Psychology articles from across Nature Portfolio

Users often overestimate the accuracy of large language models (LLMs). A new approach examines user perceptions and finds that aligning LLM explanations with the models’ internal confidence improves user perception.

Some voices are instantly recognizable, whereas others are easily forgotten — regardless of how well known the person behind them is. In an experimental study, Revsine and colleagues report consistency in the vocal identities that are remembered or forgotten by listeners, which suggests universal principles that determine what makes a voice memorable.

Implementing a performance-rating system with a two-point scale instead of a five-point scale could be an easy way to temper racial prejudices and tangibly improve income equality for workers from under-represented groups.

A series of three studies provide evidence in infants for function application, the essence of compositionality, emerging before and outside the development of compositional language.

From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming strategies.

First-generation students have unique needs, which can be amplified when they enter graduate programmes. Faculty members and other academic staff need to be aware of the needs of this population and how to support them.

Users often overestimate the accuracy of large language models (LLMs). A new approach examines user perceptions and finds that aligning LLM explanations with the models’ internal confidence improves user perception.