Saturday, January 8, 2022

Some people are just naturally better at comparing—matching—different visual patterns (faces, firearms, fingerprints) side by side

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Match me if you can: Evidence for a domain-general visual comparison ability. Bethany Growns, James D. Dunn, Erwin J. A. T. Mattijssen, Adel...

The net effect of traditional media on well-being is similar to that of social media: too close to zero to be perceived by users, or to have practical significance for people’s lived experience

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No effect of different types of media on well-being. Niklas Johannes, Tobias Dienlin, Hasan Bakhshi & Andrew K. Przybylski. Scientific R...
Friday, January 7, 2022

Are U.S. Professionals and Managers More Left Than Blue-Collar Workers? An Analysis of the General Social Survey, 1974 to 2018

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Are U.S. Professionals and Managers More Left Than Blue-Collar Workers? An Analysis of the General Social Survey, 1974 to 2018. Steven Brint...

When others are waiting in line, customers tend to accelerate their own service time, and in doing so, sacrifice their own consumption utility; the effect is diminished when they themselves have waited (it is perceived as fair to let others wait if one also had to wait)

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Social Queues (Cues): Impact of Others’ Waiting in Line on One’s Service Time. Sezer Ülkü , Chris Hydock, Shiliang Cui. Management Science, ...

Women prefer less risk & less competition, prioritize equality over efficiency and report a greater willingness to share wealth

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Gender preference gaps & voting for redistribution. Eva Ranehill & Roberto A. Weber. Experimental Economics, Jan 6 2022. https://lin...
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...