Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Abstinence from alcohol appears to be associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia

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The relationship between alcohol use and dementia in adults aged over 60 years: A combined analysis of prospective, individual-participant d...

On average, refugees assimilate both culturally and economically; however, while refugees assigned to more hostile regions converge to local culture more quickly, they do not exhibit faster economic assimilation

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Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany. Philipp Jaschke, Sulin Sardoschau & Marco Tabellini. NBER Working Paper...

Failed replication: The “brain drain” effect of Ward et al. (2017), the purported effect on cognitive performance due to the mere presence of one's smartphone

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Reexamining the “brain drain” effect: A replication of Ward et al. (2017). Ana C.Ruiz Pardo, John Paul Minda. Acta Psychologica, Volume 230,...

In a large Dutch twin sample, we found that genetic variance accounted for 74% and 77% of whether people were pescatarian or vegetarian, respectively; the remaining variance was accounted for by non-shared environmental influences

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The heritability of pescetarianism and vegetarianism. Laura W. Wesseldijk et al. Food Quality and Preference, August 23 2022, 104705. https:...
Monday, August 22, 2022

Once amongst the tallest people in the world, the generations of bison-reliant people born after the slaughter lost their entire height advantage

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The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains. Donn. L. Feir, Rob Gillezeau & Maggie E.C. Jones. NBER Working ...

Women were seven times more likely to lose work during the nationwide lockdown, and conditional on losing work, eleven times more likely to not return to work subsequently, compared to men; and on and on

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Down and out? The gendered impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on India’s labour market. Rosa Abraham, Amit Basole & Surbhi Kesar. Economia ...

Men's almost universally greater tendency to overestimate their abilities is likely the heritage of a long evolutionary urge to achieve the upper hand in the mating game

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The Cocksure Conundrum: How Evolution Created a Gendered Currency of Corporate Overconfidence. Richard Ronay, William W. Maddux & Willia...