Monday, September 4, 2017

Revisiting the risk of automation

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Revisiting the risk of automation. Melanie Arntz, Terry Gregory and Ulrich Zierahn. Economics Letters, Volume 159, October 2017, Pages 157-1...

Adult sex ratios and partner scarcity among hunter–gatherers: Implications for dispersal patterns and the evolution of human sociality

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Adult sex ratios and partner scarcity among hunter–gatherers: Implications for dispersal patterns and the evolution of human sociality. Kare...

Languages in Drier Climates Use Fewer Vowels

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Languages in Drier Climates Use Fewer Vowels. Caleb Everett. Frontiers in Psychology, July 2017, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01285 Ab...

Tennis grunts communicate acoustic cues to sex and contest outcome

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Tennis grunts communicate acoustic cues to sex and contest outcome. Jordan Raine, Katarzyna Pisanski & David Reby. Animal Behaviour, Vol...

The Perverse Effects of Subsidized Weather Insurance

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Omri Ben-Shahar & Kyle D. Logue, "The Perverse Effects of Subsidized Weather Insurance," 68 Stanford Law Review 571 (2016). Ab...

Correcting for Bias in Psychology: A Comparison of Meta-analytic Methods

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Carter, Evan C, Felix D Schönbrodt, Will M Gervais, and Joseph Hilgard. 2017. “Correcting for Bias in Psychology: A Comparison of Meta-analy...

Ovulatory Changes in Sexuality

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Arslan, Ruben C, Katharina M Schilling, Tanja M Gerlach, and Lars Penke. 2017. “Ovulatory Changes in Sexuality”. PsyArXiv. September 4. http...

The effect of the presence of an audience on risk-taking while gambling: the social shield

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The effect of the presence of an audience on risk-taking while gambling: the social shield. Jérémy E. Lemoine & Christine Roland-Lévy. S...

Aggression and sleep: a daylight saving time natural experiment on the effect of mild sleep loss and gain on assaults

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Aggression and sleep: a daylight saving time natural experiment on the effect of mild sleep loss and gain on assaults. Rebecca Umbach, Adria...
Sunday, September 3, 2017

Emodiversity: Robust Predictor of Outcomes or Statistical Artifact?

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Brown, N. J. L., & Coyne, J. C. (2017). Emodiversity: Robust Predictor of Outcomes or Statistical Artifact? Journal of Experimental Psyc...

Big Data Surveillance: The Case of Policing

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Big Data Surveillance: The Case of Policing. Sarah Brayne. American Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122417725865 Abstract: ...

How quickly can we adapt to change? An assessment of hurricane damage mitigation efforts using forecast uncertainty.

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How quickly can we adapt to change? An assessment of hurricane damage mitigation efforts using forecast uncertainty. By Andrew Martinez ...

Sex differences in jealousy: the (Lack of) influence of researcher theoretical perspective

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Sex differences in jealousy: the (Lack of) influence of researcher theoretical perspective. John Edlund et al. The Journal of Social Psychol...

Kevin Bryan on “The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy,” M. Dell & B. Olken

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Kevin Bryan's comments on “The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy,” M. Dell & B. Olken (2017). Find the full t...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature

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Credé, M., Tynan, M. C., & Harms, P. D. (2017). Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature. Journal of Person...

We cannot be impartial most of the time... Our judgement gets clouded by our political preferences --- again

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Kahan, Dan M. and Peters, Ellen, Rumors of the 'Nonreplication' of the 'Motivated Numeracy Effect' are Greatly Exaggerated (...

Facial Width-to-height Ratio Does Not Predict Self-reported Behavioral Tendencies

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Kosinski, Michal. 2017. “Facial Width-to-height Ratio Does Not Predict Self-reported Behavioral Tendencies”. PsyArXiv. September 2. doi:10.1...

Contrary to the hypothesis, predicted pleasure eating sweets was significantly lower than observed pleasure

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Fallon, Matthew D., "The Role of Affective Forecasting and the Impact Bias in Nutritional Health Behaviors" (2017). Grand Valley S...
Friday, September 1, 2017

The estimated 79% heritability of schizophrenia is congruent with previous reports and indicates a substantial genetic risk

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Heritability of schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum based on the nationwide Danish Twin Register. Rikke Hilker, MD, PhD. Biological Psy...

Superior Pattern Detectors Efficiently Learn, Activate, Apply, and Update Social Stereotypes

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Superior Pattern Detectors Efficiently Learn, Activate, Apply, and Update Social Stereotypes. David Lick, Adam Alter and Jonathan Freeman. J...

Group identity as a source of threat and means of compensation: Establishing personal control through group identification and ideology

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Goode, C., Keefer, L. A., Branscombe, N. R., and Molina, L. E. (2017) Group identity as a source of threat and means of compensation: Establ...

Hispanics choose vehicles that are about 5-8% more expensive

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Visible Consumption and Race: Evidence from Auto-Loans. Konstantinos Tzioumis. U.S. Department of the Treasury Working Paper, July 2017. A...

Similarities in smell and taste preferences in couples increase with relationship duration

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Similarities in smell and taste preferences in couples increase with relationship duration. Agata Groyecka et al. Appetite, https://doi.org/...

Bias and ignorance in demographic perception -- part of a very general pattern of human psychology

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Bias and ignorance in demographic perception. D. Landy, B. Guay and T. Marghetis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, https://link.springer.c...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Visually conspicuous vehicle modifications influence perceptions of male owner's reproductive strategy and attractiveness

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Visually conspicuous vehicle modifications influence perceptions of male owner's reproductive strategy and attractiveness. Daniel J. Kru...

Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness are consistent predictors of authoritarian tendencies

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The Prejudiced Personality? Using the Big Five to Predict Susceptibility to Stereotyping Behavior. Philip Chen and Carl Palmer. American Pol...

Keeping Minorities Happy: Hierarchy Maintenance and Whites’ Decreased Support for Highly Identified White Politicians

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Keeping Minorities Happy: Hierarchy Maintenance and Whites’ Decreased Support for Highly Identified White Politicians. Sora Jun, Brian Lower...

The Evil Eye: Eye Gaze and Competitiveness in Social Decision Making

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Giacomantonio, M., Jordan, J., Federico, F., van den Assem, M. J., and van Dolder, D. (2017) The Evil Eye: Eye Gaze and Competitiveness in S...

Adding Insult to Injury: Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Juror Decision Making in a Case of Intimate Partner Violence

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Adding Insult to Injury: Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Juror Decision Making in a Case of Intimate Partner Violence. Marissa Stanziani, Jenni...

Gender differences in SCRABBLE performance and associated engagement in purposeful practice activities

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Gender differences in SCRABBLE performance and associated engagement in purposeful practice activities. Jerad H. Moxley, K. Anders Ericsson ...

Is Doing Your Homework Associated with Becoming More Conscientiousness?

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Is Doing Your Homework Associated with Becoming More Conscientiousness? Richard Göllner et al. Journal of Research in Personality. https://d...

Conservatism predicts lapses from vegetarian/vegan diets to meat consumption (through lower social justice concerns and social support)

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Conservatism predicts lapses from vegetarian/vegan diets to meat consumption (through lower social justice concerns and social support). Gor...

No mutual mate choice for quality in zebra finches: Time to question a widely-held assumption

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Wang, D., Forstmeier, W. and Kempenaers, B. (), No mutual mate choice for quality in zebra finches: Time to question a widely-held assumptio...

The strategic moral self: Self-presentation shapes moral dilemma judgments

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The strategic moral self: Self-presentation shapes moral dilemma judgments. Sarah C. Rom and Paul Conway. Journal of Experimental Social Psy...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Truth or Punishment: Secrecy and Punishing the Self

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Truth or Punishment: Secrecy and Punishing the Self. Michael Slepian and Brock Bastian. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, https://...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Psychological resilience in U.S. military veterans: A 2-year, nationally representative prospective cohort study

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Psychological resilience in U.S. military veterans: A 2-year, nationally representative prospective cohort study. Kelly Isaacs et al. Journa...

Openness to experience predicts intrinsic value shifts after deliberating one's own death

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Openness to experience predicts intrinsic value shifts after deliberating one's own death. Mike Prentice, Tim Kasser and Kennon Sheldon....

Protecting the Innocence of Youth: Moral Sanctity Values Underlie Censorship From Young Children

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Protecting the Innocence of Youth: Moral Sanctity Values Underlie Censorship From Young Children. Rajen Anderson and E.J. Masicampo. Persona...

Thinking More or Feeling Less? Explaining the Foreign-Language Effect on Moral Judgment

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Thinking More or Feeling Less? Explaining the Foreign-Language Effect on Moral Judgment. Sayuri Hayakawa et al. Psychological Science, https...

I Lie? We Lie! Why? Experimental Evidence on a Dishonesty Shift in Groups

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I Lie? We Lie! Why? Experimental Evidence on a Dishonesty Shift in Groups. Martin Kocher, Simeon Schudy & Lisa Spantig. Management Scien...

Ignoring alarming news brings indifference: Learning about the world and the self

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Ignoring alarming news brings indifference: Learning about the world and the self. Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Eldar Shafir and Sherry Jueyu Wu. ...

Strongest anti-Muslim attitudes are found among the nonreligious in secularized countries

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Secular Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Western Europe. Egbert Ribberink, Peter Achterberg and Dick Houtman. Journal for the Scientific ...

Fearless dominance associated with success (being employed, higher household income)

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Benning, Stephen & Molina, Stephany & A Dowgwillo, Emily & Patrick, Christopher & Miller, Karen & B Storrow, Alan. (2017...

The upper class guys have issues recognizing limits of their knowledge, consider world in flux and change, acknowledge and integrate different perspectives in interpersonal situations

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Brienza, Justin P, and Igor Grossmann. “Social Class and Wise Reasoning About Interpersonal Conflicts Across Regions, Persons and Situations...

Smart Conformists: Children and Adolescents Associate Conformity With Intelligence Across Cultures

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Wen, N. J., Clegg, J. M. and Legare, C. H. (2017), Smart Conformists: Children and Adolescents Associate Conformity With Intelligence Across...

Lawyer CEOs get better results with less litigation

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Henderson, M. Todd and Hutton, Irena and Jiang, Danling and Pierson, Matthew, Lawyer CEOs (February 21, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ss...
Monday, August 28, 2017

Too Lucky to be True - Fairness Views under the Shadow of Cheating

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Bortolotti, Stefania; Soraperra, Ivan; Sutter, Matthias; Zoller, Claudia (2017) : Too Lucky to be True - Fairness Views under the Shadow of ...

Diane Coffey and Dean Spears' Where India Goes --- by Alex Tabarrok

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Where India Goes, by Alex Tabarrok on August 28, 2017. Where India Goes [ https://www.amazon.com/Where-India-Goes-Abandoned-Development/dp/9...

Geographic Accessibility Of Food Outlets Not Associated With Body Mass Index Change, 1.7million veterans

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Geographic Accessibility Of Food Outlets Not Associated With Body Mass Index Change Among Veterans, 2009–14. Shannon Zenk et al. Health Affa...

Crowding increases calorie consumption

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The Impact of Crowding on Calorie Consumption. Stefan Hock and Rajesh Bagchi. Journal of Consumer Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucx0...
Sunday, August 27, 2017

Anti-Profit Beliefs: How People Neglect the Societal Benefits of Profit

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Anti-Profit Beliefs: How People Neglect the Societal Benefits of Profit. Amit Bhattacharjee, Jason Dana & Jonathan Baron. Journal of Per...

Sectarianism and Social Conformity: Evidence from Egypt

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Sectarianism and Social Conformity: Evidence from Egypt. Steven Brooke. Political Research Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129177176...

Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine

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Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine. Petri Böckerman et al. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organizatio...

The Effect of a Supreme Court Decision Regarding Gay Marriage on Social Norms and Personal Attitudes

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The Effect of a Supreme Court Decision Regarding Gay Marriage on Social Norms and Personal Attitudes. Margaret Tankard and Elizabeth Levy Pa...