Saturday, February 6, 2021

We judge own accidental harms more wrong than harms caused by others, hold ourselves more responsible for accidental harms than they hold others, & recruit ‘empathy for pain’ regions more when causing harm, vs observing

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When my wrongs are worse than yours: Behavioral and neural asymmetries in first-person and third-person perspectives of accidental harms. Jo...

Happiness doesn't reduce polarization or conspiracy endorsement, and doesn't make easier to realize that a deep fake is fake

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Yu, Xudong, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Seungsu Lee, Andreu Casas, Rachid Azrout, and Tomasz Gackowski. 2021. “The (null) Effects of Happiness on ...

Emerging evidence suggests that episodes of drinking with one’s intimate partner can have positive immediate consequences for relationship functioning, whereas drinking episodes without partner do not

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Testa, M., Wang, W., & Derrick, J. L. (2021). Effects of couple drinking events on short-term relationship harmony and discord: An ecolo...
Friday, February 5, 2021

Young and restless, old and focused: Age-differences in mind-wandering frequency and phenomenology

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Moran, C. N., McGovern, D. P., Warren, G., Grálaigh, R. Ó, Kenney, J. P. M., Smeaton, A., & Dockree, P. M. (2021). Young and restless, o...

Demonstrate values: Behavioral displays of moral outrage as a cue to long-term mate potential

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Brown, M., Keefer, L. A., Sacco, D. F., & Brown, F. L. (2021). Demonstrate values: Behavioral displays of moral outrage as a cue to long...

Gender Differences in the Intention to Start a Business: Greater differences in higher egalitarian countries

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Gender Differences in the Intention to Start a Business: An Updated and Extended Meta-Analysis. Holger Steinmetz, Rodrigo Isidor, and Corinn...

There is little evidence that spicy food in hot countries is an adaptation to reducing infection risk

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There is little evidence that spicy food in hot countries is an adaptation to reducing infection risk. Lindell Bromham, Alexander Skeels, Hi...
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...