Saturday, January 7, 2023

People are more strongly persuaded by self-generated arguments than by arguments of others, particularly if they find argument generation easy

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Persuasive Benefits of Self-Generated Arguments: Moderation and Mechanism. Mengran Xu, Duane T. Wegener. Social Psychological and Personalit...

When Psychotherapy Fails (which happens regularly)

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When Psychotherapy Fails. Brechje Dandachi-FitzGerald, Henry Otgaar & Harald Merckelbach. Chapter in Toward a Science of Clinical Psycho...

People who positively judge positive emotions experience better psychological health; those who negatively judge negative emotions experience worse psychological health

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Willroth, Emily C., Gerald Young, Maya Tamir, and Iris Mauss. 2023. “Judging Emotions as Good or Bad: Individual Differences and Association...

Individuals’ beliefs that they can infer trust and trustworthiness from appearance are unfounded

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Attributions of Trust and Trustworthiness. Rick K. Wilson & Catherine C. Eckel. Political Behavior, Jan 5 2023. https://link.springer.co...
Friday, January 6, 2023

Motivations to reciprocate cooperation and punish defection are calibrated by estimates of how easily others can switch partners

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Motivations to reciprocate cooperation and punish defection are calibrated by estimates of how easily others can switch partners. Sakura Ara...

Drawing on a unique survey we examine how German citizens view the practice of discussing politics in everyday life, and what determines these attitudes; we find that only a minority appreciates talking about politics

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Do people like to discuss politics? A study of citizens’ political talk culture. Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Manuel Neumann. European Political Sc...

More confirmation of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis: Sons from high-status families achieve higher educational outcomes than daughters, while daughters from low-status families surpass sons

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Parental background and daughters’ and sons’ educational outcomes – application of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis. Janne Salminen, Hannu Leh...

No consistent associations of well-being & brain correlates

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A systematic review of the neural correlates of well-being reveals no consistent associations. Lianne P.de Vries, Margot P. van de Weijer, M...