Friday, April 1, 2022

People at least somewhat agree on what a gullible person looks like; & people whose facial features resemble an expression of anger are perceived as particularly low on gullibility

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Who Can Be Fooled? Modeling Facial Impressions of Gullibility. Bastian Jaeger and Erdem O. Meral. Social CognitionVol. 40, No. 2, March 2022...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Rolf Degen summarizing... Christians value receiving a prayer in a hardship from a Christian stranger at an average of $2.34, while non-believers are willing to pay $1.56 not to be prayed for

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Thunström L, Noy S (2022) What we think prayers do: Americans’ expectations and valuation of intercessory prayer. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0265836. ...

The stability of beliefs in conspiracy theories is comparable to or higher than some of the most stable psychological attributes

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Williams, Matt N., Mathew Ling, John R. Kerr, Stephen R. Hill, Mathew Marques, Hollie Mawson, and Edward J. R. Clarke. 2022. “To What Extent...
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...