Friday, January 20, 2023

Economic Consequences of Kinship: Evidence from US Bans on Cousin Marriage

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Economic Consequences of Kinship: Evidence from US Bans on Cousin Marriage. Arkadev Ghosh, Sam Il Myoung Hwang, Munir Squires. January 18, 2...

Growing evidence suggests that intergroup contact, psychology’s most-researched paradigm for reducing prejudice, has the “ironic” effect of reducing support for social change in disadvantaged groups

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Reimer, N. K., & Sengupta, N. K. (2023). Meta-analysis of the “ironic” effects of intergroup contact. Journal of Personality and Social ...

How and Why We Want to Be More Moral; as known, the bigger predictor of moral motivation was the extent to which we believed that making the change would have positive consequences for our own well-being

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How and Why People Want to Be More Moral. Jessie Sun, Joshua Wilt, Peter Meindl, Hanne M. Watkins, Geoffrey P. Goodwin. Journal of Personali...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Hatred of the opposing political camp fuels susceptibility to misinformation that favors one's own side—both among Democrats and Republicans—and particularly among the politically sophisticated

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Affective Polarization and Misinformation Belief. Libby Jenke. Political Behavior, Jan 18 2023. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s1...

Effects of a 7-Day Pornography Abstinence Period on Withdrawal-Related Symptoms in Regular Pornography Users

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Effects of a 7-Day Pornography Abstinence Period on Withdrawal-Related Symptoms in Regular Pornography Users: A Randomized Controlled Study....

The influence of sexual activity on sleep

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The influence of sexual activity on sleep: A diary study. Carlotta Florentine Oesterling, Charmaine Borg, Elina Juhola, Marike Lancel. Journ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

What if Diversity Trainings Are Doing More Harm Than Good?

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What if Diversity Trainings Are Doing More Harm Than Good? Jesse Singal. The New York Times, Jan 17 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17...