Friday, September 15, 2017

People believe that future others' preferences and beliefs will change to align with their own

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The Belief in a Favorable Future. Todd Rogers, Don Moore and Michael Norton. Psychological Science, Volume 28, issue 9, page(s): 1290-1301, ...

Authoritarianism and Affective Polarization: A New View on the Origins of Partisan Extremism

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Authoritarianism and Affective Polarization: A New View on the Origins of Partisan Extremism. Matthew Luttig. Public Opinion Quarterly, nfx0...

Staggering SNAP benefits throughout the month leads to a 32 pct decrease in grocery store theft

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SNAP Benefits and Crime: Evidence from Changing Disbursement Schedules. Jillian B. Carr and Analisa Packham. University of Miami, Oxford, OH...

Students who believed that their peers were more socially connected reported lower well-being and belonging

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From Misperception to Social Connection: Correlates and Consequences of Overestimating Others’ Social Connectedness. Ashley V. Whillans et a...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Backward planning led to greater motivation, higher goal expectancy, less time pressure and better goal-relevant performance

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Relative Effects of Forward and Backward Planning on Goal Pursuit. Jooyoung Park, Fang-Chi Lu, and William M. Hedgcock. Psychological Scienc...

Wind farms suppressed soil moisture and enhanced water stress

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The Observed Impacts of Wind Farms on Local Vegetation Growth in Northern China. Bijian Tang et al. Abstract: Wind farms (WFs) can affect th...

Wheat Agriculture Induce Bigger GDP, Which Yields Smaller Family Ties

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Wheat Agriculture and Family Ties. James Ang & Per Fredriksson. European Economic Review, Volume 100, November 2017, Pages 236-256, http...

Extraversion and life satisfaction: A cross-cultural examination of student and nationally representative samples

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Kim, H., Schimmack, U., Oishi, S. and Tsutsui, Y. (), Extraversion and life satisfaction: A cross-cultural examination of student and nation...

Can Superstition Create a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? School Outcomes of Dragon Children of China

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Can Superstition Create a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? School Outcomes of Dragon Children of China. Naci Mocan and Han Yu. NBER Working Paper, ...

Speaking about the future in the present tense may result in the belief that adverse credit events are more imminent

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Languages and Corporate Savings Behavior. Shimin Chen et al. Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 46, October 2017, Pages 320-341, https://doi...

Marriage Gap in Christians and Muslims

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Marriage Gap in Christians and Muslims. Martin Fieder et al. Journal of Biosocial Science, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932017000086 Summary...

Highly educated women tend to partner more often “downwards” with less educated men, rather than remaining single

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The Reversed Gender Gap in Education and Assortative Mating in Europe. De Hauw, Yolien, Grow, Andre, and Van Bavel, Jan. European Journal of...

In men, education is positively associated with eventual fertility

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Education, Other Socioeconomic Characteristics Across the Life Course, and Fertility Among Finnish Men. Jessica Nisén et al. European Journa...

Enhancing a men's perception of their own mate value shifts attitude toward casual sex to very interested

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Marzoli, D., Havlícek, J. and Roberts, S. C. (2017), Human mating strategies: from past causes to present consequences. WIREs Cognitive Scie...

The long-term decline in Greenland Ice Sheet reflectivity between 2000 and 2012 might be more significant than previously thought

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How robust are in situ observations for validating satellite-derived albedo over the dark zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet? J. C. Ryan et al....

Ability to rapidly and accurately compare quantities genetically linked to mathematical & general cognitive skills

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Approximate number sense shares etiological overlap with mathematics and general cognitive ability. Sarah L. Lukowski et al. Intelligence, h...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Political Institutions, Economic Liberty, and the Great Divergence

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Political Institutions, Economic Liberty, and the Great Divergence. Gary Cox. Journal of Economic History, September 2017, Pages 724-755, ht...

Why Did Drug Cartels Go to War in Mexico? Subnational Party Alternation, the Breakdown of Criminal Protection, and the Onset of Large-Scale Violence

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Why Did Drug Cartels Go to War in Mexico? Subnational Party Alternation, the Breakdown of Criminal Protection, and the Onset of Large-Scale ...

High sex ratios in rural China: declining well-being with age in never-married men

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High sex ratios in rural China: declining well-being with age in never-married men. Zhou X, and Hesketh T. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sc...

Modern Clinical Research on LSD

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Modern Clinical Research on LSD. Matthias E Liechti. Neuropsychopharmacology (2017) 42, 2114–2127; doi:10.1038/npp.2017.86 Abstract: All mod...

Self-Consciousness or Misattribution Effect in the Induced Hypocrisy Paradigm?

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Self-Consciousness or Misattribution Effect in the Induced Hypocrisy Paradigm? Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Audrey Pelt, and Valérie Fointiat...

Misattribution of musical arousal increases sexual attraction towards opposite-sex faces in females

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Misattribution of musical arousal increases sexual attraction towards opposite-sex faces in females. Manuela M. Marin et al. PLOS One, https...

Overhearing the suggestion that the sheriff had caught the guy significantly increased false identifications

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Eisen, M. L., Skerrit-Perta, A., Jones, J. M., Owen, J., and Cedré, G. C. (2017) Pre-admonition Suggestion in Live Showups: When Witnesses L...

A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics

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Hedenstierna-Jonson C, Kjellström A, Zachrisson T, et al. A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics. American Journal of Physical Anthro...

Enjoying the Quiet Life: Corporate Decision-Making by Entrenched Managers

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Enjoying the Quiet Life: Corporate Decision-Making by Entrenched Managers. Naoshi Ikeda, Kotaro Inoue, and Sho Watanabe. NBER Working Paper ...

Using Tax Data to Measure Long-Term Trends in U.S. Income Inequality

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Using Tax Data to Measure Long-Term Trends in U.S. Income Inequality. Gerald Auten and David Splinter. Draft Paper, Annual Conference, ASSA ...

Land-Use Restrictions -- deregulating to 1980 levels would raise labor productivity by about 10 pct, & consumption by about 9 pct

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Tarnishing the Golden and Empire States: Land-Use Restrictions and the U.S. Economic Slowdown. Kyle F. Herkenhoff, Lee E. Ohanian, Edward C....
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Love Death—A Retrospective and Prospective Follow-Up Mortality Study Over 45 Years

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Lange L, Zedler B, Verhoff MA, Parzeller M. Love Death—A Retrospective and Prospective Follow-Up Mortality Study Over 45 Years. The Journal ...

Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?

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Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? Nicholas Bloom, Charles I. Jones, John Van Reenen, and Michael Webb. NBER Working Paper No. 23782. www.nbe...

When Will Negotiation Agents Be Able to Represent Us? The Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Negotiators

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When Will Negotiation Agents Be Able to Represent Us? The Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Negotiators. Tim Baarslag, Michael Kai...

The Role of a "Common Is Moral" Heuristic in the Stability and Change of Moral Norms

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The Role of a "Common Is Moral" Heuristic in the Stability and Change of Moral Norms. Lindström B, Jangard S, Selbing I, and Olsso...

Our moral balance sheet: Compensating our bad and good deeds

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An experimental analysis of moral self-regulation. Erdem Seçilmiş.  Applied Economics Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.13745...

Homosexual acts may help impair reproduction by rivals --- for example, a male imitating a female

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Male reproductive suppression: not a social affair- Z. Valentina Zizzari, Andrea Jessen, and Joris M. Koene. Current Zoology, Volume 63, Iss...

The Facilitating Effect of Schadenfreude on Creativity

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A Route to Insight via Another’s Pain: The Facilitating Effect of Schadenfreude on Creativity. Sara L. Wheeler-Smith, Amir Erez, and Elisabe...

Are We Jumping to Unfounded Conclusions About the Causes of Sexual Offending?

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“I Know Correlation Doesn’t Prove Causation, but . . .”: Are We Jumping to Unfounded Conclusions About the Causes of Sexual Offending? Kevin...

Robot Rejection Lowers Self-Esteem

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The Bionic Blues: Robot Rejection Lowers Self-Esteem. Kyle Nash et al. Computers in Human Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.01...
Monday, September 11, 2017

Placebo can enhance creativity

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Placebo can enhance creativity. Liron Rozenkrantz, Avraham E. Mayo, Tomer Ilan, Yuval Hart, Lior Noy, and Uri Alon. PLOS One, https://doi.or...

Brain indices of disagreement with one’s social values predict EU referendum voting behavior

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Brain indices of disagreement with one’s social values predict EU referendum voting behavior. Giulia Galli, Miroslav Sirota, Maurizio Matera...

Differences in home advantage between sports

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Differences in home advantage between sports. Marshall B. Jones. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017...

Parents Who Pay to Be Watched - Behaviorally Architecting the Family

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Parents Who Pay to Be Watched. Kim Brooks. The Cut, Aug 22 2017, https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/cognition-builders-family-intervention-paren...

Resource depletion through primate stone technology

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Resource depletion through primate stone technology. Lydia V Luncz, Amanda Tan, Michael Haslam, Lars Kulik, Tomos Proffitt, Suchinda Malaivi...

Coolness as a trait and its relations to the Big Five, self-esteem, social desirability, and action orientation

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Coolness as a trait and its relations to the Big Five, self-esteem, social desirability, and action orientation. Ilan Dar-Nimrod, , Asha Gan...

Entrepreneurs' subjective success not related to objective business performance over time

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Well-Being, Personal Success and Business Performance Among Entrepreneurs: A Two-Wave Study. Josette Dijkhuizen et al. Journal of Happiness ...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

Epidemiology and prosecution of sexual violence against women in Germany

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Epidemiology and prosecution of sexual violence against women in Germany (Epidemiologie und Strafverfolgung sexueller Gewalt gegen Frauen in...

Increased task-related neural responses when infected may reflect a compensatory strategy or a greater social cognitive processing as a function of sickness

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Experimental human endotoxemia enhances brain activity during social cognition. Jennifer S. Kullmann, Jan-Sebastian Grigoleit, Oliver T. Wol...

Sunstein: Misconceptions About Nudges

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Sunstein, Cass R., Misconceptions About Nudges (September 6, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3033101 Abstract: ...

Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on growth and photosynthesis of Chinese yam under different temperature regimes

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Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on growth and photosynthesis of Chinese yam under different temperature regimes. Nguyen Cong Thinh, Hi...

On multi-level thinking and scientific understanding

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McIntyre, M. E., 2017: On multi-level thinking and scientific understanding. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 34(10), 1150–1158, doi: 10.1007/s00376-017-62...

Warm Periods in the 20th Century Not Unprecedented during the Last 2000 Years

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Warm Periods in the 20th Century Not Unprecedented during the Last 2000 Years. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Press Release, Aug 08, 2017. In...

Climate-driven variability in the occurrence of major floods across North America and Europe

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G.A. Hodgkins et al., Climate-driven variability in the occurrence of major floods across North America and Europe, Journal of Hydrology , ...

Is procedural memory enhanced in Tourette syndrome?

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Is procedural memory enhanced in Tourette syndrome? Evidence from a sequence learning task.     Ádám Takács et al. Cortex, https://doi.org/1...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

Analyzing a tool of IS propaganda: Ibn ʿAbdul-Wahhāb’s "Mufīd al-Mustafīd fī Kufr Tārik al-Tawḥīd"

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Analyzing a tool of IS propaganda: Ibn ʿAbdul-Wahhāb’s "Mufīd al-Mustafīd fī Kufr Tārik al-Tawḥīd". Joe Bradford.  Draft Paper pre...

Al-Qadā’ wa-l-Qadr: motivational representations of divine decree and predestination in salafi-jihadi literature

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Al - Qadā’ wa - l - Qadr : motivational representations of divine decree and predestination in salafi-jihadi literature. Shiraz Maher &...

Deliberation increases the wisdom of crowds

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Deliberation increases the wisdom of crowds. Joaquin Navajas, Tamara Niella, Gerry Garbulsky, Bahador Bahrami, Mariano Sigman. ArXiv Mar 201...

The devoted actor’s will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict

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The devoted actor’s will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict. Angel Gomez et al. Nature Human Behaviour 1, 673–679 (2017)...

Not Threat, But Threatening: Potential Causes and Consequences of Gay Innumeracy

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Not Threat, But Threatening: Potential Causes and Consequences of Gay Innumeracy. Donald P Haider-Markel & Mark R Joslyn. Journal of Hom...