There is no specific guidance for gaining informed consent in research involving persons with disorders of consciousness, which creates inconsistencies for patients, surrogates, and researchers. To address these issues, a research workgroup developed a practical framework to clarify and standardize consent processes.

Young, M. J., Lalgudi Ganesan, S., Jox, R. J., Mazzeo, A. T., Rubin, M. A., Walter, J. K., Lewis, A., & (2026). Common Consent Elements for Research Involving Persons with Disorders of Consciousness (CCE-DOC). Neurocritical Care. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-026-02498-z   Rishi Ganesan

The source of individual differences in the ability to perceive a beat within rhythmic sequences is not fully understood. To examine this variability, researchers tested participant performance on single-interval, nonbeat sequence, and beat sequence timing tasks using both visual and auditory stimuli.

Mohammad Alipour, Z., Butler, B. E., & Grahn, J. A. (2026). Duration, Sequence and Beat Perception across Modalities. Multisensory Research, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10194   Jessica Grahn

Speech recordings used to assess mental conditions can be problematic because the speaker's own perspective on the recording context is often overlooked. This research examines personal accounts to understand the issue, including one individual's experience with a schizophrenia diagnosis that was shaped by an assessed speech sample.

Murthy, C., Zeljkovic, I., Ganesh, H., & Palaniyappan, L. (2026). “Are you recording this chat?” Experiential perspectives on audiovisual data collection in psychiatric care and research. Schizophrenia Research, 294, 164-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2026.04.025   Lena Palaniyappan

Researchers are investigating whether mispricing in asset markets is caused by traders misunderstanding an asset's value, or by them trying to profit from what they believe other traders misunderstand. To do this, they created a laboratory market with a declining-value asset and asked traders to forecast both its future cash flows and its future bid and ask prices.

Biondi, Y., Meijer, P., & Sooy, M. (2026). Understanding misunderstanding in experimental asset markets. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 244, 107470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107470   Matthew Sooy