Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Empathic accuracy was beneficial (for well-being & ill-being) or not harmful (for marital satisfaction) at low socio-economic levels; was not beneficial (well- & ill-being), or was harmful for mat. satisf. for high levels

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Empathy in context: Socioeconomic status as a moderator of the link between empathic accuracy and well-being in married couples. Emily F. Hi...

Vulnerable narcissism higher in Germany than Japan, related to self-construal; grandiose narcissism not equivalent across cultures; culturally incongruent forms of narcissism show more mental health problems

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Narcissism in independent and interdependent cultures. Emanuel Jauk et al. Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 177, July 2021, 11...

Facial attractiveness in women was negatively correlated with age at menopause and positively correlated to current fecundity

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Żelaźniewicz A, Nowak-Kornicka J, Zbyrowska K, Pawłowski B (2021) Predicted reproductive longevity and women’s facial attractiveness. PLoS O...

Huge inequalities persist - in terms of pay, property, and political representation, but East Asia is becoming more gender equal; the same cannot be said for South Asia. Why?

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Huge inequalities persist - in terms of pay, property, and political representation, but East Asia is becoming more gender equal; the same c...

Women collectively condemn other women who appear to be sexually permissive even when they are not direct sexual rivals

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Ayers, Jessica D., and Aaron T. Goetz. 2021. “Coordinated Condemnation in Women's Intrasexual Competition.” PsyArXiv. March 11. doi:10.3...

Low Doses of Psilocybin and Ketamine Enhance Motivation and Attention in Poor Performing Rats: Evidence for an Antidepressant Property

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Low Doses of Psilocybin and Ketamine Enhance Motivation and Attention in Poor Performing Rats: Evidence for an Antidepressant Property. Guy ...

It seems that if individuals are frequently exposed to non-like-minded information, they often feel negative emotions and are, therefore, more likely to use incivility

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The Effect of Exposure to (Non-)Like-Minded Information on the Use of Political Incivility on Twitter. Kohei Nishi. advance social sciences ...

There is a large disconnect between what people believe and what they will share on social media, and this is largely driven by inattention rather than by purposeful sharing of misinformation

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The Psychology of Fake News. Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, March 15 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.20...