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A DRACH Observed/Expected Metric Reveals the Evolutionary Landscape of Epitranscriptomic Regulation Across Bilateria DRACH观察/预期的度量揭示了双侧动物的表转录组调控的进化景观

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70413

Natacha Clairet, Jérémy Le Luyer, Hélène Auger, Maximilian Haeussler, Guillaume Rivière

{"title":"A DRACH Observed/Expected Metric Reveals the Evolutionary Landscape of Epitranscriptomic Regulation Across Bilateria","authors":"Natacha Clairet, Jérémy Le Luyer, Hélène Auger, Maximilian Haeussler, Guillaume Rivière","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70413","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nyas.70413","url":null,"abstract":"N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification is a dynamic post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism that rapidly modulates gene expression by influencing RNA stability, export, splicing, translation, and decay. In bilaterians, m6A is predominantly deposited at the DRACH consensus motif, which comprises 18 sequence variants. Although the presence of a DRACH motif does not indicate whether a transcript is currently, or has ever been, methylated, it reflects its potential for m6A-mediated regulation. Here, we introduce a new metric, DRACH observed/expected (DRACH o/e), to quantify the relative enrichment of DRACH motifs independently of sequence composition. We applied this approach to characterize the abundance, distribution, and genomic organization of DRACH motifs in the Pacific oyster Magallana gigas, a representative lophotrochozoan species in which m6A regulation remains poorly characterized. These analyses were extended to eight additional species spanning major bilaterian lineages and exhibiting contrasting ecological traits. Comparative analysis revealed strong conservation of the m6A regulatory machinery together with conserved and lineage-specific patterns of DRACH motif distribution and functional enrichment. This work introduces a robust framework for estimating the potential for transcript m6A methylation while overcoming the inherent variability of epitranscriptomes, thereby paving the way to explore comparative analyses of its potential phylogenetic and/or ecological drivers.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1564 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nyas.70413","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149083856","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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Structure of Musical Dislikes: Findings From Multiple Genres and Countries 音乐不喜欢的结构：来自多个流派和国家的发现

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70408

Julia Merrill, Klaus Frieler, Amanda E. Krause

{"title":"Structure of Musical Dislikes: Findings From Multiple Genres and Countries","authors":"Julia Merrill, Klaus Frieler, Amanda E. Krause","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70408","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nyas.70408","url":null,"abstract":"Musical taste shapes social life and personal identity, yet research has focused mainly on why people like music, leaving the equally powerful phenomenon of musical dislikes largely unexamined. Building on recent work identifying core reasons for musical aversion, this study examined the psychological structure, genre associations, individual difference predictors, and cross-cultural variation of musical dislikes across 49 genres in Australia, China, Singapore, and the United States (N = 1078). Using network psychometrics and latent variable modeling, we identified five dimensions underlying aversion: Displeasure, Complexity, Sentimentality, Social Incongruence, and Mainstream orientation. These dimensions mapped onto genre-level signatures and cross-cultural listener profiles. Behavioral models showed that only Displeasure and Social Incongruence predicted stronger dislike intensity, indicating that affective discomfort and identity mismatch drive aversion. Complexity and Sentimentality were sensitive to cultural context, whereas basic Displeasure was universal. Individual traits—personality and musical engagement styles—explained more variance in dislike mechanisms than country-level backgrounds. By mapping the systematic architecture of what listeners reject, this study offers a novel, comprehensive framework for understanding how individuals navigate cultural boundaries, regulate affect, and signal identity through active avoidance, proving that musical dislikes are not merely the absence of liking but a structured and meaningful component of musical taste.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1564 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nyas.70408","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149083855","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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Evolutionary Background of Precise Vocal–Respiratory Temporal Coordination in Human Infants 人类婴儿精确发声-呼吸时间协调的进化背景

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70409

Miki Takahasi, Reiko Mazuka

{"title":"Evolutionary Background of Precise Vocal–Respiratory Temporal Coordination in Human Infants","authors":"Miki Takahasi, Reiko Mazuka","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70409","url":null,"abstract":"Human infants acquire speech through prolonged postnatal development. Sequential vocalizations, including speech, can be viewed as motor patterns consisting of alternating sound and silence. This temporal structure depends on the coordination of respiratory airflow and laryngeal activity, yet relatively little attention has been paid to how such timing control develops in infancy. In this review, we examine the development of vocal timing across two contexts: spontaneous vocalizations produced in nonsocial settings and vocal exchanges during face-to-face interactions. We highlight a developmental transition around the second half of the first year, in which vocal timing first becomes relatively stabilized in relation to respiratory maturation and is then increasingly used flexibly in social interaction. To place this transition in an evolutionary context, we review comparative findings from songbirds and marmosets and consider swallowing as another vital behavior requiring tight laryngeal–respiratory coordination. In humans, rapid postnatal brain growth may promote early complementary feeding, increasing the need for flexible regulation of swallowing timing, while laryngeal descent may heighten the need for airway protection. These pressures may have provided a physiological background for the later elaboration of flexible vocal timing control.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1564 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nyas.70409","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149072581","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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Tropical Easterly Waves in the Tropical North Atlantic Basin 热带北大西洋海盆的热带东风波

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-25 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70415

Orlando L. Córdova‐García, Rogert Sorí, Ricardo M. Trigo, Raquel Nieto, Luis Gimeno, Milica Stojanovic, Albenis Pérez‐Alarcón

{"title":"Tropical Easterly Waves in the Tropical North Atlantic Basin","authors":"Orlando L. Córdova‐García, Rogert Sorí, Ricardo M. Trigo, Raquel Nieto, Luis Gimeno, Milica Stojanovic, Albenis Pérez‐Alarcón","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70415","url":null,"abstract":"Tropical easterly waves (TEWs) serve as precursors to most Atlantic tropical cyclones and strongly modulate the hydrological cycle over West Africa, the tropical Atlantic, and the Caribbean region. Despite significant advances, uncertainties remain regarding the processes governing TEW maintenance and intensification, the relationship with tropical cyclogenesis, and future projections of TEW activity under global warming. Progress on these fronts is constrained by persistent disparities in tracking methodologies, limited observational understanding of moisture–convection feedbacks across scales, and the inability of global climate models to resolve small‐scale processes. This review synthesizes the current state of TEW research, from genesis and tracking methodologies to the multiscale impacts of TEWs on tropical cyclogenesis and regional precipitation, and accounts for the modulation of climate variability modes and future behavior under global warming. We also propose a coordinated research roadmap, including a community‐driven intercomparison initiative analogous to those successfully implemented for other complex atmospheric phenomena to reconcile uncertainties in tracking methodologies. In addition, we stress the need for intensive field campaigns to validate high‐resolution convection‐permitting modeling and train artificial intelligence–driven algorithms. Taken together, these initiatives provide a pathway to resolve outstanding uncertainties and improve the reliability of future TEW projections under global warming.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149033097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dynamic Adaptation Responses to Auditory Perturbations During Walking in Multiple Sclerosis With Progressive Subtypes 伴有进行性亚型的多发性硬化症患者行走时听觉扰动的动态适应反应

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70404

Lousin Moumdjian, Joeri R. Verbiest, Nele Vanbilsen, Bart Moens, Mattia Rosso, Daphne Kos, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Peter Feys

{"title":"Dynamic Adaptation Responses to Auditory Perturbations During Walking in Multiple Sclerosis With Progressive Subtypes","authors":"Lousin Moumdjian, Joeri R. Verbiest, Nele Vanbilsen, Bart Moens, Mattia Rosso, Daphne Kos, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Peter Feys","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70404","url":null,"abstract":"Walking requires adaptation to dynamic environmental demands, yet how persons with progressive multiple sclerosis (PwPMS) adapt movement timing during locomotion remains unknown. We investigated whether 10 PwPMS could adapt their steps during walking to auditory perturbations, examining how perturbation type (phase, tempo), direction (positive, negative), and stimulus complexity (music, metronomes) influence adaptive responses compared to 14 healthy controls (HCs). Responses were quantified by computing the maximum response peak, time to maximum response, and response duration. PwPMS detected perturbations and initiated adaptations, but did not fully converge to the target tempo, consistently undershooting relative to HCs. For positive perturbations, HCs overshot targets across conditions, whereas PwPMS undershot in both tempo and phase perturbations. For negative perturbations, group differences were evident for music, where PwPMS exhibited greater response variability. PwPMS also demonstrated slower response dynamics in metronome conditions, while HCs reached the peak response faster. Total response duration was significantly longer in PwPMS, particularly for negative metronome and music perturbations, indicating delayed recovery following a perturbation. Overall, PwPMS perceived and initiated adaptation to auditory timing changes but exhibited incomplete and slower corrections, especially under inhibitory and complex conditions. These findings warrant the assessment of adaptive control during walking under temporally dynamic conditions.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"194 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149027583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Initial Evidence of Mathematics Interpretation Bias Intervention Effects on College Students’ Mathematics Anxiety 数学解释偏差干预大学生数学焦虑的初步证据

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70405

Connie Barroso, Xiaotong Yi, Zhe Wang

{"title":"Initial Evidence of Mathematics Interpretation Bias Intervention Effects on College Students’ Mathematics Anxiety","authors":"Connie Barroso, Xiaotong Yi, Zhe Wang","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70405","url":null,"abstract":"Cognitive bias modification of interpretation bias (CBM‐I) can significantly reduce negatively biased processing of anxiety‐provoking stimuli and scenarios but has not yet been tested in a mathematics context. In this study, we test the direct effects of a brief cognitive bias modification for mathematics interpretations (CBM‐MI) on threat‐related mathematics interpretation bias and both direct and indirect effects through negative interpretation mathematics bias on mathematics anxiety and performance. In an online study setting, 181 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either the CBM‐MI condition, where they resolved ambiguous mathematics‐related scenarios in a positive way, or an active control condition where they answered neutral, nonmathematics scenarios. Results indicated strong CBM‐MI effects and significant pre‐ to post‐test changes in negative mathematics interpretation bias. CBM‐MI also had a very small direct buffering effect in increasing mathematics anxiety, and did not have any direct effects on mathematics fluency. Negative mathematics interpretation bias mediated the relation between CBM‐MI and mathematics anxiety, but not mathematics fluency. These findings provide support for moderately sized near‐transfer effects of CBM‐MI in reducing threat‐related mathematics interpretation bias and evidence of bias mediating the link between CBM‐MI and mathematics anxiety. Research should continue to investigate CBM‐MI to optimize its mathematics anxiety effects.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149027582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Infant Imitation and Rhythmic Movement in Response to Music and Speech 婴儿对音乐和言语的模仿和节奏运动

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70395

Haley E. Kragness

{"title":"Infant Imitation and Rhythmic Movement in Response to Music and Speech","authors":"Haley E. Kragness","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70395","url":null,"abstract":"Humans move our bodies to rhythms. This behavior is developmentally precocious: infants and young children are motivated to move by music, and most caregivers report that their infants produce dance‐like movements within the first year of life. However, the mechanisms shaping early dance are poorly understood. One potential influence on early dance is observational learning. There is substantial evidence that infants experience music as social, and that infants imitate social partners. In the present study, I asked whether infants imitated more in musical contexts compared to nonmusical contexts. Using an online paradigm (childrenhelpingscience.org), infants (10−14 months, N = 40; 15–19 months, N = 30) watched videos (60 s) of an experimenter performing repetitive actions (waving, banging, head‐tapping, or clapping). Infant‐directed music or infant‐directed speech was played in the background. Infants’ responses were video recorded and annotated. Music boosted imitation of clapping, a gesture that infants likely associate with music from prior experience. Music did not boost imitation of any other gestures but did increase the time infants spent moving rhythmically. Results support prior research demonstrating precocious rhythmic responses to music and additionally imply that previous experiences with particular moves (i.e., clapping with others) influence infants’ movement selection during music.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Theory of Planned Behavior–Based Cluster Randomized Trial to Improve Health Literacy Among Rural Adults in China 基于计划行为理论的聚类随机试验提高中国农村成年人健康素养

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70410

Ran Dai, Dingjie Zhou, Xue Wan, Xiaoxuan Xu, Wenhui He, Xiaoxu Guo, Hongyan Tang, Hua You

{"title":"A Theory of Planned Behavior–Based Cluster Randomized Trial to Improve Health Literacy Among Rural Adults in China","authors":"Ran Dai, Dingjie Zhou, Xue Wan, Xiaoxuan Xu, Wenhui He, Xiaoxu Guo, Hongyan Tang, Hua You","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70410","url":null,"abstract":"Rural populations often face structural barriers to accessing, interpreting, and using health information, contributing to persistent health literacy disparities. This cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated whether a theory of planned behavior–based intervention could improve health literacy acquisition behaviors and overall health literacy among rural residents in Changzhou, China. Twenty villages were randomized to a 12‐month multicomponent intervention or routine health education. The intervention targeted behavioral attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control through health information materials, WeChat‐based messaging, interactive lectures, peer discussion, and practical training in health information seeking and appraisal. Outcomes were assessed at baseline and 12 months using the Short‐Form Health Literacy Scale and theory of planned behavior–based measures. Linear mixed‐effects models accounting for clustering and repeated measurement showed significant intervention effects on behavioral attitude, subjective norms, behavioral intention, health literacy acquisition behavior, and overall health literacy, but not perceived behavioral control. Results were consistent in intention‐to‐treat, per‐protocol, and generalized estimating equation sensitivity analyses. These findings suggest that theory‐informed behavioral strategies can strengthen health literacy‐related motivation and practices in rural communities, although additional structural support may be needed to improve perceived control over health information access and use.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Female Budgerigars Attend Equally to Rhythmic Beat or Repetition, While Humans Prioritize Their Combination 雌性虎皮鹦鹉同样注意有节奏的节拍或重复，而人类优先考虑它们的组合

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70389

Felix Haiduk, Daniel L. Bowling, Shahrzad Afroozeh, Jan Kopač, Mahin Azarian, Marisa Hoeschele

{"title":"Female Budgerigars Attend Equally to Rhythmic Beat or Repetition, While Humans Prioritize Their Combination","authors":"Felix Haiduk, Daniel L. Bowling, Shahrzad Afroozeh, Jan Kopač, Mahin Azarian, Marisa Hoeschele","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70389","url":null,"abstract":"Rhythm is an essential aspect of human music, typically characterized by temporal regularity of sound events and repetition of rhythmic patterns. One key biological trait for human rhythmic behavior is the ability to entrain movement to sound events, an ability possibly related to vocal production learning. Parrots share both of these crucial traits with humans. Budgerigars in particular can entrain to a beat, and female budgerigars, like humans, prefer rhythmic sounds. What remains unclear is whether this attraction to rhythm is based on the same features that are important in humans. If so, this could suggest shared mechanisms and/or functions. Using a three‐choice place preference paradigm for both species, we found that female, but not male, budgerigars preferred rhythmic over arrhythmic stimuli, with equal preference for repetition and regularity. Humans preferred stimuli containing a regular beat, with a tendency to prioritize the combination of regularity and repetition. We suggest that female budgerigar preferences are driven by features of budgerigar warble song displayed in courtship contexts, while humans are driven by group chorusing behavior. We discuss how differential behavioral exploitation of shared biological traits may have had different evolutionary consequences and offer suggestions for how these can be tested.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Pain Modulates Optimism‐Biased Belief Updating and Confidence 疼痛调节乐观偏见信念更新和信心

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-21 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70407

Penggeng Zhao, Cuizhen Liu

{"title":"Pain Modulates Optimism‐Biased Belief Updating and Confidence","authors":"Penggeng Zhao, Cuizhen Liu","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70407","url":null,"abstract":"Optimism‐biased belief updating—the tendency to update beliefs more strongly in response to desirable than undesirable news—is an important psychological resource for maintaining mental health. Here, we investigated whether pain modulates optimism bias and its underlying confidence‐weighted belief updating. Participants exposed to topical capsaicin (pain group) or Vaseline (control group) estimated and updated the probability of positive or negative life events and rated their confidence in the estimations. Results verified the optimism bias effect and further identified an optimism‐biased confidence phenomenon: confidence in first estimations negatively predicted belief updating. Furthermore, confidence in second estimates increased more significantly after receiving desirable information than undesirable information. Contrary to our hypothesis, we found no clear evidence that pain directly altered optimism‐biased updating; however, pain reduced the overall increase in confidence during the updating process. These findings elucidate a nuanced role of pain in shaping optimism‐biased confidence and may inform interventions that target metacognitive processes in pain management.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149009955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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