Tuesday, January 28, 2020

How many electric vehicles can the current Australian electricity grid support? Current grid can support EVs at 5–10% penetration under uncontrolled charging

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How many electric vehicles can the current Australian electricity grid support?, Li and Lenzen, International Journal of Electrical Power ...

Immersive virtual reality: Het. men rated the female avatar’s touch as more appropriate & erogenous, while het. women rated female & male touches as equally appropriate (the latter being most erogenous)

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Fusaro, Martina, Matteo Lisi, Gaetano Tieri, and Salvatore M. Aglioti. 2020. “Touched by Vision: How Heterosexual, Gay, and Lesbian People R...

From 2018... The First Ejaculation: A Male Pubertal Milestone Comparable to Menarche?

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From 2018... The First Ejaculation: A Male Pubertal Milestone Comparable to Menarche? Jordan A. Chad. The Journal of Sex Research, Volume 57...

Hormonal contraceptive use and subjective sleep reports in women: An online survey

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Hormonal contraceptive use and subjective sleep reports in women: An online survey. Andréia Gomes Bezerra  Monica Levy Andersen  Gabriel Nat...

Individual & Joint Pornography Use Among Romantic Couples: Partner knowledge of use had little direct association with well-being, but unknown individual use may be associated with less sexual, but more relationship, satisfaction

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Behind Closed Doors: Individual and Joint Pornography Use Among Romantic Couples. Brian J. Willoughby & Nathan D. Leonhardt. The Journal...

Norway: The higher risk of childlessness was associated with the highest intelligence score, & and this effect was mediated by whether participants had ever been in a relationship by their late twenties

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Does Intelligence Predict Childlessness in Men? An Analysis of the Direct and Indirect Associations Between Intelligence and Childlessness i...

Widespread Gray Matter Gain 4-6 Weeks After Giving Birth: A restoration of brain tissue or a substantial brain reorganization, possibly to accommodate a multi-faceted repertoire of complex behaviors associated to being a mother

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From Baby Brain to Mommy Brain: Widespread Gray Matter Gain After Giving Birth. Eileen Luders et al. Cortex, January 28 2020. https://doi.or...

How Large Are Gender Differences in Toy Preferences? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Toy Preference Research

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How Large Are Gender Differences in Toy Preferences? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Toy Preference Research. Jac T. M. Davis &...

Intact microbiota is a key component of older males attractiveness; age-based preferences may break down when the microbiota is impaired, like when individuals are exposed to naturally occurring antibiotics, extreme temperatures

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Drosophila Sexual Attractiveness in Older Males Is Mediated by Their Microbiota. Chloe Heys et al. Microorganisms 2020, 8(2), 168. Jan 22 20...

The Mismeasure of Genes: No Support for the Genetic Hypothesis of the Black-white Achievement Gap Using Polygenic Scores and Tests for Divergent Selection

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Bird, Kevin A. 2020. “The Mismeasure of Genes: No Support for the Genetic Hypothesis of the Black-white Achievement Gap Using Polygenic Scor...

Fever dreams were more bizarre & more negatively toned & included more references to health & temperature perception compared to normal dreams – findings that are in line with the continuity hypothesis of dreaming

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Fever Dreams: An Online Study. Michael Schredl and Daniel Erlacher. Front. Psychol., January 28 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00...

Sub-par embryos are terminated automatically; embryos improve test performance by exaggerating formerly honest quality signals; new honest indicators arise while old degraded indicators linger

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Embryo Selection and Mate Choice: Can ‘Honest Signals’ Be Trusted? Dakota E. McCoy, David Haig. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, January 2...
Monday, January 27, 2020

The major purpose that episodic counterfactual thinking serves is mood regulation: to daydream and to feel better

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Branch, Jared. 2020. “Involuntary Mental Time Travel into the Episodic Future, Episodic Past, and Episodic Counterfactual Past in Everyday L...

Affective polarization (steady growth of the mutual dislike between Republicans and Democrats): Elites in the US have polarized faster than those in eight other OECD countries of study

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Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization. Levi Boxell, Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro. NBER Working Paper No. 26669, January 2020....

Metal music fans exhibit moral reasoning styles dependent on their metal sub-genre identification; the moral reasoning styles explain partially lyrical preferences that weren’t already explained by personality

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Morality in everything, chapter 23958: The role of moral reasoning & personality in explaining lyrical preferences. Kyle J. Messick, B...