Thursday, February 4, 2021

Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries - A Large-Scale Replication in 45 Countries

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Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication. Kathryn V. Walter et al. Psychological Science, March 20...

We find that cell phone vibrations of intermediate length (400ms) evoke a reward response, particularly among younger & more impulsive consumers, which in turn boosts purchasing in online shopping

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Hampton, William H., and Christian Hildebrand. 2021. “Pavlov’s Buzz? Mobile Vibrations as Conditioned Rewards.” PsyArXiv. February 4. psyarx...

‘You can’t bullshit a bullshitter’ (or can you?): Bullshitting frequency predicts receptivity to various types of misleading information

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‘You can’t bullshit a bullshitter’ (or can you?): Bullshitting frequency predicts receptivity to various types of misleading information. Sh...

Men and women are equally interested in being the recipient of sexual behaviours while they sleep; this particular interest (proposed term "dormaphilia") opens up new and interesting research questions

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Somnophilia: Examining Its Various Forms and Associated Constructs. Elizabeth T. Deehan, Ross M. Bartels. Sexual Abuse, November 15, 2019. h...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

The findings of this study support the notion that self-perceived facial attractiveness is not only motivated by psychological traits, but objectively measured phenotypic traits also contribute significantly

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Kanavakis G, Halazonetis D, Katsaros C, Gkantidis N (2021) Facial shape affects self-perceived facial attractiveness. PLoS ONE 16(2): e02455...

“Important Conversations” Are Needed to Explain the Nocebo Effect

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“Important Conversations” Are Needed to Explain the Nocebo Effect. Anita Slomski. JAMA, February 3, 2021. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.25840 Roger ...

Alcohol conditioned contexts enhance positive subjective alcohol effects and consumption

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Alcohol conditioned contexts enhance positive subjective alcohol effects and consumption. Joseph A. Lutz, Emma Childs. Behavioural Processes...

88% of adolescents experienced no or very small effects of social media use on self-esteem, whereas 4% experienced positive and 8% negative effects

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Social Media Use and Adolescents’ Self-Esteem: Heading for a Person-Specific Media Effects Paradigm. Patti Valkenburg, Ine Beyens, J Loes Po...

Although people clearly moralize diverse concerns—including those related to religion, sex, and food—heterogeneity in conceptual definitions is problematic for theory development and make falsification extremely difficult

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Gray, Kurt, Nicholas DiMaggio, Chelsea Schein, and Frank Kachanoff. 2021. “What Is 'purity'? Conceptual Murkiness in Moral Psycholog...

Children with relatively high narcissism levels tend to emerge as leaders, even though they may not excel as leaders

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Narcissism and Leadership in Children. Eddie Brummelman, Barbara Nevicka, Joseph M. O’Brien. Psychological Science, February 3, 2021. https:...