Sunday, September 26, 2021

After 2 years, gaming positively impacted intelligence, but socializing had no effect, consistent with cognitive benefits documented; unexpectedly, watching videos also benefited intelligence, contrary to prior research on watching TV

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Sauce, Bruno, Magnus Liebherr, Nicholas Judd, and Torkel Klingberg. 2021. “The Impact of Digital Media on Children’s Intelligence While Cont...

Lower socioeconomic status harms psychological well-being, effect assumed to weaken as nations develop economically; evidence is opposite to this assumption; lower national religiosity explains the burden

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National religiosity eases the psychological burden of poverty. Jana B. Berkessel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Se...

Het women: Masculinized faces were perceived as slightly more attractive, slightly healthier, & much more formidable; pathogen prevalence lowered the preference for masculinized faces while resource scarcity weakly elevated it

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Differential Effects of Resource Scarcity and Pathogen Prevalence on Heterosexual Women's Facial Masculinity Preferences. S. Adil Sariba...

Facial structure and perception of sexual orientation: Research with face models based on photographs of real people

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Facial structure and perception of sexual orientation: Research with face models based on photographs of real people. Julio González-Alvarez...
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...