Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Males show higher variability in morphological traits (height), social-emotional traits (emotional intelligence), cognitive traits (short-term memory ability), & markers of physical & financial health

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Bateman’s Principle Hypothesis. Geher, G. et al. EvoS Journal, Jan 2019, http://evostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Geher-et-al_Vol8Is...

Impact of yoga-based mind-body intervention: Re-established immunological tolerance by aiding remission at molecular and cellular level along with significant reduction in depression

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Impact of yoga based mind-body intervention on systemic inflammatory markers and co-morbid depression in active Rheumatoid arthritis patient...

A meta-analysis of twin studies on genetic & environmental influences on spatial reasoning: Spatial ability is highly heritable, genetic contribution of spatial ability varies by age group, do not vary by sex

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Genetic and environmental influences on spatial reasoning: A meta-analysis of twin studies. Michael J. King et al. Intelligence, Volume 73, ...

What Does it Mean to Have “No Personality” or “A Lot of Personality”? Those with a lot of personality were more liked, higher in extraversion, agreeableness, & openness, & less likely to be incidental characters

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What Does it Mean to Have “No Personality” or “A Lot of Personality”? Natural Language Descriptions and Big Five Correlates. Jennifer V.Faya...

Irrespective of whether they were exposed to a disclaimer or not, most women who viewed ads featuring thin models thought that the image had been digitally modified

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The effect of exposure to thin models and digital modification disclaimers on women's body satisfaction. Nehama Lewis  Ayellet Pelled  N...

Examined potential mechanism behind reduced birth rates related to unusually hot temperatures; found no significant effect on sexual activity on subsequent days

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Ambient temperature and sexual activity: Evidence from time use surveys, Tamás Hajdu, Gábor Hajdu. Demographic Research, Volume 40 - Article...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

In the late XIX century Britain had almost no mandatory shareholder protections, but had very developed financial markets; private contracting made the absence of statutory protections immaterial

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Private Contracting, Law and Finance. Graeme G Acheson  Gareth Campbell  John D Turner. The Review of Financial Studies, hhz020, https://doi...

Can Money Buy Happiness? Evidence for European Countries: Happiness increases with individual income until a threshold of 27,913 Euro per year (rounded to 35,000 USD)

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Can Money Buy Happiness? Evidence for European Countries. Gabriela Mihaela Muresan, Cristina Ciumas, Monica Violeta Achim. Applied Research ...

Truth-default theory: When people cognitively process the content of others’ communication, they typically do so in a manner characterized by unquestioned, passive acceptance

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Documenting the Truth Default: The Low Frequency of Spontaneous, Unprompted Veracity Assessments in Deception Detection. David D Clare  Timo...

The use of pornography and the relationship between pornography exposure and sexual offending in males: A systematic review

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The use of pornography and the relationship between pornography exposure and sexual offending in males: A systematic review. Emily Mellor, S...

Consensus seeking –abandoning one’s own judgment to align with a group majority– is a fundamental feature of human social interaction; often occurs in the absence of any apparent economic/social gain

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The Expression and Transfer of Valence Associated with Social Conformity. Prachi Mistry & Mimi Liljeholm. Scientific Reports, volume 9, ...

Effects of celebrity gossip on trust: Prosocial women trusted their interaction partners more after gossiping, whereas proself women trusted their partners less

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The effects of celebrity gossip on trust are moderated by prosociality of the gossipers. Konrad Rudnicki, Charlotte J.S. De Backer, Carolyn ...

Self-esteem as an adaptive sociometer of mating success: Evaluating evidence of sex-specific psychological design across 10 world region

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Self-esteem as an adaptive sociometer of mating success: Evaluating evidence of sex-specific psychological design across 10 world regions. D...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Operationalization of Excessive Masturbation—Development of the Excessive Masturbation Scale (EMS)

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Operationalization of Excessive Masturbation—Development of the EMS. Wiebke Driemeyer, Jan Snagowski, Christian Laier, Michael Schwarz &...