Friday, October 22, 2021

On women, we found a positive effect of hormonal contraceptives on frequency of vaginal intercourse and a negative effect of hormonal contraceptives on masturbation frequency

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Hormonal Contraception and Sexuality: Causal Effects, Unobserved Selection, or Reverse Causality?Laura J. Botzet, Tanja M. Gerlach, Julie C....
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Frequent I-talk is also positively related to the neurotic variety of narcissism (vulnerable narcissism); also has a positive association with sociodemographic characteristics such as (lower) status, (younger) age, & (female) gender

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The story of “I” tracking: Psychological implications of self-referential language use. Amunet K. Berry-Blunt, Nicholas S. Holtzman, M. Bren...

Greater survivability of cardio vascular events allows lifestyle choices to catch-up with people

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Dahl, Gordon B. and Kreiner, Claus Thustrup and Nielsen, Torben and Serena, Benjamin Ly, Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequalit...

The devil is in the detail: reflections on the value and application of cognitive interviewing to strengthen quantitative surveys in global health

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The devil is in the detail: reflections on the value and application of cognitive interviewing to strengthen quantitative surveys in global ...

While people themselves were the most accurate about the majority of their abilities, their verbal and spatial intelligence were only estimable by informants or strangers, respectively

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Hofer, Gabriela, Laura Langmann, Roman Burkart, and Aljoscha Neubauer. 2021. “Who Knows What We Are Good At? Unique Insights of the Self, Kn...

Rolf Degen summarizing... We blindly impute higher moral qualities to good-looking people, even more so than qualities of a non-moral kind

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Beauty Goes Down to the Core: Attractiveness Biases Moral Character Attributions. Christoph Klebl, Joshua J. Rhee, Katharine H. Greenaway, Y...

The Mid-Life Dip in Well-Being: We find remarkably strong and consistent evidence across countries of statistically significant and non-trivial U-shapes in age with and without socio-economic controls

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The Mid-Life Dip in Well-Being: a Critique. David G. Blanchflower & Carol L. Graham. Social Indicators Research, Oct 19 2021. https://li...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Individuals Treated for Gender Dysphoria with Medical and/or Surgical Transition Who Subsequently Detransitioned: A Survey of 100 Detransitioners

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Individuals Treated for Gender Dysphoria with Medical and/or Surgical Transition Who Subsequently Detransitioned: A Survey of 100 Detransiti...