Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Cumulative culture in nonhumans: overlooked findings from Japanese monkeys? Food-washing behaviors (e.g., of sweet potato tubers and wheat grains) seem to have increased in complexity and efficiency over time

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Cumulative culture in nonhumans: overlooked findings from Japanese monkeys? Daniel P. Schofield et al. Primates, https://link.springer.com/a...

Anti-vaccination movement on Facebook: Present-day discourses centre around moral outrage and structural oppression by institutional government & the media, suggesting a strong logic of ‘conspiracy-style’ beliefs and thinking. Furthermore, the vast majority of participants are women

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Mapping the anti-vaccination movement on Facebook. Naomi Smith & Tim Graham. Information, Communication & Society, https://doi.org/1...

Using a foreign language reduces mental imagery; this partially explains why using foreign languages changes moral choices

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Using a foreign language reduces mental imagery. Sayuri Hayakawa, Boaz Keysar. Cognition, Volume 173, April 2018, Pages 8–15. https://doi.or...

The neuroendocrinology of sexual attraction: Olfactory stimuli are necessary but not sufficient for sexual attraction in rodents; visual stimuli, like the sexual skin, are crucial in primates; and the responsiveness to sexual attractants depends on gonadal hormones

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The neuroendocrinology of sexual attraction. Olivia Le Moëne, Anders Ågmo. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne....

Is envy harmful to a Society's psychological health and wellbeing? A longitudinal study of 18,000 adults

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Is envy harmful to a Society's psychological health and wellbeing? A longitudinal study of 18,000 adults. Redzo Mujcic, Andrew J. Oswald...

Pathogen Avoidance: We drink significantly less water when we believe it came from pathogen-prevalent environments (e.g., restrooms) and rated the water from pathogen-prevalent environments as lower in cleanliness, crispness, quality, and other characteristics when compared

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Belief Influences Gustation: Evidence of a Psychophysical Pathogen Avoidance Mechanism. Carey J. Fitzgerald etal. Evolutionary Psychological...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

While a great deal is known about how people respond to influence tactics that are used on them, almost nothing is known about whether people understand these tactics and strategically use them to influence others

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Default neglect in attempts at social influence. Julian J. Zlatev et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 114 no. 52, p...

Seven myths of memory

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Seven myths of memory. Nicola S. Clayton, , Clive Wilkins. Behavioural Processes, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.12.018 Highlights • ...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Disadvantageous inequity-aversion (“envy”) is stronger under time pressure

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Exploring the Role of Deliberation Time in Non-Selfish Behavior: the Double Response Method. Michał Krawczyk, , Marta Sylwestrzak. Journal o...

The cyclic sexual & reproductive behavior of human populations is mostly driven by culture & this interest in sex is associated with specific emotions, characteristic of major cultural & religious celebrations

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Human Sexual Cycles are Driven by Culture and Match Collective Moods. Ian B. Wood, Pedro L. Varela, Johan Bollen, Luis M. Rocha & Joana ...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

China Bullies Mr. Moon. Beijing wants South Korea to remove its missile defenses without helping with North Korea

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China Bullies Mr. Moon.  By The Editorial Board Beijing wants South Korea to remove its missile defenses. The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 22, ...

Higher social class consistently related to lower levels of wise reasoning across different levels of analysis, including regional and individual differences

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Social class and wise reasoning about interpersonal conflicts across regions, persons and situations. Justin P. Brienza, Igor Grossmann. Pro...

Correlation between gut microbiota and personality in adults: a cross-sectional study

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Correlation between gut microbiota and personality in adults: a cross-sectional study. Han-Na Kim et al. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, http...

Political attitudes display interspousal correlations that are among the strongest of all social and biometric traits

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The Politics of Mate Choice. John R. Alford et al. The Journal of Politics, Vol. 73, No. 2, April 2011, Pp. 362–379, doi:10.1017/S0022381611...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization

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Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization. Pe...

Regional ambient temperature is associated with human personality

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Regional ambient temperature is associated with human personality. Wenqi Wei, et al. Nature Human Behaviour 1, 890–895 (2017). doi:10.1038/s...

Parents and Children Who Are Estranged in Adulthood: A Review and Discussion of the Literature + NYTimes article about this

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Blake, L. (2017), Parents and Children Who Are Estranged in Adulthood: A Review and Discussion of the Literature. J Fam Theory Rev, 9: 521–5...
Friday, December 22, 2017

Distinguishing Polemic From Commentary in Science: Some Guidelines Illustrated With the Case of Sage and Burgio (2017)

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Grimes, D. R. and Bishop, D. V. M. (2017), Distinguishing Polemic From Commentary in Science: Some Guidelines Illustrated With the Case of S...

Watching Without Seeing: Determinants and Mechanisms of Inattentional Blindnes

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Watching Without Seeing: Determinants and Mechanisms of Inattentional Blindness / Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst: Determinanten und Mecha...

The Economist On Sexual Harassment, Nov 2017

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In The Economist, Friday November 17th 2017: Sexual haras...