Friday, June 12, 2020

Rolf Degen summarizing... Meta-analysis of placebo-controlled clinical trials: Psychedelic-assisted therapy achieves larger effects in mental disorders than typical psychopharmacological or psychotherapy interventions

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Luoma, Jason B. 2020. “A Meta-analysis of Placebo-controlled Trials of Psychedelic-assisted Therapy.” PsyArXiv. June 12. doi:10.1080/0279107...

2000-2018: Sexual inactivity increased among US men such that approximately 1 in 3 men aged 18 to 24 years reported no sexual activity in the past year; inactivity also increased among men & women aged 25-34 years

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Trends in Frequency of Sexual Activity and Number of Sexual Partners Among Adults Aged 18 to 44 Years in the US, 2000-2018. Peter Ueda et al...

Observers viewed extreme protest actions to be immoral, reducing observers’ emotional connection to the movement and, in turn, reducing identification with and support for the movement

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Feinberg, M., Willer, R., & Kovacheff, C. (2020). The activist’s dilemma: Extreme protest actions reduce popular support for social move...

Visual Features Influence Thought Content in the Absence of Overt Semantic Information

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Schertz, Kathryn E., Omid Kardan, and Marc Berman. 2019. “Visual Features Influence Thought Content in the Absence of Overt Semantic Informa...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

The Gap Between Self-reported and Actual Contributions to Climate Change Mitigation in US Residents

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Farjam, Mike, and Giangiacomo Bravo. 2020. “The Gap Between Self-reported and Actual Contributions to Climate Change Mitigation in US Reside...

Only 15.33% of manuscripts in Psychological Science 2009-2019 claim to test predictions derived from theories; most psychological research is not driven by theory, nor can it be contributing to theory building

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McPhetres, Jonathon, Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Ana Barbosa Mendes, Elvina C. Chow, Patricio Gonzalez-Marquez, Erin Loukras, Annika Maus, et al...

Dying to Divulge: The Determinants Of, and Relationship Between, Desired and Actual Disclosure

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Carbone, Erin, and George Loewenstein. 2020. “Dying to Divulge: The Determinants Of, and Relationship Between, Desired and Actual Disclosure...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

25 simple job features explain over half the variance in which jobs are now automated; biggest automation predictor is Pace Determined By Speed Of Equipment; predictors didn't change from 1999 to 2019

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Testing the automation revolution hypothesis. Keller Scholl, Robin Hanson. Economics Letters, Volume 193, August 2020, 109287. https://doi.o...