Friday, November 10, 2017

Callousness and manipulativeness are central traits to a dark personality

›
A Network of Dark Personality Traits: What Lies at the Heart of Darkness? David K. Marcus, Jonathan Preszler, Virgil Zeigler-Hill. Journal o...

The “bad guy” profile is closer to the normal profile of real humans than that of the “good guys,” which are stereotyped

›
What are the cephalometric features of “good” and “bad” guys in cartoons? Alexandre Weiss, Cyril Villat, Alban Poitel and Sarah Gebeile-Chau...

Violence Against Women Journal: The Meaning and Practice of Ejaculation on a Woman’s Face

›
Naked Aggression: The Meaning and Practice of Ejaculation on a Woman’s Face. Chyng Sun, Matthew B. Ezzell, Olivia Kendall. Violence Against ...

Richard Feynman on Why Questions

›
[Transcript] Richard Feynman on Why Questions 61 Post author: Grognor 08 January 2012 07:01PM   I thought this video wa...

Liking what others “Like”: using Facebook to identify determinants of conformity

›
Liking what others “Like”: using Facebook to identify determinants of conformity. Johan Egebark and Mathias Ekström. Experimental Economics,...

Sexual Appeal Is In The Nose -- Patterns of Eye Movements When Observers Judge Female Facial Attractiveness

›
Patterns of Eye Movements When Observers Judge Female Facial Attractiveness. Yan Zhang et al. Front. Psychol., https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg...

Same Genes, Different Brains: Neuroanatomical Differences Between Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Musical Training

›
Same Genes, Different Brains: Neuroanatomical Differences Between Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Musical Training. Örjan de Manzano Fredri...
Thursday, November 9, 2017

Zero Likes – Symbolic interactions and need satisfaction online

›
Zero Likes – Symbolic interactions and need satisfaction online. Sabine Reich, Frank M.Schneider, and Leonie Heling. Computers in Human Beha...

Paying Down Credit Card Debt for Hotels Not Sofas

›
Quispe-Torreblanca, Edika and Stewart, Neil and Gathergood, John and Loewenstein, George, The Red, the Black, and the Plastic: Paying Down C...

Common sense in the New York Times: Many of our most demonized foods are actually fine for us. Like salt.

›
You Don’t Need to ‘Eat Clean’. By Aaron E. Carroll. The New York Times, November 5, 2017, Page SR10, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/opin...

The differential impact of knowledge depth and knowledge breadth on creativity over individual careers

›
The differential impact of knowledge depth and knowledge breadth on creativity over individual careers. Pier Vittorio Mannucci and Kevyn Yon...

An Evolutionary Perspective on Orgasm

›
Gallup, G. G., Jr., Towne, J. P., & Stolz, J. A. (2017). An Evolutionary Perspective on Orgasm. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, http:/...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Bystanders intervene to impede grooming in Western chimpanzees and sooty mangabeys

›
Bystanders intervene to impede grooming in Western chimpanzees and sooty mangabeys. Alexander Mielke, Liran Samuni, Anna Preis, Jan F. Gogar...

The Humanizing Voice: Speech Reveals, and Text Conceals, a More Thoughtful Mind in the Midst of Disagreement

›
The Humanizing Voice: Speech Reveals, and Text Conceals, a More Thoughtful Mind in the Midst of Disagreement. Juliana Schroeder, Michael Kar...

Speaking From Ignorance: Not Agreeing With Others We Believe Are Correct

›
Speaking From Ignorance: Not Agreeing With Others We Believe Are Correct. Bert Hodges et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2...

Users who feature either cat or dog images in their tweets are more neurotic, less conscientious, and less agreeable

›
Personality Profiles of Users Sharing Animal-related Content on Social Media. Courtney Hagan, Jordan Carpenter, Lyle Ungar & Daniel Preo...

Supernatural Belief Is Not Modulated by Intuitive Thinking Style or Cognitive Inhibition

›
Supernatural Belief Is Not Modulated by Intuitive Thinking Style or Cognitive Inhibition. Miguel Farias et al. Scientific Reports 7, Article...

In humans, some sexual traits suggest monogamous mating, while others suggest selection for polygyny

›
Humans as a model species for sexual selection research. Michael Lawrence Wilson, Carrie M. Miller, Kristin N. Crouse. Proceedings of the Ro...

Personality traits AND social relationships are deeply entwined in a bidirectional way

›
Mund, M., Jeronimus, B. F., & Neyer, F. J. (in press). Personality and social relationships: As thick as thieves. In C. Johansen (Ed.), ...

Deviations from expectations drive tipping behavior more so than wins and losses, and especially close wins

›
Sports Sentiment and Tipping Behavior. Qi Ge. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.10.016 Hi...

Your attention makes me smile: Direct gaze elicits affiliative facial expressions

›
Your attention makes me smile: Direct gaze elicits affiliative facial expressions. Jari K. Hietanen et al. Biological Psychology, https://do...

Your need to correct wrong information you believed depends on your cognitive abilities, not your political leaning

›
‘Fake news’: Incorrect, but hard to correct. The role of cognitive ability on the impact of false information on social impressions. Jonas d...

Experiencing disagreement is linked to experiencing more other-condemning emotions, less well-being, and less humanity-esteem. Ideology doesn't moderate these.

›
Brandt, Mark J, Jarret Crawford, and Daryl Van Tongeren. 2017. “Worldview Conflict in Daily Life”. PsyArXiv. September 29. doi:10.1177/19485...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

No positive correlation between formality of clothing and mental abstraction

›
Cognitive consequences of formal clothing: the effects of clothing versus thinking of clothing. Axel M. Burger & Herbert Bless. Comprehe...

How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? For an additional year of education, 1 to 5 IQ points

›
Ritchie, Stuart J, and Elliot M Tucker-Drob. 2017. “How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-analysis”. PsyArXiv. November 8. ps...

Evolutionarily (mal)adaptive behaviors and phenomena in humans: a review on fertility decline and an integrated model

›
Demographic studies enhance the understanding of evolutionarily (mal)adaptive behaviors and phenomena in humans: a review on fertility decli...
Monday, November 6, 2017

Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions

›
Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions. Ryan Dwyer, Kostadin Kushlev, Elizabeth Dunn. Journal of Experiment...

Infants Distinguish Between Two Events Based on Their Relative Likelihood

›
Kayhan, E., Gredebäck, G. and Lindskog, M. (2017), Infants Distinguish Between Two Events Based on Their Relative Likelihood. Child Dev. doi...

Evolution of external female genital mutilation: why do males harm their mates?

›
Evolution of external female genital mutilation: why do males harm their mates? Pierick Mouginot, Gabriele Uhl, Lutz Fromhage. Royal Society...

Faces with makeup were perceived to have more unrestricted sociosexuality; with more makeup were perceived as more unrestricted

›
Evidence that makeup is a false signal of sociosexuality. Carlota Batres et al. Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 122, 1 Februa...

Happiness in Behaviour Genetics: An Update on Heritability and Changeability

›
Happiness in Behaviour Genetics: An Update on Heritability and Changeability. Ragnhild Bang Nes, Espen Røysamb. Journal of Happiness Studies...

Swiping right: Sociosexuality, intentions to engage in infidelity, and infidelity experiences on Tinder

›
Swiping right: Sociosexuality, intentions to engage in infidelity, and infidelity experiences on Tinder. Dana A. Weiser et al. Personality a...

Link between our creations and our self-concept, emerging at age 5, leads us to value them more positively than others’ creations

›
When and how does labour lead to love? The ontogeny and mechanisms of the IKEA effect. Lauren E. Marsh, Patricia Kanngiesser, Bruce Hood. Co...

Why Are Women More Easily Disgusted Than Men?

›
Sex Differences in Disgust: Why Are Women More Easily Disgusted Than Men? Laith Al-Shawaf, David M.G. Lewis, David M. Buss. Emotion Review, ...
Sunday, November 5, 2017

Skepticism toward unfounded beliefs requires sufficient cognitive ability AND motivation to be rational

›
Epistemic rationality: Skepticism toward unfounded beliefs requires sufficient cognitive ability and motivation to be rational. Tomas Ståhl,...

Similar but different: Interviewing monozygotic twins discordant for musical practice

›
Similar but different: Interviewing monozygotic twins discordant for musical practice. Helene Eriksson et al. Musicae Scientiae, Volume: 21 ...

The dark side of experiencing job autonomy: Unethical behavior

›
The dark side of experiencing job autonomy: Unethical behavior. Jackson Lu et al. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 73, Nove...

The Paradox of Family Structure and Plans After Work: Why Single Childless Employees May be the Least Absorbed at Work

›
The Paradox of Family Structure and Plans After Work: Why Single Childless Employees May be the Least Absorbed at Work. Tracy Dumas & Ji...

CEOs born into poor families outperform those born into wealthy families without higher risk-taking

›
From Playground to Boardroom: Endowed Social Status and Managerial Performance. Fangfang Du. Arizona State University Working Paper, https:/...

The Paradox of Intelligence: Heritability and Malleability Coexist in Hidden Gene-Environment Interplay

›
Sauce, B., & Matzel, L. D. (2017). The Paradox of Intelligence: Heritability and Malleability Coexist in Hidden Gene-Environment Interpl...

The social behavioral, emotional, and cognitive mechanisms underlying narcissistic personality traits

›
The social behavioral, emotional, and cognitive mechanisms underlying narcissistic personality traits. Marjan Sharifi. Fachbereich Erziehung...

Political voting follows not fair-mindedness (the weight on oneself versus others) but equality-efficiency tradeoffs

›
Distributional preferences and political behavior. Raymond Fisman, Pamela Jakiela, Shachar Kariv. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 155, N...

Expectations of Western Zen fans -- Seeking Solitude in Japan’s Mountain Monasteries

›
We are a bit crazy... Visitors of monasteries in Japan write about their disappointing travel: Reading up on the shukubo options before my...