Pub Date : 2025-02-06DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101484
Elizabeth M Sachse , Alik S Widge
Cognitive flexibility, the capacity to adapt behaviors in response to changing environments, is impaired across mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, addiction, and obsessive–compulsive disorder. Cortico-striatal-cortical circuits are integral to cognition and goal-directed behavior, and disruptions in these circuits are linked to cognitive inflexibility in mental illnesses. We review evidence that neurostimulation of these circuits can improve cognitive flexibility and ameliorate symptoms and that this may be a mechanism of action of current clinical therapies. Furthermore, we discuss how animal models can offer insights into the mechanisms underlying cognitive flexibility and effects of neurostimulation. We review research from animal studies that may, if translated, yield better approaches to modulating flexibility. Future research should focus on refining definitions of cognitive flexibility, improving detection of impaired flexibility, and developing new methods for optimizing neurostimulation parameters. This could enhance neurostimulation therapies through more personalized treatments that leverage cognitive flexibility to improve patient outcomes.
{"title":"Neurostimulation to improve cognitive flexibility","authors":"Elizabeth M Sachse , Alik S Widge","doi":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101484","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101484","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cognitive flexibility, the capacity to adapt behaviors in response to changing environments, is impaired across mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, addiction, and obsessive–compulsive disorder. Cortico-striatal-cortical circuits are integral to cognition and goal-directed behavior, and disruptions in these circuits are linked to cognitive inflexibility in mental illnesses. We review evidence that neurostimulation of these circuits can improve cognitive flexibility and ameliorate symptoms and that this may be a mechanism of action of current clinical therapies. Furthermore, we discuss how animal models can offer insights into the mechanisms underlying cognitive flexibility and effects of neurostimulation. We review research from animal studies that may, if translated, yield better approaches to modulating flexibility. Future research should focus on refining definitions of cognitive flexibility, improving detection of impaired flexibility, and developing new methods for optimizing neurostimulation parameters. This could enhance neurostimulation therapies through more personalized treatments that leverage cognitive flexibility to improve patient outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56191,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101484"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143235655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101480
William J Bosl , Jenny R Capua Shenkar
Human consciousness emerges over time. From the moment of conception, a process of neurodevelopment and complexification begins, generating and supporting a neuroelectric field that can be quantified by computational methods from dynamical systems theory. In the early embryo, genetically driven cellular processes are mediated by endogenous electromagnetic fields and intrinsic electrical fields produced by migrating neurons. In the ambient cellular environment, these interactions influence each other, impacting neural migration. The emergence of Theory of Mind, often considered a hallmark of conscious awareness, is accompanied by increasing neural connectivity, neuroelectric field complexity, and more integrated information processing. Neurodegeneration in old age and the often-associated decline in conscious awareness correlate closely with changes in the dynamical complexity of the neuroelectric field. Monitoring trajectories of the neuroelectric field and its complexity changes through the lifespan presents a developmental perspective and empirical correlation for studying the emergence and decline of human consciousness.
{"title":"Dynamical measures of developing neuroelectric fields in emerging consciousness","authors":"William J Bosl , Jenny R Capua Shenkar","doi":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101480","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Human consciousness emerges over time. From the moment of conception, a process of neurodevelopment and complexification begins, generating and supporting a neuroelectric field that can be quantified by computational methods from dynamical systems theory. In the early embryo, genetically driven cellular processes are mediated by endogenous electromagnetic fields and intrinsic electrical fields produced by migrating neurons. In the ambient cellular environment, these interactions influence each other, impacting neural migration. The emergence of Theory of Mind, often considered a hallmark of conscious awareness, is accompanied by increasing neural connectivity, neuroelectric field complexity, and more integrated information processing. Neurodegeneration in old age and the often-associated decline in conscious awareness correlate closely with changes in the dynamical complexity of the neuroelectric field. Monitoring trajectories of the neuroelectric field and its complexity changes through the lifespan presents a developmental perspective and empirical correlation for studying the emergence and decline of human consciousness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56191,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 101480"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143152539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101475
Anandita Sabherwal , Gregg Sparkman
To address the multifaceted problem of climate change, individuals must perform a range of individual and collective actions. To aid this process, research has sought to understand behavioral spillover — how one action impacts the likelihood of performing other actions. Recent theorizing emphasizes environmental identity, social norms, and affect and efficacy as key psychological mechanisms underlying positive spillover. Yet, spillover effects remain small and heterogenous. This review posits that driving positive spillover at the scale needed to mitigate climate change requires social and societal scaffolding. Emergent research leverages collective processes, including interpersonal and social interactions and institutional practices, to further amplify these psychological mechanisms and bolster positive behavioral spillover. For instance, workplaces can prompt the internalization of in-role pro-environmental behavior, resulting in positive spillovers to advocacy and household behaviors. Embedding psychological processes of behavioral spillover within collective processes presents a promising avenue to drive spillover between individual and collective climate actions.
{"title":"A review of consistency in climate action: The role of social interactions and institutions in cultivating positive behavioral spillover","authors":"Anandita Sabherwal , Gregg Sparkman","doi":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101475","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101475","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To address the multifaceted problem of climate change, individuals must perform a range of individual and collective actions. To aid this process, research has sought to understand behavioral spillover — how one action impacts the likelihood of performing other actions. Recent theorizing emphasizes environmental identity, social norms, and affect and efficacy as key psychological mechanisms underlying positive spillover. Yet, spillover effects remain small and heterogenous. This review posits that driving positive spillover at the scale needed to mitigate climate change requires social and societal scaffolding. Emergent research leverages collective processes, including interpersonal and social interactions and institutional practices, to further amplify these psychological mechanisms and bolster positive behavioral spillover. For instance, workplaces can prompt the internalization of in-role pro-environmental behavior, resulting in positive spillovers to advocacy and household behaviors. Embedding psychological processes of behavioral spillover within collective processes presents a promising avenue to drive spillover between individual and collective climate actions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56191,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 101475"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143152540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101466
Tobias Brosch
This review summarizes the current state-of-the-art of our knowledge about group-based and collective emotions and their link to collective climate action. I first review the mechanisms underlying collective emotional phenomena, followed by a discussion of the role of emotions in psychological theories of collective action. Then, I survey the empirical literature on the link between emotions and collective climate action, including laboratory and online research as well as field studies with participants of real-world collective action. The evidence illustrates how group-based and collective emotions can override self-interested utility calculations and perceptions of individual powerlessness, help spread information about climate change, and increase group cohesion and identification, thus motivating collective climate action from policy support to participation in mass demonstrations and civil disobedience movements. Emotions also can reduce willingness to act, induce complacency, and emphasize and reinforce existing group divisions on the topic of climate change. To conclude, I discuss limitations and avenues for future research.
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Climate action includes a variety of efforts to address climate change and its impacts. The achievement of collective agreement by the public to engage in climate actions presents complexity, as it is influenced by political, ideological, and economic factors and faces resistance from powerful industries. With the progression of digitalisation, large amounts of user-generated data are available, opening new pathways to understand human behaviour in relation to climate action using artificial intelligence (AI). Integrating human knowledge and perception into AI systems via human-in-the-loop (HITL) frameworks can improve contextualised decision-making while mitigating biases. This review explores how HITL design can support AI for climate action at both micro- and macro-scale, especially synthesising instances where HITL systems provide a pathway for ethical alignment, integrating diverse human perspectives to ensure that AI-driven climate solutions respect cultural and social values.
{"title":"Enabling people-centric climate action using human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence: a review","authors":"Ramit Debnath , Nataliya Tkachenko , Malay Bhattacharyya","doi":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101482","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101482","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate action includes a variety of efforts to address climate change and its impacts. The achievement of collective agreement by the public to engage in climate actions presents complexity, as it is influenced by political, ideological, and economic factors and faces resistance from powerful industries. With the progression of digitalisation, large amounts of user-generated data are available, opening new pathways to understand human behaviour in relation to climate action using artificial intelligence (AI). Integrating human knowledge and perception into AI systems via human-in-the-loop (HITL) frameworks can improve contextualised decision-making while mitigating biases. This review explores how HITL design can support AI for climate action at both micro- and macro-scale, especially synthesising instances where HITL systems provide a pathway for ethical alignment, integrating diverse human perspectives to ensure that AI-driven climate solutions respect cultural and social values.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56191,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 101482"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143153216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101483
Sigrun I Korsching
Chemosensation is evolutionarily ancient but has split into separate taste and smell channels only much later in vertebrates and insects. Here, we focus on recent advances in understanding vertebrate olfaction. Progress has been made on several fronts, from establishing an ever more complete picture of olfactory receptor repertoires, including their allelic polymorphisms, to a better understanding of their evolutionary dynamics in various branches of the vertebrate phylogenetic tree. The ongoing deorphanization of olfactory receptors begins to allow investigations into evolution of their function. Mechanistic understanding of the highly specific, monogenic expression of olfactory receptors has seen large advances. Finally, internal sensing of metabolites by ectopically expressed olfactory receptors is an active field of research.
{"title":"Evolution of vertebrate olfactory receptor repertoires and their function","authors":"Sigrun I Korsching","doi":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2025.101483","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Chemosensation is evolutionarily ancient but has split into separate taste and smell channels only much later in vertebrates and insects. Here, we focus on recent advances in understanding vertebrate olfaction. Progress has been made on several fronts, from establishing an ever more complete picture of olfactory receptor repertoires, including their allelic polymorphisms, to a better understanding of their evolutionary dynamics in various branches of the vertebrate phylogenetic tree. The ongoing deorphanization of olfactory receptors begins to allow investigations into evolution of their function. Mechanistic understanding of the highly specific, monogenic expression of olfactory receptors has seen large advances. Finally, internal sensing of metabolites by ectopically expressed olfactory receptors is an active field of research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56191,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 101483"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143153218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101481
Paradeisios Alexandros Boulakis , Athena Demertzi
During wakefulness, the stream of thought is occasionally interrupted by moments when we cannot report any content, termed ‘mind-blanking’ (MB). As MB is a relatively unexplored mental state, we here examine how it relates to spontaneous thinking, namely, thought content and thought dynamics. By reviewing empirical studies on the neural correlates of MB, we first indicate that MB reports are mediated by variations in cortical and physiological arousal levels. In terms of thought content, we propose to view MB on a dimensional space representing content types, where MB is unrelated to any type of content. In terms of thought dynamics, we suggest conceptualizing MB as a moment during content transitioning or as a failure to transition across contents. Taken together, we suggest that MB has a unique place in the study of spontaneous thinking, and its inclusion can facilitate the isolation of the neural correlates of ongoing cognition.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101467
Kyle Fiore Law , Griffin Colaizzi , Stylianos Syropoulos
Anthropogenic climate change presents an intergenerational challenge, with its most severe impacts expected to affect future generations if current society fails to take action. Intergenerational psychology — specifically how people think about and care for future generations — has emerged as a critical driver of pro-environmental engagement, transcending demographic and ideological barriers. Insights from ethical philosophy, political philosophy, and behavioral economics further underscore the importance of intergenerational approaches in addressing environmental issues. We review the recent research on psychological interventions, legacy motivations, the principles of intergenerational responsibility, and behavior in economic games in the context of pro-environmental engagement. Broadly, this research has shown promise in promoting climate action across diverse populations through intergenerational framings. Importantly, intergenerational approaches not only inspire individual responsibility but also foster collective efforts toward sustainable solutions. Despite considerable emerging research, we point toward gaps in the literature for future research to address. Namely, there is a need for more research exploring the enduring impacts of intergenerational interventions using randomized controlled trials with longitudinal designs and examining their potential in promoting resilience and justice in the face of climate change. In sum, we conclude that addressing both climate change mitigation and adaptation through an intergenerational lens could be key to protecting the environment — not only for the present generation but also for the many future generations to come.
{"title":"Climate change is an intergenerational challenge that requires intergenerationally focused behavioral solutions","authors":"Kyle Fiore Law , Griffin Colaizzi , Stylianos Syropoulos","doi":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101467","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101467","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anthropogenic climate change presents an intergenerational challenge, with its most severe impacts expected to affect future generations if current society fails to take action. Intergenerational psychology — specifically how people think about and care for future generations — has emerged as a critical driver of pro-environmental engagement, transcending demographic and ideological barriers. Insights from ethical philosophy, political philosophy, and behavioral economics further underscore the importance of intergenerational approaches in addressing environmental issues. We review the recent research on psychological interventions, legacy motivations, the principles of intergenerational responsibility, and behavior in economic games in the context of pro-environmental engagement. Broadly, this research has shown promise in promoting climate action across diverse populations through intergenerational framings. Importantly, intergenerational approaches not only inspire individual responsibility but also foster collective efforts toward sustainable solutions. Despite considerable emerging research, we point toward gaps in the literature for future research to address. Namely, there is a need for more research exploring the enduring impacts of intergenerational interventions using randomized controlled trials with longitudinal designs and examining their potential in promoting resilience and justice in the face of climate change. In sum, we conclude that addressing both climate change mitigation and adaptation through an intergenerational lens could be key to protecting the environment — not only for the present generation but also for the many future generations to come.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56191,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 101467"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143153220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101463
Veronika Ringgold , Nicolas Rohleder
We provide readers with an overview of the literature on stress and resilience and their relationship to biomarkers of stress systems. We emphasize the need for precise definitions and operationalizations and the importance of considering the complexity of the stress and resilience constructs. Research on stress and resilience in conjunction with stress biomarkers is scarce, and longitudinal designs are lacking. However, some associations of stress biomarkers with resilience were found. These point toward a protective effect of resilience against the biological stress consequences. In this context, a clearer picture emerges for inflammation compared to cortisol. Finally, we point toward the need of longitudinal research, making use of sophisticated statistics and integration of individual perceptions into research designs. Future research is needed to map the complexity of stress and resilience, individually and in conjunction.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101468
Jordana W Composto
Addressing the global climate crisis requires expansive behavior change across domains. Behavioral science research has focused disproportionately on changing individual behavior in the home and as a consumer. This review focuses on individual behavior change in an organizational context (i.e., in the workplace) and the virtuous cycles that can emerge. By reviewing the recent literature on this topic, this review offers a multilevel framework that integrates individual, social, and organizational factors that shape pro-environmental behavior in the workplace. The literature has focused on the discrete effects of the individual, social, and organizational factors on behavior, and this review summarizes the main findings at each level. The review underscores the potential of organizational culture, including green human resource management and leadership, to foster systemic change. There is a paucity of research on the interlevel dynamics and the collective and temporal dynamics in this area. Future research is called upon to further develop and refine behavioral measurement tools in the organizational context.
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