Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Our results show that body patterns corresponding to different moral violations are felt in different regions of the body depending on whether individuals are classified as liberals or conservatives

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Body Maps of Moral Concerns. Mohammad Atari, Aida Mostafazadeh Davani, Morteza Dehghani. Psychological Science, January 8, 2020. https://doi...

Our cultural prioritization of penile-vaginal intercourse over more clitorally focused sexual activities is linked to the gendered orgasm gap

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Orgasm Equality: Scientific Findings and Societal Implications. Elizabeth A. Mahar, Laurie B. Mintz & Brianna M. Akers. Current Sexual H...

Human self-domestication was done with sociosexual selection for dampened reactive aggression

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Masculinity and the Mechanisms of Human Self-Domestication. Ben Thomas Gleeson. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, Jan 6 2020. https:...

Rising individualism and emancipative values, as an outcome of modernization, diminish the importance of religious faith for people’s happiness, while increasing the importance of a feeling of life control

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Cultural Evolution Shifts the Source of Happiness from Religion to Subjective Freedom. Michael Minkov, Christian Welzel & Michael Schach...

An Initial Test of the Cosmetics Dehumanization Hypothesis: Heavy Makeup Diminishes Attributions of Humanness-Related Traits to Women

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An Initial Test of the Cosmetics Dehumanization Hypothesis: Heavy Makeup Diminishes Attributions of Humanness-Related Traits to Women. Phi...

The green mate appeal: Men's pro‐environmental consumption is an honest signal of commitment to their partner

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The green mate appeal: Men's pro‐environmental consumption is an honest signal of commitment to their partner. Sylvie Borau, Leila Elgaa...

Although appearing nervous and awkward during an initial encounter with an attractive other may seem counterproductive for future mating success, the reaction may have potential adaptive value

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Perceived Nervous Reactions during Initial Attraction and Their Potential Adaptive Value. Susan M. Hughes, Marissa A. Harrison & Kathlee...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Intellectual, narcissistic, or Machiavellian? How Twitter users differ from Facebook-only users

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Marshall, T. C., Ferenczi, N., Lefringhausen, K., Hill, S., & Deng, J. (2020). Intellectual, narcissistic, or Machiavellian? How Twitter...

Religiosity could be associated with a stronger desire for emotions that strengthen foundational religious beliefs or with a stronger desire for emotions that promote prosocial engagement; it was the first

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Religiosity and Desired Emotions: Belief Maintenance or Prosocial Facilitation? Allon Vishkin et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulle...

Smiling as negative feedback affects social decision-making and its neural underpinnings

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Smiling as negative feedback affects social decision-making and its neural underpinnings. Martin Weiß, Patrick Mussel & Johannes Hewig. ...

Drug misuse increased since 1995–96 for those with lower socioeconomic status; mental health accounted for only a small part of the increase in misuse; pain explained most of the period trend in misuse of prescription painkillers

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Changes in mental health, pain, and drug misuse since the Mid-1990s: Is there a link? Dana A. Glei, Andrew Stokes, Maxine Weinstein. Social ...

Half of the dogs without previous training showed spontaneous rescue behaviors directed to their owners, behavior not motivated by obedience nor by the motivation to re-establish social contact with the owner

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Do dogs rescue their owners from a stressful situation? A behavioral and physiological assessment. Fabricio Carballo, Victoria Dzik, Esteban...

Altered brain network organization in romantic love: Romantic love is a complex state that has been seen as similar to addiction; paper finds decreased overall brain functional segregation

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Altered brain network organization in romantic love as measured with resting-state fMRI and graph theory. Chuan Wang et al. Brain Imaging an...

As found in men, women similarly know how to infer sexual exploitability; unlike men, only some of these cues were associated with short-term attractiveness; so, if a man is too easy, she won't be interested as frequently as men are

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Adair, L., Andersen, B., & Hinton, T. (2020). He looks “easy” and she’s not into it: Sexual exploitation cues and attraction. Evolutiona...

Opinion leaders in Tweeter: Those with stronger motivations to distribute relevant information tended to overestimate their influence in the network

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#Opinionleaders: a comparison of self-reported and observable influence of Twitter users. Stephan Winter et al. Information, Communication ...