Monday, November 22, 2021

Sniffing the human body volatile hexadecanal blocks aggression in men but triggers aggression in women; our results imply that sniffing babies may increase aggression in mothers but decrease aggression in fathers

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Sniffing the human body volatile hexadecanal blocks aggression in men but triggers aggression in women. Eva Mishor et al. Science Advances, ...

Immigration quotas in the 20s targeted “undesirable” nationalities to stem the inflow of low-skilled Eastern and Southern Europeans; this study measure effects in inventions and scientific production

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Moser, Petra and San, Shmuel, Immigration, Science, and Invention. Lessons from the Quota Acts (March 21, 2020). SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10....

These findings cast doubt on claims that a low-tax, low-regulation capitalism will generate extreme capital accumulation, & that persistent wealth equalization requires large shocks to capital coming from wars or progressive taxation

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Wealth and History: An Update. Daniel Waldenström. CEPR DP16631, October 2021. cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=16...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Male researchers more often value and engage in research mainly aimed at scientific progress, which is more cited; females more often value & engage in research mainly aimed at contributing to societal progress, which has more abstract views (usage)

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Gender differences in the aims and impacts of research. Lin Zhang, Gunnar Sivertsen, Huiying Du, Ying Huang & Wolfgang Glänzel. Scientom...

Holding heavily invested political beliefs makes individuals reluctant to update their beliefs in the face of contradictory information; providing ambiguous information caused them to become further divided based on their political ideology

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Updating Politicized Beliefs: How Motivated Reasoning Contributes to Polarization. Siyan Su. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economic...

Social Networks Facilitate Informed Option Trading? Evidence from Alumni Reunion Networks

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Cheong, Harvey and Kim, Joon Ho and Münkel, Florian and Spilker III, Harold D., Do Social Networks Facilitate Informed Option Trading? Evide...

Loosening the definition of culture... An investigation of gender and cultural tightness: We find that American women felt their gender culture is “tighter” than men

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Loosening the definition of culture: an investigation of gender and cultural tightness. Alexandra S. Wormley et al. Current Research in Ecol...

US and activism of sexual minorities: Lesbians and gay men were registered at greater rates than heterosexuals; transgender people were the least likely to be registered to vote, though this may be due to the vote-validation process itself

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Voter Registration Rates and Traits by Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression. Dakota Strode, Andrew R Flores. Public Opinion Quarterly, n...

Personality, intelligence and belief in astrology: Narcissism was surprisingly the strongest predictor, and intelligence showed a negative relationship with belief in astrology

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Even the stars think that I am superior: Personality, intelligence and belief in astrology. Ida Andersson, Julia Persson, Petri Kajonius. Pe...
Saturday, November 20, 2021

Changes in Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Frequency and Sexual Repertoire from 2009 to 2018: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior

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Changes in Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Frequency and Sexual Repertoire from 2009 to 2018: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Health ...