Thursday, September 2, 2021

Paranoia and conspiracy thinking are known to be distinct but correlated constructs, but it is unknown whether certain types of conspiracy thinking are more common in paranoia than others...

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Greenburgh, Anna, Alice Liefgreen, Vaughan Bell, and Nichola Raihani. 2021. “Factors Affecting Conspiracy Theory Endorsement in Paranoia.” P...

COVID-19: Group sex events were cancelled & guys only had sex with others they were isolating with; also reported attending online events (Zoom orgies); some say moving online opened up new opportunities for community-building

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Group sex in the time of COVID: Intimacy, learning, and community-building in sexual communities during a pandemic. Anabelle Bernard Fournie...

Exposure to partisan and centrist news websites – no matter if it is congenial or cross-cutting – does not enhance polarization; null effects are found among strong & weak partisans, & for Democrats & Republicans alike

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Wojcieszak, Magdalena, Sjifra E. de Leeuw, Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Seungsu Lee, Ke M. Huang-Isherwood, and Brian Weeks. 2021. “Wojcieszak Et...

Supernatural Explanations Across the Globe Are More Common for Natural Than Social Phenomena

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Jackson, Joshua C., Danica Wilbanks, Brock Bastian, Joseph Watts, Dr., Nicholas DiMaggio, and Kurt Gray. 2021. “Supernatural Explanations Ac...

Women feel more attractive before ovulation: evidence from a large-scale online diary study

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Women feel more attractive before ovulation: evidence from a large-scale online diary study. Lara Schleifenbaum, Julie C. Driebe, Tanja M. G...

Cognition and well-being are inextricably intertwined during development and may be malleable to social and biological factors

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Well-Being and Cognition Are Coupled During Development: A Preregistered Longitudinal Study of 1,136 Children and Adolescents. Delia Fuhrman...

Love and marital satisfaction: Women showed stronger association between perception of intimacy and marital satisfaction than men did

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Love for a Marriage Story: The Association Between Love and Marital Satisfaction in Middle Adulthood. Gyesook Yoo & Susanna Joo. Journal...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Humans have evolved an independent psychological “engine” to respond to each kind of evolutionary problem (Lust, Hunger, Fear, Disgust, Attract, Love, Nurture, Hoard, Create, Affiliate, Status, Justice, Curiosity, & Play)

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Psychometric Analysis of a Postulated Set of Evolved Human Motives. Robert Aunger, Dugald Foster, and Val Curtis. Front Psychol. 2021; 12: 6...

Men of dark personality were more attractive in the context of short-term relationship, after controlling for the basic personality traits

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HEXACO and Dark Triad Personality Traits as Predictors of Male Attractiveness in Different Relationship Contexts. Ana Butkovic, Katarina Vat...

From 2019... What if rising concentration were an indication of more competition, not less?

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What if rising concentration were an indication of more competition, not less? Geoffrey Manne. December 14 2019. https://truthonthemarket.co...