Thursday, August 17, 2017

Value change in men and women entering parenthood: New mothers' value priorities shift towards Conservation values

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Value change in men and women entering parenthood: New mothers' value priorities shift towards Conservation values. Jan-Erik Lönnqvist, ...

The Perniciousness of Perfectionism: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Perfectionism-Suicide Relationship

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Smith, M. M., Sherry, S. B., Chen, S., Saklofske, D. H., Mushquash, C., Flett, G. L. and Hewitt, P. L., The Perniciousness of Perfectionism:...

Making punishment palatable: Belief in free will alleviates punitive distress

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Cory J. Clark, Roy F. Baumeister, Peter H. Ditto, Making punishment palatable: Belief in free will alleviates punitive distress. Consciousne...

The “social” facilitation of eating without the presence of others: Self-reflection on eating makes food taste better and people eat more

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The “social” facilitation of eating without the presence of others: Self-reflection on eating makes food taste better and people eat more. R...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

When sex doesn’t sell to men: mortality salience, disgust and the appeal of products and advertisements featuring sexualized women

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When sex doesn’t sell to men: mortality salience, disgust and the appeal of products and advertisements featuring sexualized women. Seon Min...

The Causes and Consequences of Women’s Competitive Beautification

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The Causes and Consequences of Women’s Competitive Beautification. Danielle J. DelPriore, Marjorie L. Prokosch, and Sarah E. Hill. The Oxfor...

The evolution of female same-sex attraction: The male choice hypothesis

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The evolution of female same-sex attraction: The male choice hypothesis. Menelaos Apostolou et al. Personality and Individual Differences, V...

Free to Be Happy: Economic Freedom and Happiness in US States

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Free to Be Happy: Economic Freedom and Happiness in US States. Jeremy Jackson. Journal of Happiness Studies, August 2017, Volume 18, Issue 4...

People find behavioural interventions more ethical when in accord with their politics, and more unethical when not in accord

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On the misplaced politics of behavioural policy interventions. David Tannenbaum, Craig Fox and Todd Rogers. Nature Human Behaviour, July 201...

Declining Competition and Investment in the U.S.

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Declining Competition and Investment in the U.S.         German Gutierrez and Thomas Philippon. NBER Working Paper, July 2017. http://www.nb...

Examining Social Desirability in Measures of Religion and Spirituality Using the Bogus Pipeline

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Examining Social Desirability in Measures of Religion and Spirituality Using the Bogus Pipeline. Ann E. Jones and Marta Elliott. Review of R...

Keeping brains young with making music

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Keeping brains young with making music. Lars Rogenmoser, Julius Kernbach and Gottfried Schlaug. Brain Structure and Function, https://link.s...

Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interactions between chimpanzees and zoo visitors

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Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interactions between chimpanzees and zoo visitors. Tomas Persson, Gabriela-Alina Sauciuc, and Elainie...

Pain of Unrequited Love Afflicts the Rejecter, Too. By Daniel Goleman

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Pain of Unrequited Love Afflicts the Rejecter, Too. By Daniel Goleman. The New York Times, February 9, 1993 http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

The Virtues of Nonviolent Struggle

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The Virtues of Nonviolent Struggle. Stephen Wittels. MIT Working Paper, May 2017, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2981936 Abstract: There is an em...

The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States

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The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. NBER Working Paper, August 2017, http://www.nber.or...

Social Mobility and Political Instability

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Social Mobility and Political Instability. Christian Houle. Journal of Conflict Resolution, https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002717723434 Abstrac...

Election monitors will fail to prevent violence, or will be blamed for causing violence

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The Election Monitor's Curse. Zhaotian Luo & Arturas Rozenas. American Journal of Political Science, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/...

How Sudden Censorship Can Increase Access to Information

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How Sudden Censorship Can Increase Access to Information. William Hobbs & Margaret Roberts. University of California Working Paper, Janu...

US Food Aid Increases Incidence and Duration of Civil Conflict in Recipient Countries

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The Robust Relationship Between US Food Aid and Civil Conflict. Chi-Yang Chu, Daniel Henderson and Le Wang. Journal of Applied Econometrics,...

Are U.S. Cities Underpoliced? Theory and Evidence

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Are U.S. Cities Underpoliced? Theory and Evidence. Aaron Chalfin and Justin McCrary. The Review of Economics and Statistics, http://www.mitp...

Content of Everyday Conversations in Iran

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What Shall We Talk about in Farsi? Content of Everyday Conversations in Iran. Mahdi Dahmardeh, R. I. M. Dunbar. Human Nature, https://link.s...