Tuesday, November 22, 2022

High intelligence is not linked to more mental health disorders, but is linked to less frequent general anxiety and PTSD

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High Intelligence is Not Associated with a Greater Propensity for Mental Health Disorders. Camille Michèle Williams et al. European Psychiat...

In addition to homophily, people’s social tie decisions are driven by political acrophily, the tendency to associate with others who have more extreme political views (rather than more moderate)

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Homophily and acrophily as drivers of political segregation. Amit Goldenberg, Joseph M. Abruzzo, Zi Huang, Jonas Schöne, David Bailey, Robb ...
Monday, November 21, 2022

Contrary to the deterioration hypothesis, we find that market-oriented societies have a greater aversion to unethical behavior, higher levels of trust, & are not significantly associated with lower levels of morality under any model specification

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The moral costs of markets: Testing the deterioration hypothesis. Justin Callais, Colin Harris, Ben Borchard. Journal of Economic Behavior ...

Men, but not women, in medium-status occupations report lower life satisfaction than those above or below when stuck in the middle

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Occupational status and life satisfaction in the UK: The miserable middle? Yannis Georgellis et al. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organ...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Why do storefronts remain empty for more than a year in some of the world’s highest-rent retail districts? Storefront vacancy in New York City

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Option Value and Storefront Vacancy in New York City. Erica Moszkowski & Daniel Stackman. Nov 2022. https://www.ericamoszkowski.com/rese...

Sexual arousal has a powerful effect on men’s short-term mating motivation, and that this effect is independent of intrasexual differences in personality, relationship status, and sociosexuality

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In the Heat of the Short-Term Moment: Evidence that Heightened Sexual Arousal Increases Short-Term Mating Motivation Among Men. Arnaud Wisma...

Phantom phone signals are benign, not an indication of a messed-up mind

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Phantom phone signals and other hallucinatory-like experiences: investigation of similarities and differences. Adrianna Aleksandrowicz, Joac...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Men and women in same-sex marriages exhibited a greater risk of psychiatric disorders than men and women in opposite-sex marriages, effect largely UNexplained by family upbringing

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Same-Sex Marriage and Common Mental Health Diagnoses: A Sibling Comparison and Adoption Approach. Yin Xu et al. The Journal of Sex Research...

Should bads be inflicted all at once, like Machiavelli said? Evidence from life-satisfaction data

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Should bads be inflicted all at once, like Machiavelli said? Evidence from life-satisfaction data. Paul Frijters et al. Journal of Economic ...
Friday, November 18, 2022

Meta-analysis: Psychopaths do not achieve larger gains in social economic decision-making games – unless their opponents lack the option to retaliate

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Social Economic Decision-Making and Psychopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Gunschera, L. J., Brazil I. A. and Driessen, J. M. A...