Saturday, September 25, 2021

Replication is positive: We All Believe Ourselves Less Risky and More Skillful Than Our Fellow Drivers

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Koppel, Lina, David Andersson, Gustav Tinghög, Daniel Västfjäll, and Gilad Feldman. 2021. “We Are All Less Risky and More Skillful Than Our ...

Depression and loneliness were elevated during the early US COVID-19 response; those who maintained very frequent in-person, but not remote, social & sexual connections had better mental health outcomes

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Depression and loneliness during April 2020 COVID-19 restrictions in the United States, and their associations with frequency of social and ...
Friday, September 24, 2021

Swearing fulfils positive functions including benefitting pain relief & physical strength; increased state disinhibition is a possible psychological mechanism for the effect on physical strength

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Stephens, Richard. 2021. “Effect of Swearing on Strength: Disinhibition as a Potential Mediator.” PsyArXiv. September 24. doi:10.31234/osf.i...

Mental Rotation Task Performance in Relation to Sexual and Gender Diversity in Thailand

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Mental Rotation Task Performance in Relation to Sexual and Gender Diversity in Thailand. Lindsey T. Thurston et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology...

From Hermit Kingdom to Miracle on the Han — Policy Decisions that Transformed South Korea into an Export Powerhouse

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From Hermit Kingdom to Miracle on the Han — Policy Decisions that Transformed South Korea into an Export Powerhouse. Douglas A. Irwin. Peter...

According to the widely known ‘culture of honor’ hypothesis from social psychology, traditional herding practices are believed to have generated a value system that is conducive to revenge-taking and violence

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Herding, Warfare, and a Culture of Honor: Global Evidence. Yiming Cao, Benjamin Enke, Armin Falk, Paola Giuliano & Nathan Nunn. NBER Wor...

As already happens with other physiological indicators, the enlargement of pupils betrayed sexual interest only in men (both heterosexual and gay)

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Measurement of Sexual Interests with Pupillary Responses: A Meta-Analysis. Janice Attard-Johnson, Martin R. Vasilev, Caoilte Ó Ciardha, Mark...