Monday, September 16, 2019

Optimal ultra-short copulation duration in a sexually cannibalistic spider in which females want to be half-virgin

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Optimal ultra-short copulation duration in a sexually cannibalistic spider. Braulio A. Assis, Matthias W. Foellmer. Behavioral Ecology and ...

Once considered a uniquely human memory phenomenon, the creation of false memories in lower animals can be seen; & evidence of “implanted” misinformation has also been obtained

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False memory in nonhuman animals. Paula M. Millin and David C. Riccio. Learning & Memory, 2019. 26: 1-6. http://www.learnmem.org/cgi/doi...

Antisocial behaviour was consistently rated as less genetically influenced than prosocial behaviour; asymmetry may stem from people’s motivating desire to hold wrongdoers responsible for their actions

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Asymmetrical genetic attributions for prosocial versus antisocial behaviour. Matthew S. Lebowitz, Kathryn Tabb & Paul S. Appelbaum. Natu...

“It’s All in Your Head”—A counterproductive way to interact with patients

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“It’s All in Your Head”—Medicine’s Silent Epidemic. Matthew J. Burke. JAMA Neurol., online September 16, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.3...

Sexting Images: Men who assumed that the pictures were distributed non-consensually spent more time looking at the body of the depicted person

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(Don’t) Look at Me! How the Assumed Consensual or Non-Consensual Distribution Affects Perception and Evaluation of Sexting Images. Arne Dekk...

From 2017... Low rates of pornography consumption have no impact on sexual satisfaction and adverse effects initiate only after consumption reaches a certain frequency

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From 2017... Is the Relationship Between Pornography Consumption Frequency and Lower Sexual Satisfaction Curvilinear? Results From England a...

Unifying the detrimental and beneficial effects of social network site use on self-esteem: a systematic literature review

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Unifying the detrimental and beneficial effects of social network site use on self-esteem: a systematic literature review. Hannes-Vincent Kr...

Found readiness potentials before arbitrary decisions, but—critically—not before deliberate ones, supporting interpretation of readiness potentials as byproducts of accumulation of random fluctuations in arbitrary decisions

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Neural precursors of deliberate and arbitrary decisions in the study of voluntary action. U. Maoz, G. Yaffe, C. Koch, L. Mudrik. bioRxiv, Ju...

Conservative and Republican women and men are thus less likely to report more severe forms of Sexual Harassment and Assault, which may explain differences in beliefs on these issues

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Political Differences in American Reports of Sexual Harassment and Assault. Rupa Jose, James H. Fowler, Anita Raj. Journal of Interpersonal ...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

From 2017... Under-reporting of total energy intake is a common and well-known source of measurement error in dietary assessment; this bias is particularly significant in obese individuals

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From 2017... People with a body mass index ⩾30 under-report their dietary intake: A systematic review. Helena Wehling, Joanne Lusher. Journa...

Masters Athletes and chess players reported a lower prevalence of chronic disease

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Masters or pawns? Examining injury and chronic disease in male Masters Athletes and chess players compared to population norms from the Cana...

These synthetic husbands have an average income that is about 58% higher, & 30% more likely to be employed, than the actual unmarried men that are currently available to unmarried women

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Mismatches in the Marriage Market. Daniel T. Lichter  Joseph P. Price  Jeffrey M. Swigert. Journal of Marriage and Family, September 4 2019....

Games of chance: A near miss is said to occur when feedback for a loss approximates a win (“cherry–cherry–lemon” on a slot machine); experiments failed to support the "near-miss effect" hypothesis

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The Near-Miss Effect in Slot Machines: A Review and Experimental Analysis Over Half a Century Later. Jeffrey M. Pisklak, Joshua J. H. Yong, ...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Body Images of Blind and Sighted Women: No differences with regard to physical contact, vitality, and self-exaltation; significantly higher self-acceptance of body in the blind group

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Differences in the Body Images of Blind and Sighted Women. Carolin Gebauer, Verena Guenther and Kristina Stuerz. European Journal of Health ...

How do People Perceive the Cleanliness and Morality of Someone who Expresses Inappropriate Disgust: Showing either too much or too little disgust is perceived to be immoral

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Consequences of Agreement versus Disagreement on Physical Disgust: How do People Perceive the Cleanliness and Morality of Someone who Expres...

Instead of having an educative effect across contexts, the exposure to deterrence practices increases unethical behavior of fraudsters but also of non-fraudsters

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Fabio Galeotti, Valeria Maggian, Marie Claire Villeval. Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty. 2019. halshs-02281894. https...

Meat reducers (those who reduce Meath consumption) are less satisfied with their diet than true vegetarians, maybe because of the more effort applied, the more rewarded they feel

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Asher, Kathryn, and Paul Peters. 2019. “Go the Whole Nine Yards? How Extent of Meat Restriction Impacts Individual Dietary Experience.” SocA...

People Rely Less on Consumer Reviews for Experiential Than Material Purchases

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People Rely Less on Consumer Reviews for Experiential Than Material Purchases. Hengchen Dai, Cindy Chan, Cassie Mogilner. Journal of Consume...

When in middle childhood, no differences emerged as a function of parental sexual orientation in observations or self-reports of coparenting; & parents & teachers described children as well-adjusted overall

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Farr, R. H., Bruun, S. T., & Patterson, C. J. (2019). Longitudinal associations between coparenting and child adjustment among lesbian, ...

Most school shooters were not previously treated with psychotropic medications – and even when they were, no direct or causal association was found

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The myth of school shooters and psychotropic medications. Ryan Chaloner Winton Hall  Susan Hatters Friedman  Renee Sorrentino  Maria Lapchen...

Evidence of the intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment (“maltreatment begets maltreatment,”: Effect sizes seems real but modest

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Testing the cycle of maltreatment hypothesis: Meta-analytic evidence of the intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment. Sheri Madi...
Friday, September 13, 2019

Ridesharing: Socially superior outcomes may involve monopoly or competition under various multihoming regimes, depending on the density of the city

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Bryan, Kevin and Gans, Joshua S., A Theory of Multihoming in Rideshare Competition (July 27, 2018). SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.320...

The cooperative sex: Sexual interactions among female bonobos are linked to increases in oxytocin, proximity and coalitions

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The cooperative sex: Sexual interactions among female bonobos are linked to increases in oxytocin, proximity and coalitions. Liza R. Mosco...

Those who are interested in politics, who feel that they have a moral duty to vote in elections, and who feel close to a party are more prone to be satisfied with their decision to vote and to be dissatisfied if they chose to abstain

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From 2017... Was my decision to vote (or abstain) the right one? André Blais, Fernando Feitosa, Semra Sevi. Party Politics, July 20, 2017. h...

Search Advertising and Information Discovery: Are Consumers Averse to Sponsored Messages? Seems not so much.

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Sahni, Navdeep S. and Zhang, Charles, Search Advertising and Information Discovery: Are Consumers Averse to Sponsored Messages? (August 23, ...

We exhibit a bias to accept incoming information, because most claims in our environments are true; and we interpret feelings, like ease of processing, as evidence of truth, regardless of intelligence level or cognitive style

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Judging Truth. Nadia M. Brashier and Elizabeth J. Marsh. Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 71:- (Volume publication date Jan 2020), Septembe...

The experiments and paradigms that purportedly demonstrate spontaneous perspective-taking have not as yet convincingly demonstrated the existence of such a phenomenon

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The closing of the theory of mind: A critique of perspective-taking. Geoff G. Cole, Abbie C. Millett. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Sep...