Monday, December 11, 2017

Women's preferences for men's beards show no relation to their ovarian cycle phase and sex hormone levels

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Women's preferences for men's beards show no relation to their ovarian cycle phase and sex hormone levels. Barnaby J.W. Dixson et al...

Neurobiology of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

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Roselli, C. E. (), Neurobiology of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation. J Neuroendocrinol, e12562. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.111...

Hot or not? How self-view threat influences avoidance of attractiveness feedback

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Hot or not? How self-view threat influences avoidance of attractiveness feedback. Jennifer L. Howell, Kate Sweeny, Wendi Miller & James ...

On the Dynamics of Ideological Identification: The Puzzle of Liberal Identification Decline

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On the Dynamics of Ideological Identification: The Puzzle of Liberal Identification Decline. Elizabeth Coggins and James A. Stimson. Politic...

How Culture Affects Depression: Insight into culture's multifaceted influence on depression

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How Culture Affects Depression: Insight into culture's multifaceted influence on depression. Marianna Pogosyan, Psychology Today, Dec 06...

Fertility Preferences and Cognition: Religiosity and Experimental Effects of Decision Context on College Women

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Marshall, E. A. and Shepherd, H. (2017), Fertility Preferences and Cognition: Religiosity and Experimental Effects of Decision Context on Co...

The role of endocannabinoids is to maintain an exquisite balance of neurotransmitter levels, on one hand preventing excessive release & potential excitotoxicity while on the other hand ensuring adequate levels for optimal signaling

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From “Azalla” to Anandamide: Distilling the Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoids. Rajiv Radhakrishnan, David A. Ross. Biological Psychiatry...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Effects of glucose and sucrose on mood: a systematic review of interventional studies

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Effects of glucose and sucrose on mood: a systematic review of interventional studies. Ondine van de Rest Nikita L van der Zwaluw Lisette C ...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Perfume is more pleasant if labeled with expensive brands

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“Dior, J’adore”: The role of contextual information of luxury on emotional responses to perfumes. Tiffany Baer et al. Food Quality and Prefe...

Sexually objectifying women reduces empathy: An fMRI investigation

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Reduced empathic responses for sexually objectified women: an fMRI investigation, Carlotta Cogoni, Andrea Carnaghi, Giorgia Silani. Cortex, ...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Reassessing the Perimeter of Government Accounts in China -- Gov't Lies Persist Despite Positive Steps

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Reassessing the Perimeter of Government Accounts in China. Rui Mano, Phil Stokoe. IMF Working Paper No. 17/272, http://www.imf.org/en/Public...

IQ will go down, especially at the top of the curve

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IQ decline and Piaget: Does the rot start at the top? James R. Flynn, , Michael Shayer. Intelligence, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2017....

Some people are attracted sexually to intelligence: A psychometric evaluation of sapiosexuality

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Some people are attracted sexually to intelligence: A psychometric evaluation of sapiosexuality. Gilles E. Gignac, Joey Darbyshire, Michelle...

Basel III: Finalising post-crisis reforms

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Basel III: Finalising post-crisis reforms December 2017 The Basel III framework is a central element of...

Examining the Roles of Pornography Use, Religiousness, and Moral Incongruence

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Grubbs, Joshua, Joel Engelman, and Jennifer T Grant. 2017. “Who’s a Porn Addict? Examining the Roles of Pornography Use, Religiousness, and ...

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) display remarkable olfactory acuity in human scent

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African elephants (Loxodonta africana) display remarkable olfactory acuity in human scent matching to sample performance. Katharina E.M. von...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Comparative assessments of dietary sugars on cognitive performance

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The “sweet” effect: Comparative assessments of dietary sugars on cognitive performance. Rachel Ginieis et al. Physiology & Behavior, htt...

The CSI-education effect: Do potential criminals benefit from forensic TV series?

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The CSI-education effect: Do potential criminals benefit from forensic TV series? Andreas M.Baranowski, Anne Burkhardt, Elisabeth Czernik, H...

Selfishness is attributed to men who help young women: Signaling function of male altruism

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Selfishness is attributed to men who help young women: Signaling function of male altruism. Yuta Kawamura, Takashi Kusumi. Letters on Evolut...

Folk intuitions about disadvantageous and advantageous inequity aversion

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It’s not fair: Folk intuitions about disadvantageous and advantageous inequity aversion. Alex Shaw and Shoham Choshen-Hillel. Judgment and D...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Analytic Atheism: A Cross-culturally Weak and Fickle Phenomenon?

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Gervais, Will M, Michiel van Elk, Dimitris Xygalatas, Ryan McKay, Mark Aveyard, Emma E K BUCHTEL, Ilan Dar-Nimrod, et al. 2017. “Analytic At...

Evidence for a sex effect during overimitation: boys copy irrelevant modelled actions more than girls across cultures

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Evidence for a sex effect during overimitation: boys copy irrelevant modelled actions more than girls across cultures. Aurélien Frick, Fabri...

Energizing, activating, & hedonic effects of fast thinking -- The effects are independent of thought content, fluency, and goal progress

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Consequences of Thought Speed. Kaite Yang*, Emily Pronin. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2017.1...

Common knowledge, coordination, and the logic of self-conscious emotions

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Common knowledge, coordination, and the logic of self-conscious emotions. Kyle A. Thomas, Peter DeScioli, Steven Pinker. Evolution and Human...

Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior in Women

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Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior in Women. Montgomery-Graham, S. Current Sexual Health Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, pp 200–206, December 2017. ...

Attitudinal Change Toward Same-Sex Parents: the Effect of the Explanation of the Etiology of the Homosexual Sexual Orientation

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Attitudinal Change Toward Same-Sex Parents: the Effect of the Explanation of the Etiology of the Homosexual Sexual Orientation. Livia García...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The Relationship Between the Enhancement of Facial Features by Cosmetics and a Woman’s Increased “Halo Effect” and Perceived Reproductive Status

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From the Pyramids to the Present: The Relationship Between the Enhancement of Facial Features by Cosmetics and a Woman’s Increased “Halo Eff...
Monday, December 4, 2017

Cross-spectrum microaggression perception: The association between participants’ ideological orientation & their judgements of ostensible microaggressions differed as a function of the apparent victims of ostensible microaggressions

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Harper, Craig A. 2017. “Political Microaggressions Across the Ideological Spectrum”. PsyArXiv. November 29. psyarxiv.com/973v8 Abstract: Mic...

New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans

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New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans. Brian Duncan, Jeffrey Grogger, Ana Sofia Leon, Stephen J. Trejo. NBER Working P...

The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900

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The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900. Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian. NBER Working Paper No. 2406...

Selling the snake oil of nudging: Only 7% of the studies applied power analysis, 2% used guidelines to improve the quality of reporting, no study was preregistered, & the used intervention nomenclatures were non-exhaustive & often have overlapping categories

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Szaszi, B., Palinkas, A., Palfi, B., Szollosi, A., and Aczel, B. (2017) A Systematic Scoping Review of the Choice Architecture Movement: Tow...

CO2 emissions in developed countries have stabilized, but emissions in developing countries have doubled due in part to offshoring economic activity from relatively environmentally-friendly places to others with lax environmental laws

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Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008. Glen P Peters et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

As predicted, happy men were inferred to be happier than happy women, but sad men were not inferred to be sadder than sad women

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Do We Expect Women to Look Happier Than They Are? A Test of Gender-Dependent Perceptual Correction. John Eric Steephen, Samyak Raj Mehta, Ra...

“Everybody knows psychology is not a real science”: Public perceptions of psychology and how we can improve our relationship with policymakers, the scientific community, and the general public

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Ferguson, C. J. (2015). “Everybody knows psychology is not a real science”: Public perceptions of psychology and how we can improve our rela...

The problem of false positives and false negatives in violent video game experiments -- studies of aggression appear to be particularly prone to false positive results

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The problem of false positives and false negatives in violent video game experiments. Christopher J. Ferguson. International Journal of Law ...

An abundance of toys present reduced quality of toddlers’ play

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The influence of the number of toys in the environment on toddlers’ play. Carly Dauch, Michelle Imwalle, Brooke Ocasio, Alexia E. Metz. Infa...

Pedigree size and relative fecundity in both the paternal and maternal sides of the homosexual women’s families were significantly higher than in the heterosexuals’ families

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Possible Balancing Selection in Human Female Homosexuality. Andrea Camperio Ciani et al. Human Nature, https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Extraordinary Altruists Exhibit Enhanced Self-other Overlap in Neural Responses to Distress

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Brethel-Haurwitz, Kristin, Elise Cardinale, Kruti Vekaria, Emily L Robertson, Brian Walitt, John VanMeter, and Abigail Marsh. 2017. “Extraor...
Sunday, December 3, 2017

Why is linguistics such a magnet for dilettantes and crackpots?

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Talking gibberish: The study of languages has long been prone to nonsense. Gaston Dorren. https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-linguistics-such-a-...

What Nihilism is

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What Nihilism is. "Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling sola...

Being fed up with life & with men: One life is more than enough

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In Burma, in a Buddhist sermon by one of the most senior monks in the country, a NY Times journalist talks to a lady: I got talking to Daw...

Legal & readily accessible abortion is estimated to have caused a 34 pct reduction in first births, a 19 pct reduction in first marriages, & a 63 pct reduction in "shotgun marriages" prior to age 19

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The Power of Abortion Policy: Reexamining the Effects of Young Women’s Access to Reproductive Control. Caitlin Knowles Myers. Journal of Pol...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

Women's attractiveness is linked to expected age at menopause

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Bovet, J., Barkat-Defradas, M., Durand, V., Faurie, C. and Raymond, M. (), Women's attractiveness is linked to expected age at menopause...

Expressions of disgust serve to signal one's own moral intentions even when a different emotion is felt internally on the basis of appraisal

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What Makes Moral Disgust Special? An Integrative Functional Review. Roger Giner-Sorolla, , Tom Kupfer, John Sabo. Advances in Experimental S...
Friday, December 1, 2017

Although people tend to see themselves in the best possible light, also have a surprisingly grim, and inevitable, outlook on their social lives

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Deri, S., Davidai, S., & Gilovich, T. (2017). Home alone: Why people believe others’ social lives are richer than their own. Journal of ...

Because people value living their lives in contact with reality, and care about who they are and what they do (“authenticity”), they reject living in a machine of only pleasurable experiences, but can accept an experience pill or a pill that improves overall functioning

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Nozick’s experience machine: An empirical study. Frank Hindriks & Igor Douven. Philosophical Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/0951508...

Not All Skepticism Is Equal: Exploring the Ideological Antecedents of Science Acceptance and Rejection

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Not All Skepticism Is Equal: Exploring the Ideological Antecedents of Science Acceptance and Rejection. Bastiaan T. Rutjens, Robbie M. Sutto...

Studying voluntary contributions to a public good: Four clearly distinct behavioural types account for over 90% of participants

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Behavioural types in public goods games: A re-analysis by hierarchical clustering. Francesco Fallucchi & R. Andrew Luccasen. http://www....
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Safety First: Perceived Risk of Street Harassment and Educational Choices of Women in India

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Safety First: Perceived Risk of Street Harassment and Educational Choices of Women. Girija Borker. https://www.brown.edu/academics/economics...

Anti-natalist philosophers contend life is so painful that humans should not reproduce

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The Case for Not Being Born: The anti-natalist philosopher David Benatar argues that it would be better if no one had children ever again. B...