Monday, December 9, 2019

Our results indicate that conscientiousness is positively associated with wages, while ***agreeableness***, extraversion, and neuroticism are associated with negative returns

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McLean, D., Bouaissa, M., Rainville, B., & Auger, L. (2019). Non-Cognitive Skills: How Much Do They Matter for Earnings in Canada?. Amer...

Aphantasics recalled significantly fewer object details than controls, and showed a reliance on verbal strategies; showed equally high spatial accuracy as controls, and draw fewer false objects than controls

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Quantifying Aphantasia through drawing: Those without visual imagery show deficits in object but not spatial memory. Wilma A. Bainbridge, Zo...

People trust happy-sounding artificial agents more, even in the face of behavioral evidence of untrustworthiness

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If your device could smile: People trust happy-sounding artificial agents more. Ilaria Torre, Jeremy Goslin, Laurence White. Computers in Hu...

Investigating the generation and spread of numerical misinformation in a manner consistent with our schemata

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Jason C Coronel, Shannon Poulsen, Matthew D Sweitzer, Investigating the generation and spread of numerical misinformation: A combined eye mo...

Due to influence of competition outcome on testosterone, men preferred female facial femininity more after winning their competitive match; however, there were no corresponding effects in women

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Welling, L.L.M et al. (2019). The infuence of competition outcome on testosterone and face preferences in men and women. Human Ethology, 34 ...

A multi-semester classroom demonstration yields "robust" evidence in support of the facial feedback effect

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Marsh, A. A., Rhoads, S. A., & Ryan, R. M. A multi-semester classroom demonstration yields evidence in support of the facial feedback ef...

While Democrats are early adopters of progressive views, Republicans adopt the same views at a slower pace, which can be easily (mis)interpreted as a sign of polarization

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D. Baldassarri, B. Park “Was there a Culture War? Partisan Polarization and Secular Trends in US Public Opinion”, Journal of Politics, forth...

Men Are Funnier than Women under a Condition of Low Self-Efficacy but Women Are Funnier than Men under a Condition of High Self-Efficacy

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Men Are Funnier than Women under a Condition of Low Self-Efficacy but Women Are Funnier than Men under a Condition of High Self-Efficacy. Tr...

Witnessing fewer credible cultural cues of religious commitment is the most potent predictor of religious disbelief, β=0.28, followed distantly by reflective cognitive style

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Gervais, Will M., Maxine B. Najle, Sarah R. Schiavone, and Nava Caluori. 2019. “The Origins of Religious Disbelief: A Dual Inheritance Appro...
Sunday, December 8, 2019

NL: Occupation with the highest life satisfaction was ship/aircraft controller; lowest life satisfaction was in forestry; highest for women was creative & performing artist, for men it was keyboard operator

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Van Leeuwen, J. & Veenhoven, R.  Would I be happier as a teacher or a carpenter? Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization EHERO...

Acupuncture—A Question of Culture... and of skill to induce impression of being effective :-)

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Acupuncture—A Question of Culture . Matthias Karst, Changwei Li. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(12):e1916929. Dec 6 2019, doi:10.1001/jamanetworkop...
Saturday, December 7, 2019

High-achieving boys, to avoid bullying, use strategies to maintain an image of masculinity, for example becoming bullies themselves, disrupting the lessons, or devaluing girls’ achievements

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Being bullied at school: the case of high-achieving boys. Sebastian Bergold et al. Social Psychology of Education, December 7 2019. https://...