Thursday, February 3, 2022

In Sweden, men with limited resources are considered less attractive; male financial resources are not seen as a bonus, but rather a prerequisite; sexual exchange theory is then a useful theory

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Ngaosuvan, Leonard and Holmberg, Linus Carl and Saleh Al-Basri, Naila and Elshani, Rebecca, Sexual Economics in Swedish Dating: Pity Poor Me...

Psychedelics: Medical risks are often minimal, and that many – albeit not all – of the persistent negative perceptions of psychological risks are unsupported by the currently available scientific evidence

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Adverse effects of psychedelics: From anecdotes and misinformation to systematic science. Anne K Schlag et al. Journal of Psychopharmacology...

Political Resources and Online Political Hostility: How and Why Hostility Is More Prevalent Among the Resourceful

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Rasmussen, Stig H. R., Mathias Osmundsen, and Michael Bang Petersen. 2022. “Political Resources and Online Political Hostility: How and Why ...

Human adult neurogenesis seems unlikely: Found signatures of adult neurogenesis in mouse, pig, and macaque dentate gyrus, but not in humans, adding to a growing body of evidence that this process is likely lost in humans

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Transcriptomic taxonomy and neurogenic trajectories of adult human, macaque, and pig hippocampal and entorhinal cell. Daniel Franjic et al. ...

Nudges: Our megastudy with 689,693 Walmart pharmacy customers demonstrates that text-based reminders can encourage pharmacy vaccination

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A 680,000-person megastudy of nudges to encourage vaccination in pharmacies. Katherine L. Milkman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy...
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 &...