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Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X2610510X

Marina Dubova, Sabina J Sloman

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Multimodality as a safeguard of honesty in communication and language: from Animals to Humans. 多模态作为沟通和语言诚实的保障：从动物到人类。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2026-03-05 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X26105093

Severine B S W Hex, Erin S Isbilen, Morten H Christiansen, Daniel I Rubenstein

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Explaining the paradoxical effects of poverty on risk taking: The Desperation Threshold Model. 解释贫困对风险承担的矛盾影响：绝望阈值模型。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X26104567

Benoît de Courson, Willem E Frankenhuis, Daniel Nettle

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A new algorithm of human attention - ERRATUM. 一种新的人类注意算法——勘误。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X25104524

Mario Belledonne, Ilker Yildirim

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'Our Roots Run Deep': Historical Myths as Culturally Evolved Technologies for Coalitional Recruitment - CORRIGENDUM. “我们的根深”：历史神话作为文化进化的技术联合招聘-勘误。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X25103968

Amine Sijilmassi, Lou Safra, Nicolas Baumard

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Is feminism capable of slowing down life history strategies? - ERRATUM. 女权主义能够减缓生活史策略吗？——错误。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X2510397X

Konrad Szocik

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Mental abstraction aids group cohesion in large social networks. 心理抽象有助于大型社会网络中的群体凝聚力。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X25100514

Yi-Fei Hu, Alice Xia, Oriel FeldmanHall

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Primates' social cognitive bonding mechanisms are more complex than we thought, yet not quite human-lessons from great ape triadic social bonding. 灵长类动物的社会认知联系机制比我们想象的要复杂得多，但与类人猿三元社会联系的人类经验不同。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X2510054X

Wouter Wolf

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What human trust networks reveal about cognitive mechanisms of group cohesion in primates. 人类信任网络揭示灵长类动物群体凝聚力的认知机制。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X25101465

Cristina Acedo-Carmona, Antoni Gomila

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Cognitive perception of social stress as a critical mechanistic control of mood and mood-related brain signals. 社会压力的认知知觉是控制情绪和情绪相关大脑信号的关键机制。

IF 13.7 1区心理学

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X25100496

Henrik Jörntell

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