Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Parasites: Male psychopaths are not set against fatherhood, as long as someone else takes on the effort of raising the kids

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Cads in Dads’ Clothing? Psychopathic Traits and Men’s Preferences for Mating, Parental, and Somatic Investment. Kristopher J. Brazil & A...

Meta-analysis: Cognitive abilities are not related to the willingness to take financial risks

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Cognitive abilities affect decision errors but not risk preferences: A meta-analysis. Tehilla Mechera-Ostrovsky, Steven Heinke, Sandra Andra...

A majority could well imagine undergoing psychotherapy via artificial intelligence, among other things because of the ability to comfortably talk about embarrassing experiences

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Attitudes and perspectives towards the preferences for artificial intelligence in psychotherapy. Mehmet Emin Aktan, Zeynep Turhan, İlknur Do...

Serial Sexual Murderers: Criminal paraphilia developed to reinforce positive emotions from sexual fantasies and helped to create a sense of intimacy to avoid being rejected

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The Role of Child and Adult Sexual Fantasies and Criminal Paraphilia Involving Serial Sexual Murderers. Heather Brown. Walden University, Ph...

Men and women invested equally in improving their appearance if exercising and bodybuilding were included

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Sex Differences in Physical Attractiveness Investments: Overlooked Side of Masculinity. Marta Kowal. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 202...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii might boost people's sexual attractiveness, possibly thru changes in facial symmetry

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Borraz-León JI, Rantala MJ, Krams IA, Cerda-Molina AL, Contreras-Garduño J. 2022. Are Toxoplasma-infected subjects more attractive, symmetri...

Results showed that boys as young as age 3 generally valued strength more than girls: boys, on average, said it was more important to be strong than girls did, & were more likely to prefer strength-related occupations than girls

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Early Gender Differences in Valuing Strength. May Ling D. Halim, Dylan J. Sakamoto, Lyric N. Russo, Kaelyn N. Echave, Miguel A. Portillo ...

Individuals with higher income may exhibit profiles of adult personality development that more closely resemble aspects of a healthy personality

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Income moderates changes in big-five personality traits across eighteen years. Vincent YS Oh, Ismaharif Ismail, Eddie MW Tong. European Jour...