Friday, September 22, 2017

Mnemonic transmission, social contagion, and emergence of collective memory: Influence of emotional valence, group structure, and information distribution

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Choi, H.-Y., Kensinger, E. A., & Rajaram, S. (2017). Mnemonic transmission, social contagion, and emergence of collective memory: Influe...

Tattooed targets, especially women, were rated as stronger and more independent, but more negatively

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Tattoo or taboo? Tattoo stigma and negative attitudes toward tattooed individuals. Kristin A Broussard & Helen C Harton. The Journal of ...

How many laypeople holding a popular opinion are needed to counter an expert opinion?

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How many laypeople holding a popular opinion are needed to counter an expert opinion? Jos Hornikx, Adam J. L. Harris & Jordy Boekema. Th...

Invasive interventions are associated with substantially large placebo effects

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Route of Placebo Administration: Robust Placebo Effects in Laboratory and Clinical Settings. Tao Liu. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Revie...

Depression is not due to interaction of genetics and childhood trauma -- study of 5,765 subjects from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

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Does childhood trauma moderate polygenic risk for depression? A meta-analysis of 5,765 subjects from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Wo...

The Ugly Truth About Ourselves and Our Robot Creations: The Problem of Bias and Social Inequity

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As a preventive measure against possible complains in the future about bias, I share this: The Ugly Truth About Ourselves and Our Robot Cr...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

Revenue fell under receiverships: Can Europe Run Greece? Lessons from U.S. Fiscal Receiverships in Latin America, 1904-3

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Maurer, Noel and Arroyo Abad, Leticia, Can Europe Run Greece? Lessons from U.S. Fiscal Receiverships in Latin America, 1904-31 (June 13, 201...

Chimps do not “do what the others do” merely to fit in, nor suffer for attacks against non-group members

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Do Chimpanzees Conform to Social Norms? Laura Schlingloff, and Richard Moore. In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Animal Minds, Jul 2...

Genomic Imprinting Is Implicated in the Psychology of Music

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Genomic Imprinting Is Implicated in the Psychology of Music. Samuel Mehr et al. Psychological Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617711...

LGB respondents are more liberal than heterosexuals on 99 percent of 199 attitudinal items

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Schnabel, Landon. 2017. “Sexual Orientation and Social Attitudes”. SocArXiv. August 23. www.osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/73xsz Abstract: Gender...

Introverts emerge less as leaders because they engage in higher levels of forecasted negative affect

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The failure of introverts to emerge as leaders: The role of forecasted affect. Andrew Spark, Timothy Stansmore, and Peter O'Connor. Pers...

Disgust and Deontology: Trait Sensitivity to Contamination Promotes a Preference for Order, Hierarchy, and Rule-Based Moral Judgment

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Disgust and Deontology: Trait Sensitivity to Contamination Promotes a Preference for Order, Hierarchy, and Rule-Based Moral Judgment. Jeffre...

A Study of Political Candidacy Among Swedish Adoptees -- Strong transmission in candidacy status between rearing mothers and their daughter

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It Runs in the Family: A Study of Political Candidacy Among Swedish Adoptees. Oskarsson, S., Dawes, C.T. & Lindgren, KO. Polit Behav (20...

Immobile Australia: Surnames Show Strong Status Persistence, 1870–2017

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Immobile Australia: Surnames Show Strong Status Persistence, 1870–2017. Gregory Clark, Andrew Leigh, and Mike Pottenger. IZA DP No. 11021. h...

Women perceive men's limbal rings as a health cue when in mood for casual sex

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Put a (limbal) ring on it: Women perceive men's limbal rings as a health cue in short-term mating domains. Mitch Brown and Donald F Sacc...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Accurate Genomic Prediction Of Human Height -- "within a few cm of the prediction"

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Accurate Genomic Prediction Of Human Height. Louis Lello, Steven G Avery, Laurent Tellier, Ana Vazquez, Gustavo de los Campos, and Stephen D...

Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles

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Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles. Azim Shariff, Jean-François Bonnefon & Iyad Rahwan. Nature Human Beha...

Prolonged transport and cannibalism of mummified infant remains by a Tonkean macaque mother

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Prolonged transport and cannibalism of mummified infant remains by a Tonkean macaque mother. Arianna De Marco, Roberto Cozzolino, and Bernar...

Anticipated regret from erring after following advice is greater than anticipated regret from erring after ignoring advice

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Tzini, K., and Jain, K. (2017) The Role of Anticipated Regret in Advice Taking. J. Behav. Decision Making, doi: 10.1002/bdm.2048. Abstract: ...

Resource Allocation Decisions: When Do We Sacrifice Efficiency in the Name of Equity?

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Resource Allocation Decisions: When Do We Sacrifice Efficiency in the Name of Equity? Tom Gordon-Hecke et al. Interdisciplinary Perspectives...

The Facial Width-to-Height Ratio Predicts Sex Drive, Sociosexuality, and Intended Infidelity

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The Facial Width-to-Height Ratio Predicts Sex Drive, Sociosexuality, and Intended Infidelity. Steven Arnocky et al. Archives of Sexual Behav...

Contrary to prediction, kids these days are better able to delay gratification than they were in the past

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Kids These Days: 50 years of the Marshmallow task. Protzko. https://osf.io/j9tuz/ Abstract: Have children gotten worse at their ability to...

Belief in free will affects causal attributions when judging others’ behavior

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Belief in free will affects causal attributions when judging others’ behavior. Oliver Genschow, Davide Rigoni, and Marcel Brass. Proceedings...

Maximizers maximize for both themselves and others, whereas satisficers satisfice for themselves but maximize for others

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Do maximizers maximize for others? Self-other decision-making differences in maximizing and satisficing. Mo Luan , Lisha Fu , and Hong Li. P...

Consumers in durable goods markets are rational and forward looking

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Are consumers forward looking? Evidence from used iPhones. Kanis Saengchote & Voraprapa Nakavachara. Applied Economics Letters, Pages 1-...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Reasons Probably Won’t Change Your Mind: The Role of Reasons in Revising Moral Decisions

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Stanley, M. L., Dougherty, A. M., Yang, B. W., Henne, P., & De Brigard, F. (2017). Reasons Probably Won’t Change Your Mind: The Role of ...

Mothers want extraversion over conscientiousness or intelligence for their children

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Mothers want extraversion over conscientiousness or intelligence for their children. Rachel Latham & Sophie von Stumm. Personality and I...

Emission budgets and pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 °C

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Emission budgets and pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 °C. Richard J. Millar et al. Nature Geoscience (2017), doi:10.1038/nge...

“No one wants to be seen as someone who can’t afford to get online.”

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Facebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein In a Wild Web. By PAUL MOZUR, MARK SCOTT and MIKE ISAAC. TNYT, Sept 17, 2017. https://www.nytim...

Encouraging consumers to take photos of sentimental possessions before donating them increases donations

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Karen Page Winterich, Rebecca Walker Reczek, and Julie R. Irwin (2017) Keeping the Memory but Not the Possession: Memory Preservation Mitiga...

Propensity for self-employment and success increase with ability balance

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All About Balance? A Test of the Jack-of-all-Trades Theory Using Military Enlistment Data. Lina Aldén, Mats Hammarstedt, and Emma Neuman. La...
Monday, September 18, 2017

The Evolutionary Psychology of Envy and Jealousy

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The Evolutionary Psychology of Envy and Jealousy. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Baland Jalal. Front. Psychol., 19 September 2017 | https://d...

Higher USA State Resident Neuroticism Is Associated With Lower State Volunteering Rates

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Higher USA State Resident Neuroticism Is Associated With Lower State Volunteering Rates. Stewart McCann. Personality and Social Psychology B...

Outrage-inducing content appears to be more prevalent and potent online than offline

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Moral outrage in the digital age. M. J. Crockett. Nature Human Behaviour (2017). doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0213-3 Moral outrage is a powerful  ...

Cognitive Resources in the Service of Identity Expression

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An Expressive Utility Account of Partisan Cue Receptivity: Cognitive Resources in the Service of Identity Expression. Yphtach Lelkes, Ariel ...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

How the Presence of Others Affects Desirability Judgments in Heterosexual and Homosexual Participants

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Scofield, John E, Bogdan Kostic, and Erin M Buchanan. 2017. “How the Presence of Others Affects Desirability Judgments in Heterosexual and H...

Liberals and Conservatives Are Similarly Motivated to Deny Attitude-Inconsistent Science

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Science Denial Across the Political Divide -- Liberals and Conservatives Are Similarly Motivated to Deny Attitude-Inconsistent Science. Anth...

Liberals Possess More National Consensus on Political Attitudes in the US

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Liberals Possess More National Consensus on Political Attitudes in the United States -- An Examination Across 40 Years. Peter Ondish, Chadly...

“All my life I have been told that capitalism, particularly the American type, was bad,” Mr. Gujanicic, 63, said

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As China Moves In, Serbia Reaps Benefits, With Strings Attached. By BARBARA SURK. The New York Times, Sep 09, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/...

Research: The readability of scientific texts is decreasing over time

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Research: The readability of scientific texts is decreasing over time. Pontus Plavén-Sigray et al. eLife 2017;6:e27725. https://elifescience...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Local mating markets in humans and non-human animals

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Local mating markets in humans and non-human animals. Ronald Noë. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, October 2017, 71:148. https://doi.org...

Understanding what makes terrorist groups’ propaganda effective: an integrative complexity analysis of ISIL and al Qaeda

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Understanding what makes terrorist groups’ propaganda effective: an integrative complexity analysis of ISIL and Al Qaeda. Shannon C. Houck, ...

Myths and truths about the cellular composition of the human brain: A review of influential concepts

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Myths and truths about the cellular composition of the human brain: A review of influential concepts. Christopher S.Bvon Bartheld. Journal o...

Individuals who follow and are followed by the people who correct them are significantly more likely to accept the correction than individuals confronted by strangers

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Political Fact-Checking on Twitter: When Do Corrections Have an Effect? Drew Margolin, Aniko Hannak and Ingmar Weber. Political Communicatio...

Land plants have regulated their stomatal conductance to allow their intrinsic water use efficiency to increase in nearly constant proportion to the rise in atmospheric [CO2]

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Atmospheric evidence for a global secular increase in carbon isotopic discrimination of land photosynthesis. Ralph F. Keeling et al. Proceed...

A semantic space analysis of how presidential candidates and their supporters represent abstract political concepts differently

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Speaking two "Languages" in America: A semantic space analysis of how presidential candidates and their supporters represent abstr...

Attitudes toward science seem to become ever more polarized

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Attitudes Towards Science. Bastiaan T. Rutjens et al. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2017.08.00...