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{"title":"The case for value as a common currency in decision-making and intersystem competition.","authors":"Chandra Sripada","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1767189","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1767189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inspired by economic theory, theorists in neuroeconomics and related areas of cognitive science contend that value serves as a common currency for selection among options. Although support for the view has grown over three decades, critics have recently raised serious concerns. They argue that there are a number of pathways to action that bypass value; dissimilar psychological systems do not share a common value currency; and the view cannot accommodate well documented kinds of \"irrationality,\" such as context effects. This article offers a systematic response. Key refinements are made to the common currency view, distinguishing common currencies that operate at two phases (decision-phase and learning-phase) and at two levels (options-level and meta-level). A further distinction is made between mechanistic common currency models utilized in cognitive science and axiomatic common currency models associated with expected utility theory and utilized in economics. These refinements help address the criticisms and yield a more nuanced understanding of the role of value in human decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1767189"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281118/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148311090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influences of dynamic and static retrieval cues on memory for events.","authors":"Megan S Smithwick, Alan W Kersten, Kevin P Darby, Julie L Earles","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1714095","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1714095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior research on recognition memory has commonly used static cues (e.g., images) to evaluate familiarity-based item memory and recollection-based associative memory. Dynamic cues (e.g., videos) offer spatiotemporal information that may alter retrieval processes. In the present study, we examined how retrieval cue type (images vs. videos) and presentation duration affect memory accuracy and reaction times (RTs). Participants (<i>N</i> = 188) encoded video clips of actors performing actions. At retrieval, they viewed images or videos for a short (733 ms) or long (1,466 ms) duration. Test items included old (intact actor-action pairings) and conjunction (recombined actor-action pairings) items to evaluate associative memory, and new actor (unfamiliar actor, familiar action) and new action (familiar actor, unfamiliar action) items to assess item memory. Analyses of memory performance revealed that videos at retrieval facilitated the rejection of new action items, while simultaneously promoting a greater tendency to endorse new actor items compared to images. A hierarchical ex-Gaussian model indicated that short viewing durations at retrieval led to slower average RTs and increased the frequency of very long RTs, whereas static image cues were associated with greater RT variability and increased the prevalence of prolonged memory searches. Longer viewing durations reduced the occurrence of extended memory searches for associative decisions, particularly for conjunction items. Dynamic and static retrieval cues thus differentially influenced the familiarity of individual features of an event, whereas the associative binding of those features was primarily influenced by stimulus duration, regardless of whether those stimuli were static or dynamic.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1714095"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148310935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Curiosity in younger and older adults: the relationship between information value and memory.","authors":"Michelle E Hirsch, William Fisher, Andrée-Ann Cyr","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1715793","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1715793","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Curiosity is a fundamental drive experienced throughout the lifespan. Beyond its health benefits, curiosity is associated with enhanced memory: Greater curiosity about information predicts improved recall in both younger and older adults. Recent work indicates that not only curiosity but also satisfaction with information and information prediction errors (IPEs)-the discrepancy between curiosity and satisfaction-can influence memory. However, less is known about how aging influences these affective variables.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, younger and older adults viewed trivia questions and rated their curiosity to learn the answers and their confidence in their knowledge of the answer. After the answer was shown, participants rated how satisfying they found it.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No age differences were observed: Across both age groups, confidence, satisfaction, and IPEs similarly predicted recall memory. In contrast, curiosity did not predict better recall memory in either age group, suggesting that satisfaction with information and IPEs play a more central role in learning trivia answers.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Overall, these findings show that pre- and post-information evaluations work cooperatively and independently to support memory across the lifespan.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1715793"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281121/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148311179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temporal variability in pupillary asymmetry reflects ADHD-related traits in preschool and early school-aged children.","authors":"Sou Nobukawa, Isshu Wakita, Aya Shirama, Shingo Ofuchi, Ayumu Ueno, Kohei Okamoto, Hina Nishimura, Masahide Seto, Ayaka Yamauchi, Shuji Igawa, Tomiki Sumiyoshi","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1781233","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1781233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often emerges in early childhood; however, objective validated biomarkers for its early detection remain limited. In this study, we aimed to identify pupil-based candidate physiological markers (i.e., physiological correlates) associated with ADHD-related traits in preschool- and early school-aged children. To this end, we recorded the pupil diameters of typically developing children without an ADHD diagnosis during a simple fixation task. From these data, we extracted multiple features, including the mean pupil size, temporal variability, and interocular asymmetry in both magnitude and variability. ADHD-related tendencies were assessed using the ADHD Rating Scale-5. Among the features analyzed, only the temporal variability of interocular asymmetry (VarLRdiff) showed a significant positive correlation with ADHD Rating Scale-5 total and subscale scores. This association likely reflects the combined effects of immature autonomic regulation and functional asymmetry in the neural circuits involving the locus coeruleus. In contrast, other pupil-based indices showed no significant correlations, potentially because of developmental ceiling effects and the short evaluation duration. These findings suggest that VarLRdiff may serve as a promising candidate physiological marker of ADHD-related traits in young children, requiring further validation. Future studies incorporating longer recordings, advanced analytical methods, and evaluation of test-retest stability, as well as longitudinal follow-up, are warranted to evaluate its potential utility for early screening, pending clinical and longitudinal validation.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1781233"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281042/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148311020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender identity impacts the perception of vocal congruence.","authors":"Chiara De Livio, Claudia Mazzuca, Chiara Fini, Anna M Borghi","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1638501","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1638501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated vocal congruence, i.e., the alignment between self-voice perception and the sense of identity, across cisgender and transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) participants (<i>N</i> = 44) in three conditions: Silent Reading, Reading Aloud, and Listening to recorded speech. Results revealed that TGNC participants reported significantly lower vocal congruence than cisgender participants across all experimental conditions, with the starkest difference in conditions where auditory feedback was present. This experience of incongruence appears to be modulated by interoceptive sensibility and alexithymia, with TGNC individuals reporting lower interoceptive trust and higher levels of alexithymia. Emotional awareness was positively linked to inner-voice congruence in the TGNC group. Additionally, aspects related to gender-minority stress predicted lower congruence. These findings highlight the complex interplay between gender identity, interoception, emotion regulation strategies, and voice perception.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1638501"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281043/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148310899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the stability of tactical learning in youth footballers: the contribution of a metacognitive double-pass method.","authors":"Dimitri Acoumambo, Bachir Zoudji, Hatem Belhouchet","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1664983","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1664983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The stability of tactical learning in youth football remains insfficiently explored. This study examined players' explicit recognition of taught tactical content and the short-term stability of these judgements using a metacognitive double-pass (DP) method. A total of 225 youth footballers (U-13, U-15, U-18; <i>n</i> = 75 per group) completed both a single-pass (SP) and a delayed double-pass DP assessment across 40 standardized animated tactical scenarios. Results revealed a clear decline from SP to DP, suggesting overestimation in immediate (SP) judgements. Although stability improved with age, it did not approach high declarative integration, even in U-18s. These findings support the use of DP method as a conservative indicator of declarative accessibility and underline the importance of instruction that fosters guided verbalisation, reflective practice, and metacognitive monitoring. The double-pass approch thus appears to be a valuable tool for refining formative assessment in sport contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1664983"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148311094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Cognitive load-dependent effects of HD-tDCS on the executive vigilance decrement: insights from aperiodic EEG activity.","authors":"Klara Hemmerich, Juan Lupiáñez, Elisa Martín-Arévalo, Roi Cohen Kadosh","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1813340","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1813340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fcogn.2025.1677285.].</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1813340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281144/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148311105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of language context on inter-brain synchrony in bilingual families.","authors":"Efstratia Papoutselou, Nivetha Saravanan, Guangting Mai, Samantha Harrison, Hilal Dogan Sezer, Douglas Hartley","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2025.1695132","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2025.1695132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Bilingualism is increasingly common in families worldwide, yet bilingual individuals remain underrepresented in developmental neuroscience research. In simultaneous bilingualism, children typically acquire two languages simultaneously from birth, while their parents tend to learn the societal language later in life. These differences in language acquisition may influence how parents and children communicate, particularly when interacting in a second language. Neural synchrony, the temporal alignment of brain activity between individuals, has emerged as a key mechanism underlying social connection, communication, and learning in early development. However, little is known about how language choice affects neural synchrony in bilingual parent-child interactions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning to simultaneously record brain activity from 15 bilingual mother-child dyads during naturalistic play. Each dyad completed three conditions: collaborative play in the mother's native language, collaborative play in English (the mother's second language), and independent play. Neural activity was recorded from the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and temporoparietal junction (TPJ), regions associated with social cognition, joint attention, and mentalising. Families took part in a naturalistic free play paradigm, allowing them to interact in a comfortable and ecologically valid manner.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both native- and English-language play elicited significantly greater neural synchrony across the PFC and the TPJ than independent play, validating the use of naturalistic free play paradigms. No significant overall differences emerged between native and English play, indicating that bilingual dyads maintain inter-brain coupling across languages when both partners are proficient. Exploratory analyses suggested a trend toward higher child-directed synchrony in English play and age-related trends in mother-directed synchrony; however, these effects did not reach statistical significance.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our findings show that bilingualism does not compromise mother-child neural synchrony, supporting the inclusion of linguistically diverse families in developmental neuroscience. They underscore the value of naturalistic paradigms and highlight the need for future research on language proficiency, partner familiarity, and behavioral correlates of synchrony. This work highlights the importance of studying bilingual families in ecologically valid contexts to better understand how language use influences neural coupling in early development.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"4 ","pages":"1695132"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148310954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cognitive mapping to decode farmers' mindsets in agricultural decision-making: a systematic review.","authors":"Arunachalam Panchatcharam SriVidhya, Paul J Mansingh","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1686530","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1686530","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Farmers decision-making processes are critical to the implementation of technologies and climate-resilient sustainable practices. These decisions are subject to complex thinking processes, which include risk perception and belief systems. This systematic review explains the decision-making process of farmers, through cognitive mapping. Moreover, it examines mental models, perception, belief system and cause-effect relationship of farmers with particular attention given to their behavior and practices.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research adopted the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) framework. It utilized Scopus and Web of Science databases to retrieve 80 articles. The main aim was to identify research trends and gaps through bibliometric analysis and the TCCM framework by focusing on major theories, contexts, characteristics, and methodologies of agricultural cognitive-mapping research.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The major trends identified in this study are risk perception in agricultural economics, climatic change, technology adoption, conservative agricultural and sustainability. The major stakeholders considered included farmers (cattle, pig, rice, and date farmers), extension agents, policymakers, NGOs, rural households, agro-industries, technology providers, and the holders of indigenous knowledge. There are still major gaps in understanding the psychological and cognitive processes underlying the decisions of farmers: longitudinal studies are limited, the role of gender is not studied thoroughly, particularly in the conditions of climate-change effects and policy shifts.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Though, the mental model, perceptions, and belief systems have a significant impact on agricultural decision-making, there are still gaps in the comprehension of psychological and cognitive mechanisms involved since it is a persistent problem in the agricultural decision-making process. Future studies must incorporate the behavioral psychology, mixed-methods and cross-cultural research designs to develop integrated models that support agricultural sustainability and resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1686530"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281049/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148311058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A quantum probabilistic framework for reasoning coherence under contextual variability.","authors":"Geoffrey Whittle-Walls","doi":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1727891","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fcogn.2026.1727891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human reasoning is traditionally modeled through rational-order frameworks that assume stability, separability, and coherence. Yet across judgment, valuation, perception, and social decision-making, empirical work consistently reveals patterned violations of these assumptions. These deviations intensify in real-world contexts shaped by institutional constraints, identity commitments, and collective narratives, where reasoning must navigate incompatible interpretive frames and interdependent evaluative pressures. Existing theories typically treat such phenomena as noise, bias, or bounded rationality, leaving no formal account of how rational-order rules interact with the variability inherent in social domains. This article proposes a structural framework that explains why these two regimes diverge and how their interaction produces systematic mismatches. Building on quantum probability theory, not as a physical metaphor but as a representational tool, it formalizes evaluative states that remain indeterminate until elicited, transform under contextual modulation, and become relationally coupled across agents and domains. Whereas, existing quantum-cognition models primarily address task-level effects such as conjunction errors or order dependence, this framework scales quantum principles to socially and institutionally embedded reasoning. The account identifies contradiction, interference, entanglement, and resolution as recurrent properties of real-world cognition and shows how quantum formalisms provide a coherent vocabulary for capturing these phenomena. To support cumulative progress, the article outlines a research agenda with empirically testable designs for distinguishing incompatible bases, assessing inseparability, modeling context-driven transformations, and integrating multi-level reasoning environments. This program positions quantum and classical approaches within a unified architecture and advances a broader science of reasoning.</p>","PeriodicalId":94013,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Cognition","volume":"5 ","pages":"1727891"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13281228/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148311034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}