Thursday, January 6, 2022

Testing associations between women’s cycle phase or hormone levels and pathogen disgust or contamination sensitivity, the authors find no compelling evidence for upregulated pathogen disgust in the luteal phase or higher progesterone levels

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Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis. Julia Stern, ...

Although sex hormones play a key role in sex differences in susceptibility, severity, outcomes, and response to therapy of different diseases, sex chromosomes are also increasingly recognized as an important factor

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Y chromosome is moving out of sex determination shadow. Raheleh Heydari, Zohreh Jangravi, Samaneh Maleknia, Mehrshad Seresht-Ahmadi, Zahra B...

Loss of Faith and Decrease in Trust in a Higher Source During COVID-19 in Germany: Developments were observed in both Catholics & Protestants, and in both younger & older persons

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Loss of Faith and Decrease in Trust in a Higher Source During COVID-19 in Germany. Arndt Büssing, Klaus Baumann & Janusz Surzykiewicz. J...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Israeli scientists train goldfish to steer fish tank around room

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From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals. Shachar Givon et al. Behavioural Brain Research, Volume 419, Feb...

Across firms, social and financial performance are correlated but that improvements in social performance seldom precede increased financial performance

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Building Knowledge by Mapping Model Uncertainty in Six Studies of Social & Financial Performance. Luca Berchicci, Andrew A. King. Strate...

Greater time in military service correlated with higher resilience for women but had little correlation for men; might be due to relative reduction in resilience for those goal-oriented women trained at West Point who leave the service

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Psychological Resilience in West Point Graduates: Results From a Nationally Representative Study. Melissa M. Thomas et al. Chronic Stress, N...

Both men and women evaluate a man as more creative and socially skilled when he is attractive, and women regard him as having higher mate value when his female friends are attractive... but these and related effects are quite nuanced

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Mr. Popular: Effects of implicit and explicit social endorsement. Ryan C. Anderson & Beatriz Escobar. Current Psychology, Jan 5 2022. ht...

Analyses revealed direct and indirect associations between frequent pornography consumption and greater sexual functioning through greater sexual flexibility in women, but not in men

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Associations Between Pornography Consumption, Sexual Flexibility, and Sexual Functioning Among Austrian Adults. Nikola Komlenac & Margar...