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ReviewNature human behaviour2025

A unified framework integrating psychology and geography.

Friedrich M Götz, Daniel R Montello, Michael E W Varnum, Davide Luca, Douglas T Kenrick

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Review in Nature human behaviour, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Friedrich M GötzDepartment of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. friedrich.goetz@ubc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8900-6844
Daniel R MontelloDepartment of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Michael E W VarnumDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Davide LucaDepartment of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1156-9740
Douglas T KenrickDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. douglas.kenrick@asu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-2758

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada) 435-2024-0071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We do not live in a vacuum. Everything humans do, think and feel is embedded within geography, which itself is interpreted, understood and modified by humans. Although it is thus conceptually obvious that psychology and geography need one another to fulfil their mandates, integrating them has been empirically challenging. To remedy this, we propose the unifying Geographical-Psychological Interactionist Framework. This framework features three axes (that is, geography, psychology, and geography-psychology interactions). Each axis hosts overarching classes (for example, human, physical and spatial geographical variables) and specific instances thereof (for example, climate and distance). As such, our framework provides: (1) a systematic taxonomy of the general interplay between geography and psychology; (2) a precise vocabulary with which to categorize specific interactions; and (3) a straightforward tool to inspire concrete and testable hypotheses. We conclude by positioning our conceptual framework in relation to existing theories and discuss next steps towards an interdisciplinary future at the nexus of psychology and geography.

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PsychologyGeographyHumans

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