Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Women who support far-right parties in Europe do not fit the stereotype

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Individual- and party-level determinants of far-right support among women in Western Europe. Trevor J. Allen and Sara Wallace Goodman. Europ...

Taller respondents (proxy for formidability) are likelier to approve of police officers hitting male citizens in several circumstances, as well as corporal criminal-justice punishment in the form of the death penalty

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Physical formidability and acceptance of police violence. R. Urbatsch. Evolution and Human Behavior, April 6 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j...

Physical Strength Partly Explains Sex Differences in Trait Anxiety in Young Americans

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Physical Strength Partly Explains Sex Differences in Trait Anxiety in Young Americans. Nicholas Kerry, Damian R. Murray. Psychological Scien...

Some navigation abilities decline in midlife and differ by sex, but others (path integration) do not decline

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Age-Related Changes in Spatial Navigation Are Evident by Midlife and Differ by Sex. Shuying Yu et al. Psychological Science, April 5, 2021. ...

Incidence of suicide decreased among Swedish men aged 50–59 after July 2013 when patent rights to sildenafil (i.e., Viagra) ceased, prices fell, and its use increased dramatically

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Sildenafil and suicide in Sweden. Ralph Catalano, Sidra Goldman-Mellor, Tim A. Bruckner & Terry Hartig. European Journal of Epidemiology...

We attribute positive outcomes more (e.g., economic growth) and negative outcomes less (like rising inequality) to our own political party than to an opposing party

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It’s their fault: Partisan attribution bias and its association with voting intentions. Ethan Zell, Christopher A. Stockus, Michael J. Berns...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Contrary to expectations, the suicide rate in the U.S. decreased in 2020, possibly due to a "we are all in the same boat" effect and an increased appreciation for life

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Why Did U.S. Suicides Decrease in 2020? Kathryn Gordon. Psychology Today, Apr 5 2021. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/out-the-ivor...

“Time Slows Down Whenever You Are Around” for Women but Not for Men

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“Time Slows Down Whenever You Are Around” for Women but Not for Men. Joana Arantes et al. Front. Psychol., April 6 2021 | https://doi.org/10...

Sex differences in brain in response to midlife stress linked to fetal stress exposures

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Impact of prenatal maternal cytokine exposure on sex differences in brain circuitry regulating stress in offspring 45 years later. Jill M. G...