Thursday, December 22, 2022

We demonstrate that both trait emotional intelligence and cognitive ability uniquely predict less concern for political correctness and more support for freedom of speech

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The Effects of Trait Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive Ability. Louise Drieghe, Arne Roets, Jonas De keersmaecker, Alain Van Hiel, and Dr...

The Case for Space Sexology

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The Case for Space Sexology. S. Dubé, M. Santaguida, D. Anctil, L. Giaccari & J. Lapierre. The Journal of Sex Research, Dec 8 2021. http...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Those who under-estimated their own mate value earned more matches in a speed dating contest than those who over-estimated their mate value

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The Role of Accurate Self-Assessments in Optimizing Mate Choice. Kaitlyn T. Harper et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Decemb...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Women’s legs in comic books are supernormal stimuli, being longer than those of actual women, and further extended by being drawn in heels or on tiptoe

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Burch, R. L., & Widman, D. (2022). She's got legs: Longer legs in female comic book characters correspond to global preferences. Evo...

MicroRNAs are deeply linked to the emergence of the complex octopus brain

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MicroRNAs are deeply linked to the emergence of the complex octopus brain. Grigoriy Zolotarov et al. Science Advances, Nov 25 2022, Vol 8, I...

People are bad at evaluating their own olfactory abilities, overestimating and underestimating them

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Why We Both Trust and Mistrust Our Sense of Smell. Ophelia Deroy. Chp 3 in Theoretical Perspectives on Smell, Andreas Keller and Benjamin D....

Countries with higher estimated IQs are *generally* more prosperous, better educated, more innovative, healthier, and more democratic

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National Mean IQ Estimates: Validity, Data Quality, and Recommendations. Russell T. Warne. Evolutionary Psychological Science, Dec 19 2022. ...