Friday, December 30, 2022

GPT-3 displayed a surprisingly strong capacity for abstract pattern induction, matching or even surpassing human capabilities in most settings; large language models have acquired an emergent ability to find zero-shot solutions to a broad range of analogy problems

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Emergent Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models. Taylor Webb, Keith J. Holyoak, Hongjing Lu. Dec 19 2022. https://arxiv.org/abs/2212...

Use time of social media and streaming services was associated with reduced sexist attitudes

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Can hedonic technology use drive sexism in youth? Reconsidering the cultivation and objectification perspectives. Ofir Turel. Behaviour ...

People with social anxiety disorder fear not only negative but also positive evaluation by others, because they are afraid that it will turn against them

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A mixed methods investigation of reasons underlying fear of positive evaluation. Gillian A. Wilson, Bailee L. Malivoire, Stephanie E. Cassin...

Are Progressives in Denial About Progress? Yes, but So Is Almost Everyone Else

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Are Progressives in Denial About Progress? Yes, but So Is Almost Everyone Else. Gregory Mitchell and Philip E. Tetlock. Clinical Psychologic...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Greedy people generate more household income (not personal one), have more sexual partners, fewer long-term relationships, and less offspring (partly due to the relationaships, partly because of greed), and are less satisfied with life

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Greed: What Is It Good for? Karlijn Hoyer et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, December 28, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/014...

The Lead-Crime Hypothesis: When we restrict our analysis to only high-quality studies that address endogeneity the estimated mean effect size is close to zero

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The Lead-Crime Hypothesis: A Meta-Analysis. Anthony Higney, Nick Hanley, Mirko Moro. Glasgow Univ. Paper No. 2021 – 02, February 21 2021. ht...

In-Person Schooling Seems to Raise Youth Suicide, possibly because of bullying victimization

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In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures. Benjamin Hansen, Joseph J. Sabia & J...

Schooling substantially improves intelligence, but neither lessens nor widens the impacts of socioeconomics and genetics

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Schooling substantially improves intelligence, but neither lessens nor widens the impacts of socioeconomics and genetics. Nicholas Judd, Bru...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Masturbation Prevalence, Frequency, Reasons, and Associations with Partnered Sex in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey

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Masturbation Prevalence, Frequency, Reasons, and Associations with Partnered Sex in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a U.S....