, Jennifer H Pfeifer
{"title":"Multidimensional social cognitive profiles: implications for adolescent internalizing psychopathology.","authors":"Victoria Guazzelli Williamson, Nicholas B Allen, Jennifer H Pfeifer","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescence is a period of vulnerability for internalizing mental health disorders. One underappreciated mechanism of internalizing psychopathology is higher-order social cognition (i.e., cognitive processing of information about the self and others), which is highly salient during adolescence. We propose that the protracted development of social cognition during adolescence results in highly individualized, multidimensional profiles that can be characterized across four core dimensions (Propensity, Degree, Positivity, and Negativity). A social cognitive profile with greater Propensity, Degree, and Negativity, and decreased Positivity, along with associated decreases in Accuracy, may confer greater risk for internalizing psychopathology, particularly if applied inflexibly across contexts. Future research may test the utility of these profiles for stratification, prediction, or intervention targeting.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148425768","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":"Rethinking reciprocity","authors":"Sarah Mathew, Robert Boyd","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.007","url":null,"abstract":"Reciprocity theory holds a hallowed status in evolutionary social sciences because it provides a way to explain cooperation among unrelated individuals. Theorists have developed a large body of mathematical work based on the iterated prisoner’s dilemma game that explores which strategies are evolutionarily stable in a range of conditions, including scenarios involving behavioral errors. However, there is a mismatch between the vigorous pace of theoretical research and the trickle of empirical studies that have tested predictions generated by the theoretical work. Furthermore, findings from the empirical work on dyadic cooperation in humans diverge from theoretical predictions in significant ways. This discrepancy indicates that the standard theoretical framework is poorly equipped to account for key aspects of real-world cooperation. To better align with real-world observations, theoretical explorations of reciprocity need to shift their focus toward understanding how actors choose partners and maintain relationships.","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148402431","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}
Nicolas W. Schuck, Marit Petzka, Stephen M. Fleming
{"title":"What can we learn from studying replay in humans?","authors":"Nicolas W. Schuck, Marit Petzka, Stephen M. Fleming","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.013","url":null,"abstract":"Noninvasive methods are making it possible to study neural replay in humans. Although focused on alignment with rodent findings, human research often tacitly assumes that replay is linked to conscious, deliberate thought. This assumption represents a missed opportunity to investigate the links between replay and consciousness, as well as cross-species differences more broadly.","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148402432","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}
Ullrich K H Ecker, Emily R Spearing, Renee DiResta, Stephan Lewandowsky
{"title":"Misinformation as strategy: Epistemic consequences and the undermining of shared truth.","authors":"Ullrich K H Ecker, Emily R Spearing, Renee DiResta, Stephan Lewandowsky","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2026.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Misinformation influences cognition-shaping memory, beliefs, attitudes, reasoning, and decision-making. While intentionally disseminated misinformation (i.e., disinformation) has long served persuasive functions, its strategic use to generate epistemic uncertainty has grown in prominence. Such strategic manipulation by incentivised actors serves to construct 'alternative realities' that undermine shared truth and institutional trust. This review analyses recent evidence on the direct cognitive and behavioural impacts of misinformation, examines the transformative roles of social media and generative AI, and considers broader epistemological consequences, including the erosion of truth norms and implications for democratic discourse. Addressing these challenges requires coordinated individual and systemic interventions that integrate psychological, technological, educational, and regulatory approaches to strengthen epistemic resilience and safeguard evidence-informed public reasoning and decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148370580","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 can we validate theory-derived indicators of consciousness in Artificial Intelligence?","authors":"Cyriel M A Pennartz","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.01.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":"573-574"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147444696","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}
Sage E P Boettcher, Gwenllian C Williams, Jeremy M Wolfe, Nir Shalev
{"title":"Making time for a dynamic attentional priority map.","authors":"Sage E P Boettcher, Gwenllian C Williams, Jeremy M Wolfe, Nir Shalev","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attentional priority is typically conceived as a static spatial map, despite attention operating in a continuously changing world. We propose a dynamic priority map and outline the core demands and key questions needed to understand attentional guidance in a world that never stands still.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":"581-584"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148228910","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":"Rethinking Neanderthal-human divergence.","authors":"Tobias Grossmann","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.05.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent discoveries from Been et al., Schoenemann et al., and Verheijen et al. challenge our understanding of Neanderthals. Their brains appear more human-like than previously believed, and their hunting is cooperative and well organized. Yet their infants may have developed more rapidly. What made modern humans distinctive might be a prolonged childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":"579-580"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148165312","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}
Patrick Butlin, Tim Bayne, Stephen M Fleming, Liad Mudrik, Megan A K Peters, Eric Schwitzgebel, Jonathan Simon, Rufin VanRullen
{"title":"Consciousness indicators, mimicry, and internal variants.","authors":"Patrick Butlin, Tim Bayne, Stephen M Fleming, Liad Mudrik, Megan A K Peters, Eric Schwitzgebel, Jonathan Simon, Rufin VanRullen","doi":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tics.2026.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":" ","pages":"575-576"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147787291","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":"Advisory Board and Contents","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/s1364-6613(26)00143-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1364-6613(26)00143-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49417,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148552182","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}