Sunday, November 13, 2022

Present-day countries composed of citizens whose ancestors experienced a degree of “state-ness” in previous centuries should experience fewer homicides today; found less support for alternative channels (economic development or current state capacity)

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Homicide and State History. John Gerring and Carl Henrik Knutsen. American Sociological Review, Nov 9 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224...

Cephalopod retinal development shows vertebrate-like mechanisms of neurogenesis

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Cephalopod retinal development shows vertebrate-like mechanisms of neurogenesis. Francesca R. Napoli et al. Current Biology, November 09, 20...

Study finds differences in brain structure between boys and girls with binge eating disorders

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Sex differences in regional gray matter density in pre-adolescent binge eating disorder: a voxel-based morphometry study. Stuart B. Murray e...

Adherence to emotion norms is greater in individualist cultures than in collectivist cultures; in the more individualist countries, deviation from the mean emotional experience was linked to lower life satisfaction

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Adherence to emotion norms is greater in individualist cultures than in collectivist cultures. Vishkin, A., Kitayama, S., Berg, M. K., Diene...

Overall, research indicates that the risk of getting stuck in a filter bubble on intermediaries such as Google News, Apple News, Facebook, or Twitter is low and often exaggerated

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News recommender systems: a programmatic research review. Eliza Mitova et al. Annals of the International Communication Association, Nov 11 ...

Similarity in physical attractiveness did not play a role in spousal relationship satisfaction & maintenance

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Pávez, P., Polo, P., Valenzuela, N., Figueroa, O., Rodríguez-Sickert, C., & Muñoz-Reyes, J. A. (2022). Similarity in Indicators of Attra...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Citizens express higher trust in less politicized scientific fields (mathematics, astronomy, etc.) than politicized ones (economics & climate science), & these trust gaps stem from different ideological biases against the politicized fields

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Don't Tell Me What I Don't Want to Hear! Politicization and Ideological Conflict Explain Why Citizens Have Lower Trust in Climate Sc...

Moderate alcohol consumption over the adult life-course was associated with the most favorable social, psychological, lifestyle and health characteristics, while stable abstaining trajectory or decreasing consumption) didn't.

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Social, psychological and health characteristics associated with stability and change in adult alcohol consumption. Martin Ekholm Michelsen,...

Parasocial breakup: Grief, distress, & loneliness are experienced by viewers following the departure of a favorite character or the cancellation or completion of a television series

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The Contrasting Roles of Enjoyment and Appreciation in Predicting Viewer Distress Following the Dissolution of a Series. K. Maja Krakowiak. ...
Friday, November 11, 2022

Our findings suggest that doing nothing can be just as costly—if not more costly—than exerting effort

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Wu, R., Ferguson, A. M., & Inzlicht, M. (2022). Do humans prefer cognitive effort over doing nothing? Journal of Experimental Psychology...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Selection in utero (spontaneuous abortion) against male twins in the United States early in the COVID-19 pandemic confirms reproductive suppression (natural selection aborts fetuses unlikely to thrive)

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Selection in utero against male twins in the United States early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim A. Bruckner, Brenda Bustos, Claire Margerison...

The Emotional Rewards of Prosocial Spending Are Robust and Replicable in Large Samples

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The Emotional Rewards of Prosocial Spending Are Robust and Replicable in Large Samples. Lara B. Aknin et al. Current Directions in Psycholog...
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Estimates suggest high-speed wireless internet significantly increased teen girls' mental health diagnoses--by 90%--relative to teen boys over the period when visual social media became dominant among teenagers

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Social Media and Teenage Mental Health: Quasi-Experimental Evidence. Nov 2022. Elaine Guo. Working Paper. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v9c6ajv...

Despite Google's filtering/ranking, users still appear to be able to tailor their information exposure to maintain their prior beliefs, hence defying that algorithmic impact

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Adapting the Selective Exposure Perspective to Algorithmically Governed Platforms: The Case of Google Search. Laura Slechten et al. Communic...

Portfolio outcomes: Higher IQ is not associated with enhanced investment performance

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The effects of personality and IQ on portfolio outcomes. Chris Firth et al. Finance Research Letters, November 4 2022, 103464. https://doi.o...

Government, trusts, and the making of better roads in early nineteenth century England and Wales

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Government, trusts, and the making of better roads in early nineteenth century England and Wales. Alan Rosevear, Dan Bogart & Leigh Shaw...

Adolescent females: Rape victimization was predicted by greater curvaceousness and weight but was unrelated to interviewer-rated attractiveness

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Association between Dimensions of Physical Attractiveness and Risk of Rape Victimization among Adolescent Females. Anthony W. Hoskin &Da...