Friday, December 16, 2022

Humans stand alone in nature in their ability to form lasting, peaceful and productive relationships with conspecifics from foreign groups

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The Evolution of Peace. Luke Glowacki. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, December 16 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22002862 Abstract: ...

How musicality changes moral consideration: People judge musical entities as more wrong to harm

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How musicality changes moral consideration: People judge musical entities as more wrong to harm. Tanushree Agrawal, Joshua Rottman, and Aden...

Japan: Lack of sexual interest is a risk factor for all-cause mortality in men

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Sakurada K, Konta T, Murakami N, Kosugi N, Saito T, Watanabe M, et al. (2022) Association between lack of sexual interest and all-cause mort...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Every individual assessed as highly psychopathic produced approximately $111,000 in annual crime costs

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An Economic Analysis of Crime Costs Associated with Psychopathic Personality Disorder and Violence Risk. Dylan T. Gatner et al. Criminal Jus...

Shared fortune leads to in-group bias, while shared misfortune does not

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Fortune and identity. Gary Charness, Xin Jiang. Economics Letters, December 14 2022, 110954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110954 A...

One third of mentally healthy people reported visual hallucinations similar to those experienced in psychosis, such as seeing people, faces or animals

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What is the frequency and nature of visual hallucinations in non-clinical participants? Charlotte Aynsworth, Julie Rolinson, Maryam Pervez, ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

In 1967, 82.7% of 25-34 years old Americans lived with their spouse; today it is 37.5%

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Subjective orgasm experience: Heterosexual people (vs. gay & bisexual people) had a more intense experience

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Evaluating the Subjective Orgasm Experience Through Sexual Context, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Laura Elvira Muñoz-García, Carmen Gómez-...

Holiday gift giving is in retreat in the US, it was demoted as an "inferior good"

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Holiday gift giving in retreat. Joel Waldfogel. Economics Letters, December 12 2022, 110952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110952 A...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Echo chambers and filter bubble are largely just a figment of the minds of political pundits

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Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and polarisation: a literature review. Amy Ross Arguedas et al. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism...
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Aversion toward broken patterns of simple geometric shapes predicted greater adherence to social norms

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Deviancy Aversion and Social Norms. Anton Gollwitzer et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, December 10, 2022. https://doi.org/1...