Psychology and behaviour

Psychology and behaviour is the study of human thought and action, both individually and collectively. It includes the way that people respond to particular situations and stimuli.

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Reviews | 06 February 2019 | open

Occurrence and public-perceived risk of endocrine disrupting compounds in drinking water
- Sze Yee Wee
- & Ahmad Zaharin Aris
npj Clean Water 2, 4
Research | 04 February 2019 | open

Schizophrenia risk factors in exceptional achievers: a re-analysis of a 60-year-old database
- Andrei Szöke
- , Baptiste Pignon
- & Franck Schürhoff
Scientific Reports 9, 1294
Research | 31 January 2019 | open

Positive interactions may decrease cooperation in social dilemma experiments
- Lucas Wardil
- , Ivair R. Silva
- & Jafferson K. L. da Silva
Scientific Reports 9, 1017
Research | 11 January 2019 | open

Feasible future global scenarios for human life evaluations

Traditional studies of subjective well-being explain national differences using social and economic proxy variables. Here the authors build on this approach to estimate how global human well-being might evolve over the next three decades, and find that changes in social factors could play a much larger role than changes in economic outcomes.
- Christopher Barrington-Leigh
- & Eric Galbraith
Nature Communications 10, 161
Research | 22 November 2018 | open

Historical translocations by Māori may explain the distribution and genetic structure of a threatened surf clam in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
- Philip M. Ross
- , Matthew A. Knox
- , Shade Smith
- , Huhana Smith
- , James Williams
- & Ian D. Hogg
Scientific Reports 8, 17241
Research | 18 September 2018 | open

Reply to ‘Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission’
- Alberto Acerbi
- , Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen
- , Daniel B. M. Haun
- & Claudio Tennie
Scientific Reports 8, 14016

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News and Views | 14 January 2019

General and specific motivations

Climate change adaptation encompasses a wide range of behaviours in response to a variety of short- and long-term risks. Now meta-analyses identify which motivational factors are consistent predictors of adaptation action, and which are more context-specific.
- Andrea Louise Taylor
Nature Climate Change 9, 89-90
Comments and Opinion | 14 December 2018

Bridging behavioural science–policy gaps

Toby Park leads the Energy and Sustainability work at the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and talks with us about joint research agendas, co-production and communication of results.
- Aiora Zabala
Nature Sustainability 1, 728-729
Research Highlights | 29 October 2018

Pay now or pay more later
- Jenn Richler
Nature Climate Change 8, 940
Editorial | 15 October 2018

Sustainable agriculture

Achieving food security is possible, if we better understand the complexity of the agricultural system and re-design practices accordingly.

Nature Sustainability 1, 531
Research Highlights | 15 October 2018

Confusing disposal information
- Aiora Zabala
Nature Sustainability 1, 532
Editorial | 08 October 2018

What works for behaviour change?

Three research articles in this issue tackle behaviour change for health and energy conservation.

Nature Human Behaviour 2, 709

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