Thursday, July 22, 2021

Manufacturer–distributor relationships: Deceptive manifestations of infidelity; the possible passive, mild, or aggressive consequences of infidelity; the pre-emptive or post hoc measures that need to be taken to cure infidelity

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Unveiling the infidelity problem in exclusive manufacturer–distributor relationships: A dyadic perspective, Leonidas C. Leonidou, Bilge Ayko...

Incarcerated individuals: Stronger associations for disinhibition with substance use problems, self-harm, and staff ratings of prison misbehavior among females compared to males

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Testing for Sex Differences in the Nomological Network of the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy in Incarcerated Individuals. Claudio Sica, Emil...

Scholars of diversity training, when testing the efficacy of their approaches, too often use proxy measures for success that are far removed from the types of consequential outcomes that reflect the purported goals of such trainings

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Diversity Training Goals, Limitations, and Promise: A Review of the Multidisciplinary Literature. Patricia G. Devine and Tory L. Ash. Annual...

Those who gain a good reputation are often preferred as interaction partners, but excessively generous individuals risk losing their good reputation, and even being vilified, ostracised or antisocially punished

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: the social costs of prosocial behaviour. Nichola J Raihani & Eleanor A Power- Evolutionary Human Sciences,...

Preferences for attractiveness, resources, kindness, intelligence & health in a long-term mate, 45 countries: Each sex tended to report more demanding preferences for attractiveness & resources where the other sex was abundant

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Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios. Kathryn V. Walter et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sc...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Due to the social desirability bias, software pirates deny it when filling surveys; 47pct actual piracy rate vs 19pct self-reported piracy rate

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Liar, liar, pants on fire! Social desirability bias in software piracy research. Marton Gergely & V. Srinivasan (Chino) Rao. Behaviour ...

Haptic stimulation of endorphin acts to bond relationships in primates and humans; humans have found ways to trigger the endorphin system virtually without touch, allowing us to ‘groom’ at a distance with more individuals

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Virtual touch and the human social world. Robin IM Dunbar. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Volume 43, February 2022, Pages 14-19. ht...

Reviewing theory and experimental evidence, they suggest that spontaneous BOLD activity may be more closely aligned with off-line plasticity and homeostatic processes than on-line fluctuations in cognitive content

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Brain activity is not only for thinking. Timothy OLaumann, Abraham ZSnyder. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Volume 40, August 2021, ...