Friday, September 23, 2022

Are people more averse to microbe-sharing contact with ethnic outgroup members? It seems not.

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Are people more averse to microbe-sharing contact with ethnic outgroup members? A registered report. Lei Fan, Joshua M. Tybur, Benedict C. J...

Powerlessness Also Corrupts: Lower Power Increases Self-Promotional Lying

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Powerlessness Also Corrupts: Lower Power Increases Self-Promotional Lying. Huisi (Jessica) Li, Ya-Ru Chen, John Angus D. Hildreth. Organizat...

Men exhibit much greater variability in energy expenditure than women, being more likely to fall in the extremes

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Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females. Lewis G.Halsey et al. Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 171, Octob...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Reduced spending at advanced ages: It is not feeling financially constrained (the fraction satisfied with their economic situation is considerably higher), but reduced enjoyment of activities with worsening health, widowing, & increasing age

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Explanations for the Decline in Spending at Older Ages. Susann Rohwedder, Michael D. Hurd & Péter Hudomiet. NBER Working Paper 30460. Se...

Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language

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Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language. Eric Martínez, Francis Mollic, Edward Gibson. Cognit...

The authors explore whether mandatory, universal, in-person sexual misconduct training achieves its goals to build knowledge about sexual assault and harassment and increase intentions to report episodes of assault

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Effects of Mandatory Sexual Misconduct Training on University Campuses. Mala Htun et al. Socius, September 20, 2022. https://doi.org/10.117...

Laughter, play faces and mimicry in animals: evolution and social functions

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Laughter, play faces and mimicry in animals: evolution and social functions. Marina Davila-Ross and Elisabetta Palagi. Philosophical Transac...