Saturday, March 5, 2022

Brain development from 0 to 80 years old, based on >120k brain scans from >100k people

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Brain charts for the human lifespan. R.A.I. Bethlehem et al. bioRxiv Jan 13, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.08.447489 Abstract: Over ...

Morality Beyond the WEIRD: How the Nomological Network of Morality Varies Across Cultures (25 populations examined)

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Atari, Mohammad, Jonathan Haidt, Jesse Graham, Sena Koleva, Sean T. Stevens, and Morteza Dehghani. 2022. “Morality Beyond the WEIRD: How the...

Rolf Degen summarizing... Independents were less likely than partisans to end a friendship over a political dispute, while young Democrats were the group most likely to end a friendship over a political dispute

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Social networks of independents and partisans: Are independents a moderating force? Thom Reilly,E. C. Hedberg. Politics & Policy, March ...

When we are highly satisfied with our intimate relationships, we are happy with our lives regardless of friendship quality; when we are unhappy with intimate relationships, we're only happy with our lives if we got good friends

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Unique Ways in Which the Quality of Friendships Matter for Life Satisfaction. Victor Kaufman, Anthony Rodriguez, Lisa C. Walsh, Edward Shafr...

Some argued that expertise in emotion is based on a certain kind or amount of knowledge, whereas others argued that the structure (e.g., complexity) of knowledge is more important

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From 2021... Hoemann, K., Nielson, C., Yuen, A., Gurera, J. W., Quigley, K. S., & Barrett, L. F. (2021). Expertise in emotion: A scoping...

It has long been hypothesized that whether we grow up with sisters or brothers has a lasting effect on us, in a contradictory way: A girl may turn out more tomboyish because of a brother, or she may try to actively differentiate herself

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Dudek, Thomas, Anne Brenoe, Jan Feld, and Julia M. Rohrer. 2022. “No Evidence That Siblings’ Gender Affects Personality Across Nine Countrie...

From 2021... Relationship Patterns Between Mountainousness and Basic Human Values: Altitude and mountainousness are related to increased conservation values and decreased hedonism

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From 2021... A Tale of Peaks and Valleys: Sinusoid Relationship Patterns Between Mountainousness and Basic Human Values. Stefan Stieger et a...

Variance of log yield across farms in the United States: The 95th percentile of corn yield is 190 percent larger than the 5th percentile yield

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Suri, Tavneet, and Christopher Udry. 2022. "Agricultural Technology in Africa." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 36 (1): 33-56. D...

Love is not blind: What romantic partners know about our abilities compared to ourselves, our close friends, and our acquaintances

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Love is not blind: What romantic partners know about our abilities compared to ourselves, our close friends, and our acquaintances. Gabriela...