Monday, October 4, 2021

People-Centered Intelligences Are Psychometrically Distinct from Thing-Centered Intelligences

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Are People-Centered Intelligences Psychometrically Distinct from Thing-Centered Intelligences? A Meta-Analysis. Victoria M. Bryan and John D...

Monkey Plays Pac-Man with Compositional Strategies and Hierarchical Decision-making

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Monkey Plays Pac-Man with Compositional Strategies and Hierarchical Decision-making. Qianli Yang, Zhongqiao Lin, Wenyi Zhang, Jianshu Li, Xi...

Men reported more likelihood of transmitting negative gossip than women, contrary to widespread perception that women are more indirectly aggressive; among adults, indirect aggression decreases with age, perhaps because older individuals have less need to compete for resources

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Competitive gossip: the impact of domain, resource value, resource scarcity and coalitions. Nicole H. Hess and Edward H. Hagen. Royal Societ...

How People Become Attractive to Prospective Mates: Strategies of Self-Promotion in the Greek Cultural Context

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How People Become Attractive to Prospective Mates: Strategies of Self-Promotion in the Greek Cultural Context. Menelaos Apostolou, Yan Wang,...

Disease avoidance trade-offs: People who are more interested in seeking new romantic partners (e.g., young men) may be less inclined to socially distance and be more at risk of pathogen transmission

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Disease Avoidance Motives Trade-Off Against Social Motives, Especially Mate-Seeking, to Predict Social Distancing: Evidence From the COVID-1...

Time Use and Happiness: Compared to 1985, domestic work and social care produce more happiness today; watching TV produces less happiness today than it used to; women’s time-weighted happiness has improved significantly relative to men’s

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Han, Jeehoon, and Caspar Kaiser. 2021. “Time Use and Happiness: Evidence Across Three Decades.” SocArXiv. October 3. osf.io/preprints/socarx...

Women collectively condemn other women who appear to be sexually permissive; they believed that “provocatively” dressed women are more likely to have one-night stands, even when these women were not direct sexual rivals

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Coordinated condemnation in women's intrasexual competition. Jessica D. Ayers, Aaron T. Goetz. Personality and Individual Differences, V...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

The different studies did systematically agree on the existence of the G-spot, but there was no agreement on its location, size, or nature

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Vieira-Baptista P, Lima-Silva J, Preti M, et al. G-spot: Fact or Fiction?: A Systematic Review. Sex Med 2021;9:100435. Oct 2021. https://www...

If giving money to the Red Cross increases well-being, does taking money from the Red Cross increase ill-being?

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If giving money to the Red Cross increases well-being, does taking money from the Red Cross increase ill-being? – Evidence from three experi...

Stereotypes about men’s lower sexual self-control uniquely predict attitudes about women’s mundane (but potentially sexually arousing) behaviors, like public breastfeeding and immodest clothing

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Moon, Jordan W., Val Wongsomboon, and Barış Sevi. 2021. “Beliefs About Men’s Sexual Self-control Predict Attitudes Toward Women’s Immodest C...

Effects of perinatal gonadal hormones on human sexual orientation; women with isolated deficiency reported lower androphilia & higher levels of bisexuality; seems there is a role of perinatal estrogens in organizing sexual orientation

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Evidence that perinatal ovarian hormones promote women’s sexual attraction to men. Talia N. Shirazi et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology, Volume ...