Behavioral consequences of second-person pronouns in written communications between authors and reviewers of scientific papers

Abstract Pronoun usage’s psychological underpinning and behavioral consequence have fascinated researchers, with much research attention paid to second-person pronouns like “you,” “your,” and “yours.” While these pronouns’ effects are understood in many contexts, their role in bilateral, dynamic con...

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Main Authors: Zhuanlan Sun, C. Clark Cao, Sheng Liu, Yiwei Li, Chao Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44515-1