Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The Wealth Inequality of Nations: Wealth inequality varies greatly across countries, and there is no clear correlation with countries’ levels of income inequality

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The Wealth Inequality of Nations. Fabian T. Pfeffer, Nora Waitkus. American Sociological Review, July 30, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003...

Mice carrying the humanized Foxp2 allele were using higher frequencies and more complex syllable types than mice of the corresponding wildtype inbred strain

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A humanized version of Foxp2 affects ultrasonic vocalization in adult female and male mice. Sophie von Merten, Christine Pfeifle, Sven Künze...

Promising behavioral evidence suggests that we may become more prosocial as we age; Reduced reward activity in the brain in response to self-gains & increased reward activity to others' gains may underlie age-related changes in altruism

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Neurocomputational models of altruistic decision-making and social motives: Advances, pitfalls, and future directions. Anita Tusche, Lisa M....

Unveiling the neural underpinnings of optimism: Two key brain areas were linked to optimism, one involved in imagining the future & processing of self-referential information, another for response inhibition & processing relevant cues

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Unveiling the neural underpinnings of optimism: a systematic review. Fatima Erthal, Aline Bastos, Liliane Vilete, Leticia Oliveira, Mirtes P...

Economic Development and Modernization in Africa Homogenize National Cultures

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Economic Development and Modernization in Africa Homogenize National Cultures. Michael Minkov, Anneli Kaasa, Christian Welzel. Journal of Cr...

Gender and evaluation criteria for tenure and promotion: At the top quality level, there are no differences between males and females in the probabilities of preferring bibliometric criteria

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What should be rewarded? Gender and evaluation criteria for tenure and promotion. Laura Cruz-Castro, Luis Sanz-Menendez. Journal of Informet...

Why women historically & cross-culturally have tended to be under-represented as leaders within human groups and organizations, given that we lack evidence that women leaders consistently perform worse than men?

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An Evolutionary Explanation for the Female Leadership Paradox. Jennifer E. Smith et al. Front. Ecol. Evol., July 30 2021. https://doi.org/10...