Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Men are less religious in more gender-equal countries

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Men are less religious in more gender-equal countries. Jordan W. Moon, Adam E. Tratner and Melissa M. McDonald. Proceedings of the Royal Soc...

Feminist-identified men were substantially more likely to report Erectile Dysfunction Medication use than non-feminist men; could be that feminist men are more honest about this usage, or that non-feminist ones see using it as a threat to masculinity

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Silva, Tony, and Tina Fetner. 2022. “Men’s Feminist Identification and Reported Use of Prescription Erectile Dysfunction Medication.” SocArX...

The size and homophily of friendship networks are to a substantial degree based on genetic influence; no evidence found that shared hobbies, education, or Big Five personality traits affect networks

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Heritability in friendship networks. Michael Neugart, Selen Yildirim. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 194, February ...

Heterosexual women's exposure to a same-sex peer who constituted a sexual rival (straight/bisexual) led to more spreading of reputation-damaging information vs. reputation-enhancing info, compared with exposure to a noncompetitor (lesbian target)

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Bakolas, N. K. M., & Park, J. H. (2022). Female intrasexual competition is affected by the sexual orientation of the target and the ovul...

Women's pick-up lines are perceived as most effective when they are direct and unmistakable, particularly by men

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Wade, T. J., Fisher, M. L., & Gaines, L. (2022). The perceived effectiveness of women’s pick-up lines: Do age and personality matter? Ev...

People are more likely to reveal secrets that violate their own moral values; were more willing to reveal immoral secrets as a form of punishment, and this was explained by feelings of moral outrage

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Salerno, J. M., & Slepian, M. L. (2022). Morality, punishment, and revealing other people’s secrets. Journal of Personality and Social P...

Handedness in twins: meta-analyses

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Handedness in twins: meta-analyses. Lena Sophie Pfeifer, Judith Schmitz, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Jutta Peterburs, Silvia Paracchini &...

Meta-analysis: People do not drink alcohol to drown their sorrows, but to indulge in their joys

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Dora, Jonas, Marilyn Piccirillo, Katherine T. Foster, Kelly Arbeau, Stephen Armeli, Marc Auriacombe, Bruce D. Bartholow, et al. 2022. “The D...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Age, gender, geographical region, belonging to the host country, religious fractionalization, & stereotypic gender roles (proxied by labor force participation rate of women in the athlete’s country) are prominent predictors of crying in the Olympics

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Golden tears: A cross-country study of crying in the Olympics. Alex Krumer, Andrew Musau. January 2022. https://www.researchgate.net/publica...

Social acceptance & social anxiety, embarrassment, jealousy, hurt feelings, guilt, & lowered self-esteem: We may do distance ourselves from other people, aggress rejecters, or engage in symbolic efforts to increase subjective acceptance

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The relentless pursuit of acceptance and belonging. Mark R. Keary, Shira Gabriel. Advances in Motivation Science, January 31 2022. https://d...

COVID-19 state anxiety is linked to everyday cognition and slower processing speed in women, but not men

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COVID-19-Related Anxiety and Cognition in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Examining Sex as a Moderator. Ashley F. Curtis et al. Psychological ...

37% of the participants contacted other persons because they dreamed about them; dream recall frequency, attitude towards dreaming, younger age, and female gender was associated with contacting the person(s) dreamed of

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The Frequency of Contacting Persons you Dreamed About: A Social Aspect of Dreaming. Michael Schredl, Anja S. Göritz. Imagination, Cognition ...
Monday, January 31, 2022

A Free-Market Environmentalist Transition toward Renewable Energy: The Cases of Germany, Denmark, and the United Kingdom

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A Free-Market Environmentalist Transition toward Renewable Energy: The Cases of Germany, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. William Hongsong W...

Girls learn faster than boys when school is out (in both reading and math), but this advantage is completely eliminated when school is in session; schools act as a relatively standardizing institution, producing more similar patterns in learning

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Schools as a Relatively Standardizing Institution: The Case of Gender Gaps in Cognitive Skills. Douglas B. Downey, Megan Kuhfeld, Margriet v...

Both facemasks and makeup tend to result in over-estimation of the young women's age compared to neutral faces, but the combination of both is not additive: 4 years on average

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Your ID, please? The effect of Facemasks and Makeup on Perceptions of Age of Young Adult Female Faces. H. Davis, J. Attard-Johnson. Applied ...

Does the Mafia Hire Good Accountants?

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Bianchi, Pietro A. and Bianchi, Pietro A. and Francis, Jere R. and Marra, Antonio and Pecchiari, Nicola, Does the Mafia Hire Good Accountant...

Rodent-hunting cat ownership in childhood was associated with higher psychotic experience scores in male participants, but not in female participants

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Conditional associations between childhood cat ownership and psychotic experiences in adulthood: A retrospective study. Vincent Paquin et al...
Sunday, January 30, 2022

Gender Diffs in Childhood Trauma, Schizotypy, Negative Emotions: Cognitive Disorganisation (poor attention, concentration, decision-making, social cognition) positively corrs w/physical neglect & sexual abuse as children in women, no links among men

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Thomas, Elizabeth H.X., Susan L. Rossell, and Caroline Gurvich. 2022. "Gender Differences in the Correlations between Childhood Trauma,...

Risk Perception and Behaviour Change, COVID-19: Socializing rebounded after partial vaccination; after full vaccination, communal activities recovered; however, the propensity for protective behaviours declined

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Jia, Jayson S., Yun Yuan, Jianmin Jia, and Nicholas Christakis. 2022. “Risk Perception and Behaviour Change After Personal Vaccination for C...