A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science

Stefan Feuerriegel; Christopher Barrie; M. J. Crockett; Laura K. Globig; Killian L. McLoughlin; Dan Mircea Mirea; Arthur Spirling; Diyi Yang; Tim Althoff; Maria Antoniak; Lisa P. Argyle; Ashwini Ashokkumar; Mohammad Atari; Hannah Bailey; Kevin Bauer; Umang Bhatt; Yidong Chai; Tanmoy Chakraborty; Yanto Chandra; Huimin Chen; Hal Daumé; Gianmarco De Francisci Morales; Morteza Dehghani; Danica Dillion; Johannes C. Eichstaedt; Kerstin Forster; Dominique Geissler; Kurt Gray; Thomas L. Griffiths; Hartmann Jochen; Oliver P. Hauser; James K. He; Rahul Hemrajani; Felix Holzmeister; Angel Hsing Chi Hwang; Tiancheng Hu; Anna A. Ivanova; Nils Köbis; Yara Kyrychenko; Himabindu Lakkaraju; Jia Liu; Abdurahman Maarouf; Sebastian Maier; Lennart Meincke; Rada Mihalcea; Brent Mittelstadt; Saif M. Mohammad; Mor Naaman; Oded Netzer; Alice Oh; Desmond C. Ong; Francesco Pierri; Barbara Plank; Iyad Rahwan; Talal Rahwan; Pooja S.B. Rao; Claire E. Robertson; David M. Rothschild; Matthew J. Salganik; Eric Schulz; Chirag Shah; Yash Raj Shrestha; Ekaterina Shutova; Alexandra A. Siegel; Almog Simchon; Huan Sun; Malte Toetzke; Jay J. Van Bavel; Michelle Vaccaro; Jennifer Wortman Vaughan; Effy Vayena; Pedro O.S. Vaz-de-Melo; Briana Vecchione; Angelina Wang; Robert West; Robb Willer; Dirk U. Wulff; Renwen Zhang; Simone Zhang; Steve Rathje; Manoel Horta Ribeiro

doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02492-7

A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science

Stefan Feuerriegel
, Christopher Barrie
, M. J. Crockett
, Laura K. Globig
, Killian L. McLoughlin
, Dan Mircea Mirea
, Arthur Spirling
, Diyi Yang
, Tim Althoff
, Maria Antoniak
, Lisa P. Argyle
, Ashwini Ashokkumar
, Mohammad Atari
, Hannah Bailey
, Kevin Bauer
, Umang Bhatt
, Yidong Chai
, Tanmoy Chakraborty
, Yanto Chandra
, Huimin Chen

Hal Daumé, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Morteza Dehghani, Danica Dillion, Johannes C. Eichstaedt, Kerstin Forster, Dominique Geissler, Kurt Gray, Thomas L. Griffiths, Hartmann Jochen, Oliver P. Hauser, James K. He, Rahul Hemrajani, Felix Holzmeister, Angel Hsing Chi Hwang, Tiancheng Hu, Anna A. Ivanova, Nils Köbis, Yara Kyrychenko, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Jia Liu, Abdurahman Maarouf, Sebastian Maier, Lennart Meincke, Rada Mihalcea, Brent Mittelstadt, Saif M. Mohammad, Mor Naaman, Oded Netzer, Alice Oh, Desmond C. Ong, Francesco Pierri, Barbara Plank, Iyad Rahwan, Talal Rahwan, Pooja S.B. Rao, Claire E. Robertson, David M. Rothschild, Matthew J. Salganik, Eric Schulz, Chirag Shah, Yash Raj Shrestha, Ekaterina Shutova, Alexandra A. Siegel, Almog Simchon, Huan Sun, Malte Toetzke, Jay J. Van Bavel, Michelle Vaccaro, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Effy Vayena, Pedro O.S. Vaz-de-Melo, Briana Vecchione, Angelina Wang, Robert West, Robb Willer, Dirk U. Wulff, Renwen Zhang, Simone Zhang, Steve Rathje, Manoel Horta Ribeiro

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Abstract

Large language models offer new opportunities for behavioural science, but their rapid evolution poses challenges for research rigour. We introduce a consensus-based reporting checklist to improve transparency, reproducibility and ethical accountability of large-language-model-based research in the behavioural sciences.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1182-1186
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature Human Behaviour
Volume	10
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02492-7
State	Published - Jul 2026

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Social Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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Feuerriegel, S., Barrie, C., Crockett, M. J., Globig, L. K., McLoughlin, K. L., Mirea, D. M., Spirling, A., Yang, D., Althoff, T., Antoniak, M., Argyle, L. P., Ashokkumar, A., Atari, M., Bailey, H., Bauer, K., Bhatt, U., Chai, Y., Chakraborty, T., Chandra, Y., ... Horta Ribeiro, M. (2026). A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science. Nature Human Behaviour, 10(7), 1182-1186. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02492-7

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