Tuesday, September 17, 2019

We model the increase of U.S. adult obesity since the 1990s as a legacy of increased consumption of excess sugars among children of the 1970s and 1980s

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U.S. obesity as delayed effect of excess sugar. R. Alexander Bentley, Damian J. Ruck, Hillary N.Fouts. Economics & Human Biology, Septem...

Incidental processes shape discussion networks much more powerfully than purposive ones: We tend to report discussants with whom we share other relationships/characteristics, rather than expertise or political similarity

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The Incidental Pundit: Who Talks Politics with Whom, and Why? William Minozzi et al. American Journal of Political Science, September 16 201...

Attractive women augment their physical appeal via high heels; those heels may be a subtle indicator of dyadic sexual desire, & preferences for heels are stronger at times in the lifespan when mating competition is relatively intense

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Using Sexual Selection Theories to Examine Contextual Variation in Heterosexual Women’s Orientation Toward High Heels. Christopher Watkins, ...

A brief natural history of the orgasm

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A brief natural history of the orgasm. Thierry Lodé. Frontiers in Life Science, Volume 13, 2019 - Issue 1, Pages 34-44. Sep 12 2019. https:/...

Paradoxically, the published literature on the psychological consequences of lottery wins has found almost no evidence that winners become happier; we found otherwise

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Lottery Wins and Satisfaction: Overturning Brickman in Modern Longitudinal Data on Germany. Andrew J. Oswald, Rainer Winkelmann. The Economi...
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....