Sunday, May 9, 2021

People’s commitment to moral principles may be maintained when they recall others’ past violations, but their commitment may wane when they recall their own violations

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Making moral principles suit yourself. Matthew L. Stanley, Paul Henne, Laura Niemi, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong & Felipe De Brigard. Psycho...

Negative attitudes toward cosmetic surgery prevail, partly because it seems to give people an unfair advantage, similar to performance enhancing drugs in sports

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The cosmetic surgery paradox: Toward a contemporary understanding of cosmetic surgery popularisation and attitudes. Sarah Bonell, Fiona Kate...

Changes in age-at-marriage laws rarely achieve the desired outcome; for this change to be effective, better laws must be accompanied by better enforcement & monitoring to delay marriage & protect the rights of women & girls

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Trends in child marriage and new evidence on the selective impact of changes in age-at-marriage laws on early marriage. Ewa Batyra, Luca Mar...

What Drives the Dehumanization of Consensual Non-Monogamous Partners? Being perceived as less moral and less committed to their relationship

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What Drives the Dehumanization of Consensual Non-Monogamous Partners? David L. Rodrigues, Diniz Lopes & Aleksandra Huic. Archives of Sex...

Atheists were perceived as more desirable in short-term mating than long-term mating (preference that did not translate to being preferred in that context over theists); this effect is specific to physically attractive targets

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Brown, Mitch. 2021. “Preliminary Evidence for Aversion to Atheists in Long-term Mating Domains.” PsyArXiv. May 2. doi:10.31234/osf.io/gu7xy ...
Saturday, May 8, 2021

Work from Home, IT Professionals: Total hours worked increased by roughly 30%, including a rise of 18% in working after normal business hours; average output did not significantly change, so productivity fell by about 20%

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Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on IT Professionals. Michael Gibbs, Friederike Mengel, Chris...

What is your earliest memory? It depends.

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What is your earliest memory? It depends. Carole Peterson. Memory, May 6 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.1918174 Abstract: This ...

Structural, Functional, & Metabolic Brain Differences as a Function of Identity or Orientation: It is possible that more differences too subtle to measure with available tools yet contributing to identity & orientation could be found

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Structural, Functional, and Metabolic Brain Differences as a Function of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation: A Systematic Review of the H...

The self-reported quality of the father-son relationship did not predict hegemonic masculinity; adverse childhood experiences, mother-son relationship quality, & family support also failed to predict hegemonic masculinity

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Daddy issues: Friends rather than fathers influence adult men's hegemonic masculinity. George Van Doorn, Jacob Dye, Ma Regina de Gracia....
Friday, May 7, 2021

Austria, England, Ireland and Sweden: Voters from all sides are more satisfied if there are more parties to choose from; the positive effect is stronger among the higher educated

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Do voters prefer more parties on the ballot? John Högström, André Blais & Carolina Plescia. Acta Politica, May 6 2021. https://rd.spring...

Beauty perceptions causally influenced moral standing attributions across a wide range of animal species independently from perceived patiency, agency, and harmfulness

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Beauty of the Beast: Beauty as an important dimension in the moral standing of animals. Christoph Klebl et al. Journal of Environmental Psyc...