Thursday, March 9, 2023

There is a positive relationship between intelligence and survival; intelligence is a protective factor for reaching upper-middle age, thereafter survival depends less on intelligence and more on other factors

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Intelligence and life expectancy in late adulthood: A meta-analysis- Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo et al. Intelligence, Volume 98, May–June 202...

Liberalizing prostitution leads to a significant decrease in rape rates, while prohibiting it leads to a significant increase (much greater than liberalization's effect)

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Do Prostitution Laws Affect Rape Rates? Evidence from Europe. Huasheng Gao and Vanya Petrova. The Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 65, N...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Personality disorders reveal much stronger sex differences than normal personality traits, with men leaning much more towards the "dark" side

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Sex in the dark: Sex differences on three measures of dark side personality. Adrian Furnham, George Horne. Acta Psychologica, Volume 234, Ap...

Income and emotional well-being

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Income and emotional well-being: A conflict resolved. Matthew A. Killingsworth, Daniel Kahneman, and Barbara Mellers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci....
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Deceptive affection is strategically expressed under relational threat—but not towards partners with low mate value

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Deceptive affection is strategically expressed under relational threat—but not towards partners with low mate value. Neil R. Caton and Sean ...

Rather than generating the filter bubbles that pundits keep hallucinating, googling for political information drives individuals toward sources that are different to their routinary visits

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Search engine effects on news consumption: Ranking and representativeness outweigh familiarity in news selection. Roberto Ulloa and Celina S...
Monday, March 6, 2023

The use of social media only stirs up political anger in people who strongly embrace like-minded content, while even heavy users without such blinders become less angry

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Birds of a Feather Get Angrier Together: Social Media News Use and Social Media Political Homophily as Antecedents of Political Anger. Ziche...