Saturday, April 25, 2020

The Genetic Inactivation of the Vomero-Nasal Organ in Primates Allows the Evolution of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior But Does Not Explain Homosexual Orientation in Humans

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Camperio Ciani, A.S. The Genetic Inactivation of the Vomero-Nasal Organ in Primates Allows the Evolution of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior But Doe...

Trump Depression: Liberals report being more depressed when asked directly about the effects of the 2016 election; however, more indirect measures show a short-lived or non-existent effect

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Simchon, Almog, Sharath Guntuku, Rotem Simhon, Lyle H. Ungar, Ran Hassin, and michael gilead. 2020. “Political Depression? A Big-data, Multi...

Exposure to research on the genetic and biological etiology of political attitudes influences warmth toward partisan outgroups and preferences over political compromise

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Severson, Alexander. 2020. “Homo Politicus Was Born This Way: How Understanding the Biology of Political Belief Promotes Depolarization.” So...

People who are intellectually humble display less hostility towards conflicting viewpoints, which should induce less polarization, but can polarize strongly against what is perceived as arrogant, close minded individuals

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Nadelhoffer, Thomas, Gus Skorburg, Rose Graves, Mark R. Leary, and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. 2020. “Partisanship, Humility, and Polarization...

There are consistent patterns that could be considered a non-verbal signal of guilt in humans: Guilt was most closely associated with frowning and neck touching

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Are there non-verbal signals of guilt? Eglantine Julle-Danière, Jamie Whitehouse, Alexander Mielke, Aldert Vrij, Erik Gustafsson, Jérôme Mic...

Is Discrimination Widespread? Testing Assumptions About Bias on a University Campus

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Campbell, Mitchell R., and Brauer G. Lab. 2020. “Is Discrimination Widespread? Testing Assumptions About Bias on a University Campus.” PsyAr...

During the pandemic, participants reported conforming more strongly to traditional gender roles and believing more strongly in traditional gender stereotypes than they did before

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Rosenfeld, Daniel L., and A. J. Tomiyama. 2020. “Can a Pandemic Make People More Socially Conservative? Longitudinal Evidence from COVID-19....

Curiosity might correspond to an appetitive drive elicited by the state of uncertainty, because we like that state, or rather it might correspond to an aversive drive to reduce the state of uncertainty

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van Lieshout, Lieke, Floris de Lange, and Roshan Cools. 2020. “Curiosity: An Appetitive or an Aversive Drive?” PsyArXiv. April 21. doi:10.31...

A Bayesian Multiverse Analysis of Many Labs 4: Quantifying the Evidence Against Mortality Salience

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Haaf, Julia M., Suzanne Hoogeveen, Sophie Berkhout, Quentin F. Gronau, and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers. 2020. “A Bayesian Multiverse Analysis of Ma...
Friday, April 24, 2020

Students are at elevated risk for mental health problems; despite increasing rates of infections & COVID-19 deaths, they had slight decreases of mental health problems & and loneliness

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Fried, Eiko I. 2020. “Mental Health and Social Contact During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.” PsyArXiv. Ap...

The Psychology of Queuing

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Furnham, A. , Treglown, L. and Horne, G. (2020) The Psychology of Queuing. Psychology, 11, 480-498. doi: 10.4236/psych.2020.113033. ABSTRA...

‘They can’t fool me, but they can fool the others!’ Third person effect and fake news detection.

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‘They can’t fool me, but they can fool the others!’ Third person effect and fake news detection. Nicoleta Corbu et al. European Journal of C...

“Wonderful but Weak”: Children’s Ambivalent Attitudes Toward Women

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“Wonderful but Weak”: Children’s Ambivalent Attitudes Toward Women. Matthew D. Hammond & Andrei Cimpian. Sex Roles, Apr 23 2020. https:/...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

The Light Triad predicts Tinder use for love (long-term mating)

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Looking from the bright side: The Light Triad predicts Tinder use for love. Barış Sevi, Burak Doğruyol. Journal of Social and Personal Relat...

Average happiness is high in modern societies & tends to rise even higher, which contradicts longstanding pessimism about modernization; also, happiness doesn't depend primarily on one’s social position

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World Database of Happiness. A ‘findings archive.’ Ruut Veenhoven. Chapter prepared for Handbook of Wellbeing, Happiness and the Environment...

Foraging minds in modern environments: Individuals consistently displayed an enhanced memory for locations of high-calorie and savory-tasting foods

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Foraging minds in modern environments: High-calorie and savory-taste biases in human food spatial memory. Rachelle de Vries, Emely de Vet, K...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Impatience and savoring versus dread: Asymmetries in anticipation explain consumer time preferences for positive versus negative events

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Impatience and savoring versus dread: Asymmetries in anticipation explain consumer time preferences for positive versus negative events. Dav...

Climate assessments misuse scenarios due to competing demands & exploratory & policy relevant pathways, research practices that normalize careless use of scenarios in a vacuum of plausibility, & inherent complexity

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Pielke, Roger and Ritchie, Justin, Systemic Misuse of Scenarios in Climate Research and Assessment (April 21, 2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/...

With self-threat assuaged, similarity signals self-relevance, which draws people toward those who are similar to them despite negative characteristics

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Can Bad Be Good? The Attraction of a Darker Self. Rebecca J. Krause, Derek D. Rucker. Psychological Science, April 21, 2020. https://doi.org...

Sexual attraction modulates interpersonal distance and approach-avoidance movements towards virtual agents in males

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Sexual attraction modulates interpersonal distance and approach-avoidance movements towards virtual agents in males. Robin Welsch, Christoph...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The majority of studies, & especially the higher quality studies, showed that those who avoided meat consumption had significantly higher rates or risk of depression, anxiety, or self-harm behaviors

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Meat and mental health: a systematic review of meat abstention and depression, anxiety, and related phenomena. Urska Dobersek et al. Critica...