Machine psychology for language models

Thilo Hagendorff, Ishita Dasgupta, Marcel Binz, Stephanie Chan, Andrew Lampinen, Jane X. Wang, Zeynep Akata, Eric Schulz

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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec1912
Published: 2026-10-30
Container: Science Advances
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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@article{allodium:10.1126/sciadv.aec1912,
  title = {Machine psychology for language models},
  author = {Thilo Hagendorff and Ishita Dasgupta and Marcel Binz and Stephanie Chan and Andrew Lampinen and Jane X. Wang and Zeynep Akata and Eric Schulz},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Science Advances},
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aec1912},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec1912}
}

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TI  - Machine psychology for language models
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AU  - Ishita Dasgupta
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AU  - Stephanie Chan
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AU  - Jane X. Wang
AU  - Zeynep Akata
AU  - Eric Schulz
PY  - 2026
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Hagendorff, T., Dasgupta, I., Binz, M., Chan, S., Lampinen, A., Wang, J. X., Akata, Z., & Schulz, E. (2026). Machine psychology for language models. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec1912

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