Monday, March 18, 2019

Asexuality: Sexual Health Does Not Require Sex

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Asexuality: Sexual Health Does Not Require Sex. Brenna Conley-Fonda & Taylor Leisher. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, Volume 25, 20...

Fieldwork from Poland suggested that well over 80% of people seeking treatment for sex addiction had a problem with pornography use, rather than issues from acting out with real sexual partners

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Darryl Mead & Mary Sharpe (2019): Pornography and sexuality research papers at the 5th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions...

Experiment in South Africa: Black lecturers receive lower ratings than white lecturers, particularly from black students

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Race and Gender biases in Student Evaluations of Teachers. Carolyn Chisadza, Nicky Nicholls„, Eleni Yitbarek. March 4, 2019. https://custom....
Sunday, March 17, 2019

Thinking about Karma decreased selfishness among karmic believers across religious affiliations & non-religious Americans; about God also decreased selfishness among believers, but not with others

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Supernatural norm enforcement: Thinking about karma and God reduces selfishness among believers. Cindel J.M. White et al. Journal of Experim...

Was Europe losing to the US its most talented workers, 1850–1913? Irish data shows the contrary: the sons of farmers & illiterate men were more likely to emigrate than their literate & skilled counterparts

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Connor, Dylan Shane. 2019. «The Cream of the Crop? Geography, Networks, and Irish Migrant Selection in the Age of Mass Migration». The Journ...

Gendered marketing is a pervasive trend, despite the public controversy; consumers who own gender-typical products are mentally pictured as more physically attractive, sexier, & more desirable partners

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Gendered products act as the extended phenotype of human sexual dimorphism: They increase physical attractiveness and desirability. Sylvie B...

Dramatic shortening of careers of scientists: The time over which half of the cohort has left the field has shortened from 35 y in the 1960s to only 5 y in the 2010s

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Changing demographics of scientific careers: The rise of the temporary workforce. Staša Milojević, Filippo Radicchi, and John P. Walsh. Proc...

Identification with fictional characters in computerised fictional narrative material: Females identify more strongly with their own gender whereas males identify equally with either gender

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Hook N. (2019) May the force of gender be with you: Identity, Identification and “Own-Gender Bias”. In: Barry J., Kingerlee R., Seager M., S...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

The Genetic and Environmental Etiology of Shyness: Genetic factors at age 6 accounted for 44% of individual differences

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The Genetic and Environmental Etiology of Shyness Through Childhood. Geneviève Morneau-Vaillancourt et al. Behavior Genetics, March 15 2019....

Frustration in the face of the driver: A simulator study on facial muscle activity during frustrated driving

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Frustration in the face of the driver: A simulator study on facial muscle activity during frustrated driving. Klas Ihme, Christina Dömeland,...

Presidential Elections, Divided Politics, and Happiness in the U.S., 2012-2016: Negative impact on well-being for losers, no gains for winners

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Presidential Elections, Divided Politics, and Happiness in the U.S. Sergio Pinto  et al. Chicago Univ., Human Capital and Economic Opportun...