Thursday, February 11, 2021

Our results showed that the exposure to fear chemosignals (vs. rest chemosignals and a no-sweat condition) while not changing vigilance behavior leads to faster answers to threatening events

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The Function of Fear Chemosignals: Preparing for Danger. Nuno Gomes, Gün R Semin. Chemical Senses, bjab005, February 11 2021. https://doi.or...

Reduced decision bias and more rational decision making following cortex damage

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Reduced decision bias and more rational decision making following ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage. Sanjay Manohar et al. Cortex, Febru...

We find that experts and lay people fared poorly at predicting social and psychological consequences of the pandemic and misperceive what effects it may have already had

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Hutcherson, Cendri, Constantine Sharpinskyi, Michael E. W. Varnum, PhD, Amanda M. Rotella, Alexandra Wormley, Louis Tay, and Igor Grossmann....

High-income women may prenatally masculinize their sons at the expense of the fitness of their daughters; low-income women may prenatally feminize their daughters at the fitness expense of their sons

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Parental income inequality and children’s digit ratio (2D:4D): a ‘Trivers-Willard’ effect on prenatal androgenization? J.T. Manning et al. J...

New York City/New Jersey subway average PM2.5 levels are 65 times greater than EPA standards, worse than the worst Chinese city

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PM2.5 Concentration and Composition in Subway Systems in the Northeastern United States. David G. Luglio, Maria Katsigeorgis, Jade Hess, Reb...