Thursday, March 28, 2019

When Black & Hispanic men are described as gay, they become stereotypically “Whitened” in addition to seeming less stereotypic of their own groups; they seem more affluent when described as gay

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Racial stereotyping of gay men: Can a minority sexual orientation erase race? Christopher D. Petsko, Galen V. Bodenhausen. Journal of Experi...

Leaders of gov't-favored firms are more likely to agree with sometimes contradictory ideas like markets should be generally free, but at present, the US market is too free, & competition is unfair

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Matthew D. Mitchell, with Scott Eastman and Tamara Winter. “A Culture of Favoritism: Corporate Privilege and Beliefs about Markets and Gover...

Users are likely to argue over wide ideological divides, and are increasingly likely to engage with those who are different from themselves

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Why Keep Arguing? Predicting Engagement in Political Conversations Online. Sarah Shugars, Nicholas Beauchamp. SAGE Open, March 27, 2019. htt...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

A genetic mutation 60k to 130k years ago increased the capacity of general working memory or phonological storage, final piece in the evolution of human executive reasoning ability, language, & culture

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Manoochehri, Majid. 2019. “The Evolution of Memory Span: A Review of the Existing Evidence.” PsyArXiv. March 27. doi:10.31234/osf.io/zdsya A...

Latent genetic traits account for, on average, 40.63% of variance in traditional and online political talk, discussion with agreement and disagreement, and political conflict avoidance: Results from two twin studies

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Genetic influence on political discussion: Results from two twin studies. Chance York. Communication Monographs, Mar 26 2019. https://doi.or...

Political journalists overwhelmingly interact with other journalists, particularly political ones, & their offline tendencies to form homogenous networks have transferred online

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Exploring Political Journalism Homophily on Twitter: A Comparative Analysis of US and UK Elections in 2016 and 2017. Kelly Fincham. Media an...

While Democrats show stronger negative emotional response to moral violations than Republicans, partisans of both parties express significantly greater negativity when a politician of the other party violates a moral foundation

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Voters’ Partisan Responses to Politicians’ Immoral Behavior. Annemarie S. Walter, David P. Redlawsk. Political Psychology, March 27 2019. ht...