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AI, Structural Power and Governance Fragmentation: A Systematic Review and the Geopolitical AI Power Framework

This article employs a systematic review of AI and international politics literature to critique the US-China rivalry focus, proposing the Geopolitical AI Power Framework (GAPF) to explain how structural power asymmetries, techno-nationalist fragmentation, and surveillance capitalism reinforce global governance fragmentation while highlighting the potential for semi-peripheral nations to mitigate these effects through strategic coordination.

Alfredo Merlet2026-10-12

📄 social science

Are you “the medicine”? Intention category and explicitness as predictors of perceived outcomes associated with psychedelic experiences

This study demonstrates that specific, explicit pre-drug intentions significantly predict positive psychedelic outcomes such as mystical experiences, emotional breakthroughs, and connectedness, while also developing a validated intention categorization model for future research.

Iryana Mosina, David Luke2026-10-12

📄 social science

Bridging evidence and practice through evaluative judgement

This paper argues that evaluative judgement serves as the critical bridge between evidence and practice, identifying four key explicative practices—illumination, introspection, intermediation, and interrogation—that enable individuals to form wise, defensible decisions across diverse domains.

Venessa Lee Wells, Simon Burgess2026-10-11

📄 social science

Procedural Legitimacy as an Emergent Property of Participatory Governance: The Systemic Procedural Legitimacy Framework

This study introduces the Systemic Procedural Legitimacy Framework (SPLF), which reconceptualizes procedural legitimacy as an emergent property of participatory governance systems defined by four interdependent dimensions, and validates through a multi-case analysis of Slovenian municipalities that legitimacy stems more from how participation connects to communication, feedback, and decision-making than from the mere existence of participatory mechanisms.

Vasja Roblek, Mirjana Pejic Bach2026-10-11

📄 social science

Less moulage, more ‘magic’? - exploring participant experiences of immersion in simulation-based education

This qualitative study reveals that immersion in simulation-based education is less dependent on physical realism and more on a collective accomplishment driven by imagination, trust, coherent storytelling, and shared participation, suggesting educators should view simulation as a "magic circle" to better foster engagement.

Charlotte Alexander, Eve Purdy, Greta Askin, Christy Noble, Victoria Brazil2026-10-11

📄 social science

From Space Gene to Governance Instrument: Rule Translation for Adaptive Rural Renewal

This paper proposes a rule-based governance framework that translates identified rural "space genes" into adaptive renewal instruments through a structured process of attribute coding, value-risk diagnosis, and multi-scale rule embedding, thereby enabling the preservation of local spatial order while facilitating sustainable rural development.

chang liu, ying zhou2026-10-11

📄 social science

A Psychometric Analysis of the Chinese Version of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire Among Adolescents in Chinese Mainland

This study validates the psychometric properties of a revised simplified Chinese version of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q-Ch) among adolescents in mainland China, confirming its reliability, validity, and measurement invariance across age and gender groups as a robust tool for assessing social camouflaging.

Shihuan Gao, Jingjing Liao, Ruolan Li, Yanjie Su2026-10-11

📄 social science

Formation of irrational set in groups with different intuitive thinking styles

This study demonstrates that individuals with a stronger intuitive thinking style are significantly more susceptible to forming irrational sets in response to manipulated expectations, whereas those relying on rational thinking are less vulnerable, though such sets can be induced in all individuals.

Ding Yao, Ganshin Sergei2026-10-11

📄 social science

Maladaptive Personality Traits and Problematic Pornography Use: Cross-Sectional Serial Indirect Associations Through Personality Functioning and Emotional Avoidance

This cross-sectional study of 591 adults in Tehran suggests that maladaptive personality traits are indirectly associated with problematic pornography use through a serial pathway involving impaired personality functioning and emotional avoidance motives, a relationship that persists even after accounting for measurement overlap between the constructs.

Peyman MamSharifi¹, Sahar Zandpil², Noushiravan Mohammadi³2026-10-11

📄 social science

Emotional distress predicts later problematic digital use in adolescents

This study analyzing data from Chinese and UK adolescent cohorts reveals that emotional distress predicts later problematic digital use, while highlighting distinct psychological drivers for usage duration and emphasizing the need to differentiate between problematic symptoms and time spent on digital platforms.

Jing Zhang, Ling Zhang, Xizhe Zhang2026-10-11

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