Sunday, October 15, 2017

Rhesus macaques expect others to dynamically update their representations of unseen objects

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What do monkeys know about others’ knowledge? Lindsey A. Drayton, Laurie R. Santos. Cognition, Volume 170, January 2018, Pages 201–208. http...

Leaving late: Understanding the extent and predictors of college late departure

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Leaving late: Understanding the extent and predictors of college late departure. Zachary Mabel, Tolani A. Britton. Social Science Research, ...

How Disgust Becomes Law

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Patrick, Carlton and Lieberman, Debra, How Disgust Becomes Law (August 24, 2017). Forthcoming in The Moral Psychology of Disgust, Nina Stroh...

Disgust originates largely to reduce contact with foreigners, and the deviant or marginalized

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Rottman, J., DeJesus, J. M., & Gerdin, E. (forthcoming). The social origins of disgust. In N. Strohminger & V. Kumar (Eds.), The mor...

Manipulating courtship opportunities made Drosophila pseudo. sing longer, faster, and fly and move faster

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Mate choice intensifies motor signalling in Drosophila. Allan Debelle et al. Animal Behaviour, Volume 133, November 2017, Pages 169–187. h...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

Sebastian Heilmann's Leninism Upgraded: Restoration and Innovation Under Xi Jinping

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Event Recap -- Leninism Upgraded: Restoration and Innovation Under Xi Jinping. Sebastian Heilmann. Harvard's University Asia Center. Apr...

In one year China is making 107 towers taller than 200m. The US needed decades to build 189 ones.

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Asia Dreams in Skyscrapers. By Jason M Barr https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/opinion/china-asia-skyscrapers.html The New York Times, O...

China’s booming electric vehicle market is about to run into a mountain of battery waste

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China’s booming electric vehicle market is about to run into a mountain of battery waste. By Echo Huang https://qz.com/1088195/chinas-boom...

Marriage Advantage in Subjective Well-Being: It Is Truly Protective

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Marriage Advantage in Subjective Well-Being: Causal Effect or Unmeasured Heterogeneity? Alfred DeMaris. Marriage & Family Review, http:/...

The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs, review by Tyler Cowen

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*The High Cost of Good Intentions* by Tyler Cowen http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/10/high-cost-good-intentions.html ...

Exposure to Histological Stains Makes Abstract Art More Appealing

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Taste in Art—Exposure to Histological Stains Shapes Abstract Art Preferences. Antonia M. Böthig, Gregor U. Hayn-Leichsenring. i-Perception, ...