Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Between 10.3 and 16.7% of the population meets the 7+  orgasms per week criterion for hypersexuality (a/k/a sex addiction)

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Orgasm Frequency (Total Sexual Outlet) in a National American Sample. Joshua R. Peters, Lesleigh E. Pullman, Drew A. Kingston & Martin L...

Rapid Decline in Life Satisfaction in Adolescence: Cross-national and Longitudinal Evidence in 43 countries

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Daly, Michael. 2022. “Cross-national and Longitudinal Evidence for a Rapid Decline in Life Satisfaction in Adolescence.” PsyArXiv. February ...

In 1997, the Mexican government designed the conditional cash transfer program Progresa, which became the worldwide model of a new approach to social programs, simultaneously targeting human capital accumulation & poverty reduction

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Maria Caridad Araujo, Karen Macours. Education, Income and Mobility: Experimental Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Progresa after 20 Years. ...

The precarious masculinity of firearm ownership

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Borgogna, N. C., McDermott, R. C., & Brasil, K. M. (2022). The precarious masculinity of firearm ownership. Psychology of Men & Masc...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Prospective personality-outcome associations, even over decades, were quite robust—across studies, personality characteristics, outcomes, moderators, and covariates; personality characteristics are robustly associated of life outcomes

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Beck, E. D., & Jackson, J. J. (2022). A mega-analysis of personality prediction: Robustness and boundary conditions. Journal of Personal...

Teaching About Sex and Gender in Neuroscience: More Than Meets the "XY"

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Casto, Kathleen V., Elizabeth Leininger, and Taralyn Tan. 2022. “Teaching About Sex and Gender in Neuroscience: More Than Meets the "XY...

Does Democracy Make Taller Men? Cross-Country European Evidence

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Does Democracy Make Taller Men? Cross-Country European Evidence. Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa-Font. Economics & Human Biology, February 1...

Sexual Behaviors Reported by a US Survey vs. Depictions of Sex in Male–Female Pornography: Kissing, male orgasm, female orgasm, and condom use were significantly less prevalent in the videos videos than in real experience

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Porn Sex versus Real Sex: Sexual Behaviors Reported by a U.S. Probability Survey Compared to Depictions of Sex in Mainstream Internet-Based ...
Monday, February 14, 2022

People See Political Opponents as More Stupid Than Evil

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Hartman, Rachel, Neil Hester, and Kurt Gray. 2022. “People See Political Opponents as More Stupid Than Evil.” PsyArXiv. February 14. psyarxi...

Many people follow a species-relativist principle, that individuals of all species should favor their own conspecifics; even extraterrestrials should prioritize their own over humans

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Caviola, Lucius, Stefan Schubert, Guy Kahane, and Nadira S. Faber. 2022. “Humans First: Why People Value Animals Less Than Humans.” PsyArXiv...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession

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The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession. Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine, and Luke Pardue. Journal of Economic ...

That consumers derive greater happiness from experiences than from material possessions lets one significant fact go unnoticed: Some of the most satisfying experiences combine elements of both domains; there is no inherent tradeoff

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What Makes People Happy? Decoupling the Experiential-Material Continuum. Evan Weingarten et al. Journal of Consumer Psychology, February 202...
Saturday, February 12, 2022

What does it mean to be (seen as) human? The importance of gender in humanization

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Martin, A. E., & Mason, M. F. (2022). What does it mean to be (seen as) human? The importance of gender in humanization. Journal of Pers...

We report a previously unidentified difference emotional regulation styles, with conservatives reporting a healthier approach to emotion regulation via cognitive reappraisal strategies; found more negative mood states among political liberals

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David L. Dickinson, 2022. "Political ideology predicts mood and emotion regulation. Examining potential pathways to key life outcomes,...

Gender Differences in Motives and Emotional Outcomes Following Casual Sex: No predictors (apart from being a man) were found for a positive emotional outcome

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Was it Good for You? Gender Differences in Motives and Emotional Outcomes Following Casual Sex. Billie E. McKeen, Ryan C. Anderson & Dav...