Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Hippocampal volume has been associated with impaired & expert navigation, but large pre-registered studies found no such correlation in healthy adults; network models offer greater explanatory power for flexibility & individual differences

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Hippocampal volume and navigational ability: The map(ping) is not to scale. Steven M. Weisberg, Arne D. Ekstrom. Neuroscience & Biobehav...

Potential ‘super-spreaders’ –people with many social interactions, extraverts–, the people most likely to widely spread COVID-19, are the most willing to take a free test, despite the increased probability of being quarantined

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Testing for COVID-19: willful ignorance or selfless behavior? Linda Thunstroem et al. Behavioural Public Policy , Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2...

Facet-level personality development in the transition to adolescence: Girls increase their conscientiousness, boys' stay relatively constant; agreeableness and introversion increase for both boys & girls

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Brandes, C. M., Kushner, S. C., Herzhoff, K., & Tackett, J. L. (2020). Facet-level personality development in the transition to adolesce...

Self-rated Attractiveness Predicts Preferences for Sexually Dimorphic Facial Characteristics: Evidence from a Culturally Diverse Sample

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Marcinkowska, Urszula M., Benedict C. Jones, and Anthony J. Lee. 2021. “Self-rated Attractiveness Predicts Preferences for Sexually Dimorphi...
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 ...