Monday, July 6, 2020

Concerns about long-term social/emotional effects of acceleration for high-potential students appear to be unwarranted, as has been demonstrated for short-term effects

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Bernstein, B. O., Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (2020). Academic acceleration in gifted youth and fruitless concerns regarding psycholog...

Two systems of belief change: One adheres, mostly, to epistemological norms of updating; the other (a psychological immune system) guards our most centrally held beliefs from potential inconsistency with new beliefs

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The science of belief: A progress report. Nicolas Porot  Eric Mandelbaum. WIREs Cognitive Science, July 6 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs....

Those of the most pessimistic (optimistic) expectations in financial realizations experienced a 21.8% (13.5%) reduction in long-run well-being due to the decision errors and counteracting emotions of biased beliefs

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Neither an Optimist Nor a Pessimist Be: Mistaken Expectations Lower Well-Being. David de Meza, Chris Dawson. Personality and Social Psycholo...

Ugliness judgments respond to cues of pathogen presence; ugliness may activate the behavioral immune system, alerting us to stimuli that pose pathogen risk

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Ugliness Judgments Alert us to Cues of Pathogen Presence. Christoph Klebl et al. Social Psychological and Personality Science, July 6, 2020....

Links between screen use and depressive symptoms in adolescents over 16 years: It is concluded that screens and social media use are unlikely to bear major responsibility for youth suicide trends

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Links between screen use and depressive symptoms in adolescents over 16 years: Is there evidence for increased harm? Christopher J. Ferguson...

Breakfast skipping may have a modest impact on weight loss compared to breakfast consumers, and may increase LDL cholesterol in the short term

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Breakfast Skipping, Body Composition, and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Trials. Jonathan P. Bonn...
Sunday, July 5, 2020

Chemical engineers, computer & information systems managers, & management analysts are virtually all Republican; epidemiologists, computer programmers, & historians are virtually all Democrats

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Occupational Engagement and Partisanship in the United States. Darin DeWitt. Political Studies Review, July 4, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177...