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Ontological confusion reconsidered: Introducing the new Ontological Confusion Scale
Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2025. Vol. 39. No. 6. Article e70150.
Ontological confusion refers to a cognitive error involving the misclassification of entities across distinct ontological domains—physical, biological, mental, and moral. While previous research links it to paranormal and pseudoscientific beliefs, existing measures—most notably the Core Knowledge Confusions (CKC) scale—suffer from conceptual ambiguity and cultural limitations. This paper introduces the Ontological Confusion Scale (OCS), designed to address these issues by evaluating seven types of ontological misclassification. Across two studies (N = 354 and N = 550), OCS demonstrates a robust unidimensional structure, high internal consistency, and strong convergent and discriminant validity. The scale predicts a range of unfounded beliefs, while outperforming CKC and belief in a just world in explaining unique variance. These findings support a broader view of ontological confusion as a general cognitive tendency underlying intuitive but erroneous reasoning across domains. OCS provides a reliable, culturally adaptable tool for research on belief formation and epistemic vulnerability.
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Musical notation has enjoyed universal recognition for centuries, whereas dance notation has remained comparatively underdeveloped and conceptually challenging. As a kinetic and embodied art form, dance requires a system of notation capable of reflecting its visual, affective, and technical dimensions while at the same time meeting the normative demands of stage practice. The first serious ...
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Obukhov A., Маерле М. А., Минаева Е. И., Исследователь/Researcher 2025 № 3-4 С. 282–299
The article presents a preliminary synthesis of materials from an expedition conducted in the Ulyunkhan ulus, an Evenk
settlement in the Kurumkansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, in 2025, comparing them with materials from a 2005 expedition. The study focuses on the changes over the past twenty years as perceived by the local residents themselves (Buryats and Evenks). It compares ...
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Paramonov A. A., Вопросы философии 2025 № 7 С. 39–45
The article is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Elena Arkadyevna
Mamchur, one of the leading Russian philosophers and methodologists of science,
whose works have already become recognized classics of the Russian
philosophy of science. The author draws attention to the wide spectrum
of E.A. Mamchur’s research, covering the processes of formation and development
of scientific knowledge ...
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Obukhov A., Кириллова К. Б., Исследователь/Researcher 2025 № 3-4 С. 26–48
This article investigates the phenomenon of enduring informal multi-age communities contributing to adolescent upbringing. The conditions for the establishment and the factors ensuring the endurance of such communities are identified through the example of three organizations: the “Nadezhda” unit, the Children and Youth Organization “Ostrov Sokrovishch” (Treasure Island), and the “Karavella” (Caravel) unit. As for ...
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Zolotukhin V. V., Ишрак: ежегодник исламской философии 2026 Т. 4 № 1 С. 36–47
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Kudriavtseva E., / РЦИС. Серия № 0148-756-286. 2026.
The content of the work is the system is a system for identifying four types of written speech structures. A set of 11 calculated parameters, statistical standards, and semantic characteristics allows for the identification of a text's structure as the result of a specific cognitive schema (scene, event, story, evaluation). The method has been verified ...
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Arakawa S., Социология 2026 № 4 С. 298–302
It is well known that Gyōnen, a monk of the Kegon school, was also deeply connected with the Ritsu (Vinaya) tradition. Moreover, the Vinaya occupied such an important place in his thought that he devoted special works to it. However, Japanese Buddhism has often been described as existing without strict Vinaya observance, and the Ritsu ...
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СПб.: Международный институт развития когнитивно-поведенческой терапии, 2026.
This collection of scientific articles addresses current issues and modern developments in cognitive-behavioral therapy in clinical psychology, psychotherapy, coaching, and related fields. ...
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Vorchik A., / SSRN. Серия Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026.
This work is devoted to a theoretical explanation of the Easterlin paradox, according to which long-term economic growth does not make average level of people's happiness increasing. By happiness, we mean the intensity of emotions people experience while comparing their new income with its expected value, or the target income with its original value. In the first case, ...
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Данный выпуск сборника студенческих статей .Восточная перспектива. включает в себя статьи победителей и призеров XI Международной научной студенческой конференции "Восточная перспектива", состоявшейся 18 мая 2024 года. В 2024 году на конференцию было подано 115 заявок, офлайн и онлайн в конференции приняли участие докладчики и слушатели из различных вузов России и ближнего и дальнего Зарубежья. ...
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М.: ООО «Адвансед солюшнз», 2026.
Данный выпуск сборника студенческих статей «Восточная перспектива» включает в себя статьи победителей и призеров X Международной научной студенческой конференции «Восточная перспектива», состоявшейся 15 апреля 2023 года. Юбилейная конференция стала знаковым событием для студентов различных подразделений НИУ ВШЭ и других вузов России, занимающихся подготовкой востоковедческих кадров. ...
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Ван Г., Торопова А. В., Музыкальное искусство и образование 2025 Т. 13 № 4 С. 73–91
Contemporary vocal pedagogy faces a complex set of methodological challenges that encompass not only the search for ways to improve technical vocal skills for the realization of artistic vision, but also the development of self-control and self-regulation in future singers, as well as the entire creative process. A successful artist cannot function without the ability ...
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Kazantseva A. V., A.V. Toropova, Khusnutdinova E. K. et al., ВАВИЛОВСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ ГЕНЕТИКИ И СЕЛЕКЦИИ, Федеральный исследовательский центр Институт цитологии и генетики Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук» (ИЦиГ СО РАН) (Новосибирск) 2025 Vol. 30 No. 3 P. 470–481
The development of musical abilities, including absolute pitch, musical memory, rhythm sense, and musicality, at a high degree is determined by a hereditary component (up to 68 %). The studies implementing a genome-wide linkage and association approach to musical aptitude have revealed more than 100 genetic loci. This spectrum is comprised of the genes encoding ...
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Давидович А. С., Shestakova A., Arzumanyan N. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Vol. 17 - 2026 P. 1–18
Background:
Delay discounting refers to the tendency to choose sooner, smaller rewards over larger, later rewards. Many previous studies link this tendency positively to reward sensitivity, yet the specific mechanisms behind this association remain poorly understood. Reward sensitivity may relate to delay discounting through at least three possible pathways: increased sensitivity to reward size, increased sensitivity ...
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Kolachev N., Kovaleva G., Behavior Genetics 2026
Functional literacy—the ability to apply reading, mathematical, and scientific knowledge in authentic contexts as operationalized by the PISA framework—is a key predictor of educational attainment, labour-market outcomes, and economic growth. Despite extensive behavioral-genetic research on cognitive ability, the heritability of competency-based literacy measures remains largely unexamined, particularly outside Western populations. The present study addresses this ...
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Dorri Sedeh S., Kosonogov V., Kerimova N. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Vol. 17 Article 1710257
Introduction:
As cities continue to grow, access to natural environments is becoming more limited, contributing to increased stress levels in urban populations. Panoramic 360° videos provide a creative and scalable means of simulating natural environments, potentially reducing stress in city residents under controlled settings. Here, we examined whether short immersive experiences in different urban environments support ...
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Kochetkova E., Kostanian D., Martynova O. et al., Brain Topography 2026 Vol. 39 No. 4 Article 51
Letter recognition is assumed to involve several levels of analysis, including coarse tuning for category and novelty and more fine tuning for specific features, related to letter orientation. We employed an oddball fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS) paradigm with magnetoencephalography (Elekta VectorView, 306 sensors) to study neural discrimination responses in the source space. Using contrasts ...
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Nebolsin D., Логос 2026 Т. 36 № 1 С. 113–134
The article addresses the problem of theorizing the relationship between sound and visuality on the material of the more specific topics of recorded sound and visual image. The text is organized as a playlist: throughout the eight sound examples, it identifies the concepts of current image theory that are relevant for theoretical problems of sound ...
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Zaikin A., Sviridov I., Sosedka A. et al., Technologies 2026 Vol. 14 No. 2 Article 84
High-dimensional tabular data are common in biomedical and clinical research, yet conventional machine learning methods often struggle in such settings due to data scarcity, feature redundancy, and limited generalization. In this study, we systematically evaluate Synolitic Graph Neural Networks (SGNNs), a framework that transforms high-dimensional samples into sample-specific graphs by training ensembles of low-dimensional pairwise ...
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Бережная М. А., Novikova A., Кирия И. В., КноРус, 2026.
The aesthetics of journalism is substantiated as a necessary component in the professional training of specialists in audiovisual media. The factors and trends of historical and current changes in the aesthetics of journalism are presented, and the aesthetic practices of audiovisual journalism are characterized in terms of their social functioning. Criteria for aesthetic evaluation are ...
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Samoilov O., Tatarko A., Вопросы теоретической экономики 2026 № 2 С. 209–228
The article presents a theoretical review of literature from the last ten years devoted to the analysis of socio-psychological factors of trust in artificial intelligence. The widespread adoption of automated artificial intelligence systems, which is associated with expected economic growth, reduced resource costs, and the optimization of various work processes, often faces user distrust in ...
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Микляева А. В., Samoilov O., Социальная психология и общество 2024 Т. 15 № 4 С. 154–171
Objective. The analysis of social beliefs and the foundations for moral choice as predictors of the civic identity of adolescents. Background. Despite the expressed interest of researchers in the patterns of formation of civic identity in adolescence, at this stage there is no unambiguous data on the influence of social beliefs and foundations for moral ...
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Toribio-Florez D., Altenmüller M., Douglas K. et al., European Journal of Social Psychology 2025 Vol. 55 No. 7 P. 1252–1269
Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to perceptions of collective victimhood. We adopt an individual perspective on victimhood by investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and the individual disposition to perceive and react to injustice as a victim (i.e., victim justice sensitivity; VJS). Data from two German samples (Ns = 370,373) indicated a positive association between ...
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Maksimenko A., Загладина А. Р., Дейнека О. С., Психология и право 2025 Т. 15 № 3 С. 224–239
Context and relevance. In the context of the persistent spread of corrupt practices, which pose a threat both to the functioning of state institutions and to public trust, there is an increasing need to analyze not only institutional, legal, and economic, but also psychological factors that contribute to their reproduction. In recent years, growing attention in ...
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