Tuesday, May 12, 2020

The affluent were more likely than others to tie economic outcomes to intelligence and hard work, and the top 1% were unique in emphasizing both choices and genes as causes of those traits

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Ideology of Affluence: Rich Americans' Explanations for Inequality and Attitudes toward Redistribution. Elizabeth Suhay, Marko Klasnja, ...

Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on physical activity and eating behaviour Preliminary results of the ECLB-COVID19 international online-survey

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Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on physical activity and eating behaviour Preliminary results of the ECLB-COVID19 international online-...

Men less than women believe that they will be seriously affected by the coronavirus; men more than women agree that wearing a face covering is shameful, not cool, a sign of weakness, and a stigma

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Capraro, Valerio, and Hélène Barcelo. 2020. “The Effect of Messaging and Gender on Intentions to Wear a Face Covering to Slow down COVID-19 ...

Individuals with broader beliefs about trauma experienced more intense negative emotions; reported more event-related distress (e.g., intrusions, nightmares) several days following

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Jones, Payton J., and Richard J. McNally. 2020. “Does Broadening One's Concept of Trauma Undermine Resilience?.” PsyArXiv. May 11. doi:1...

Clarifying the Structure and Nature of Left-wing Authoritarianism

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Costello, Thomas H., Shauna Bowes, Sean T. Stevens, Irwin Waldman, and Scott O. Lilienfeld. 2020. “Clarifying the Structure and Nature of Le...

Reactions and gender differences to online pictures of covered sexual organs among heterosexual young adults—Studies based on behavior, eye movement and ERP

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Reactions and gender differences to online pictures of covered sexual organs among heterosexual young adults—Studies based on behavior, eye ...
Monday, May 11, 2020

How people perceive the minds of the dead: The importance of consciousness at the moment of death

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How people perceive the minds of the dead: The importance of consciousness at the moment of death. Cameron M.Doyle, Kurt Gray. Cognition, Vo...

Bullshit ability is predictive of participants’ intelligence and individuals capable of producing more satisfying bullshit are judged by second-hand observers to be higher in intelligence

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Turpin, Martin H., Mane Kara-Yakoubian, Alexander C. Walker, and Jonathan A. Fugelsang. 2020. “Bullshit Ability as an Honest Signal of Intel...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

In simulations: Interpersonal distance is significantly reduced when the characters wear a face mask compared to other conditions

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Cartaud, Alice, Quesque François, and Yann Coello. 2020. “Beware of Virus! Wearing a Face Mask Against COVID-19 Results in a Reduction of So...

Individuals high in neuroticism experienced more negative affect in their daily lives during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Kroencke, Lara, Katharina Geukes, Till Utesch, Niclas Kuper, and Mitja Back. 2020. “Neuroticism and Emotional Risk During the Covid-19 Pande...

A concern raised by the “immunity passports” is that not-yet-infected individuals would have an incentive to expose themselves to the virus intentionally so that they can develop antibodies and get passports

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Hemel, Daniel Jacob and Malani, Anup, Immunity Passports and Moral Hazard (May 8, 2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstr...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

The review concludes that there is compelling evidence that the university environment is triggering high levels of stress and burnout and low levels of wellbeing for academics

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Urbina, Angel. 2020. “What Do We Know About University Academics’ Mental Health? A Systematic Literature Review.” PsyArXiv. May 8. doi:10.31...

Are Playboy (and girl) Norms Behind the Relationship Problems Associated with Pornography Viewing in Men and Women?

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Are Playboy (and girl) Norms Behind the Relationship Problems Associated with Pornography Viewing in Men and Women? Nicholas C. Borgogna, Tr...
Friday, May 8, 2020

Demographic and health factors associated with pandemic anxiety in the context of COVID-19

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McElroy, Eoin. 2020. “Demographic and health factors associated with pandemic anxiety in the context of COVID-19.” PsyArXiv. May 8. doi:10.3...

Capgras and Fregoli syndromes: delusion and misidentification

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Capgras and Fregoli syndromes: delusion and misidentification. Antonio Ventriglio et al. International Review of Psychiatry, May 7 2020. htt...

A man’s desirability was enhanced in the presence of positive cues (i.e. when he was described as a “good” partner & his former relationship ended mutually); but it diminished in the presence of negative cues

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Female Mate Copying: Measuring the Effect of Mate-Relevant Information Provided by Former Partners. Emily Scammell & Ryan C. Anderson. E...

We search for information inside our heads; where does this ability come from, and what does it enable cognitive systems to do? On executive control, goal-directed cognition, self-awareness & deliberation

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Foraging in Mind. Peter M. Todd, Thomas T. Hills. Current Directions in Psychological Science, May 7, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

Gender gaps in political engagement cannot be explained by women’s greater aversion to conflict, it is a product of men’s comparatively higher levels of enjoyment of arguments and disagreements

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Conflict Avoidance and Gender Gaps in Political Engagement. Jennifer Wolak. Political Behavior, May 7 2020. https://rd.springer.com/article/...

Requests for a favor: The person being asked rewards effort put into asking; arguments of efficiency increase of giving convince only men; women give more when being reminded of their power & responsibility

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Getting a Yes. An Experiment on the Power of Asking. Lisa Bruttel, Florian Stolley. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, May 7 ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

COVID-19: We find 3 new hires for every 10 layoffs caused by the shock and estimate that 42 percent of recent layoffs will result in permanent job loss

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Barrero, Jose Maria and Bloom, Nicholas and Davis, Steven J., COVID-19 Is Also a Reallocation Shock (May 5, 2020). University of Chicago, Be...

Student sex can often be predicted based on a set of achievement and attitude data; universal patterns in academic sex differences are larger than hitherto thought, & are stronger in societies with more equality

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Sex-specific academic ability and attitude patterns in students across developed countries. Gijsbert Stoet, David C.Geary. Intelligence, Vol...

Appraisals of human infants' cuteness & vulnerability were influenced especially strongly by the visual perception of human infants’ eyes; these effects do not appear to be attributable to eye contact

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“Parental” responses to human infants (and puppy dogs): Evidence that the perception of eyes is especially influential, but eye contact is n...

2012 US presidential election: Losing candidate's supporters experienced acute increases in testosterone levels on the evening of the election & flatter diurnal testosterone slopes up to 2 days after the election

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Prasad, Smrithi, Erik L. Knight, Amar Sarkar, Keith M. Welker, Bethany Lassetter, and Pranjal Mehta. 2020. “Testosterone Fluctuations in Res...

Students' Lockdown: Interaction and co-studying networks had become sparser, & more students were studying alone; stress, anxiety, loneliness, and depressive symptoms got worse (more for women)

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Elmer, Timon, Kieran Mepham, and Christoph Stadtfeld. 2020. “Students Under Lockdown: Assessing Change in Students’ Social Networks and Ment...

Appetite, the enteroendocrine system, gastrointestinal disease and obesity

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Appetite, the enteroendocrine system, gastrointestinal disease and obesity. Benjamin Crooks, Nikoleta S. Stamataki and John T. McLaughlin. P...

Walkable urban environments may be conducive to a more animated and lively social climate which is reflected in heightened extraversion among residents of such areas; but it is not linked to agreeableness

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The association between walkability and personality: Evidence from a large socioecological study in Japan. Friedrich M. Götz, Shinya Yoshino...

More than deserving someone harm, the great predictor of Schadenfreude is disliking of the target; compounding disliking with envy (malicious envy) was even a stronger predictor

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The Roles of Disliking, Deservingness, and Envy in Predicting Schadenfreude. Keegan D. Greenier. Psychological Reports, May 5, 2020. https:/...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Mental Health Impact of COVID-19: A Global Study of Risk and Resilience Factors

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Plomecka, Martyna, Susanna Gobbi, Rachael Neckels, Piotr Radziński, Beata Skórko, Samuel Lazzeri, Kristina Almazidou, et al. 2020. “Mental H...

It's possible to have a psychedelic experience from placebo? Most psychedelic studies find few effects in the placebo control group, yet these effects may have been obscured by the study design, setting, etc.

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Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors. Jay A. Olson, Léah Suissa-Rocheleau, Michael Lifshitz, Amir Raz & Samu...

Red color supposedly affects cognitive functioning in achievement situations & impairs test performance; this review casts doubt on the existence of a robust color priming effect in achievement situations

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Gnambs, Timo. 2020. “Limited Evidence for the Effect of Red Color on Cognitive Performance: A Meta-analysis.” PsyArXiv. May 5. doi:10.31234/...

Seller Reputation and Price Gouging: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Seller Reputation and Price Gouging: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Luis Cabral, Lei Xu. May 2020. http://leixu.org/xu_price_gouging.p...

High Esteem and Hurting Others Online: Contrary to Common Views, There Can Be High Self-Esteem In Trollers; Trait Sadism Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Esteem & Trolling

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High Esteem and Hurting Others Online: Trait Sadism Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Internet Trolling. Evita March and Ge...

Women: When pleasuring themselves, more frequent pornography use predicted lower arousal difficulty & orgasmic difficulty, greater pleasure, & more masturbatory events leading to orgasm

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Effects of Pornography Use and Demographic Parameters on Sexual Response during Masturbation and Partnered Sex in Women. Sean M. McNabney, K...
Monday, May 4, 2020

Lingerie Color & perceived physical & sexual attractiveness, trustworthiness, nurturance, femininity, dominance, healthiness, social competence, affectionateness, intelligence, mate potential, parenting ability

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A Choice of Color: Does Lingerie Color Affect Perceived Attractiveness and Evolutionary Fitness? Samantha Luzietti, B.A. & T. Joel Wade....