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Thursday, November 2, 2017

The Impact of Variation in Twin Relatedness on Estimates of Heritability and Environmental Influences

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The Impact of Variation in Twin Relatedness on Estimates of Heritability and Environmental Influences. Chang Liu, Peter C. M. Molenaar, and ...

Sex Differences in the Prevalence and Correlates of Handgun Carrying Among Adolescents in the USA

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Sex Differences in the Prevalence and Correlates of Handgun Carrying Among Adolescents in the United States. Michael G. Vaughn et al. Youth ...

Evidence of the Effect of Confirmation-Reports on Dishonesty

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Duncan, D. and Li, D. (2017), Liar Liar: Experimental Evidence of the Effect of Confirmation-Reports on Dishonesty. Southern Economic Journa...

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Prenatal androgens apparently have large effects on interests and engagement in gendered activities; moderate effects on spatial abilities; and relatively small or no effects on gender identity, gender cognitions, and gendered peer involvement

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Berenbaum, S. A. (2017), Beyond Pink and Blue: The Complexity of Early Androgen Effects on Gender Development. Child Dev Perspect. doi:10.11...

People are reluctant to be dishonest to interaction partners with dilating pupils, which are perceived positively

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Pupil to pupil: The effect of a partner's pupil size on (dis)honest behavior. Jolien A. van Breen, Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Mariska E. Kret...

Mate choice could be random in female rats (Rattus norvegicus)

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Mate choice could be random in female rats (Rattus norvegicus). Olivia Le Moëne, Eelke M. Snoeren. Physiology & Behavior, https://doi.or...

Is mindfulness research methodology improving over time? No.

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Is mindfulness research methodology improving over time? A systematic review. Simon B. Goldberg et al. PLOS One, https://doi.org/10.1371/jou...

Virtually all irrationally inflated their moral qualities, & the absolute & relative magnitude was greater than in the other domains of positive self-evaluation

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The Illusion of Moral Superiority. Ben M. Tappin, Ryan T. McKay. Social Psychological and Personality Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/19485...

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Lighter hair linked to perceptions of youth, health & attractiveness, leads to more positive perceptions of relationship & parenting potential

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Women’s hair as a cue to desired relationship and parenting characteristics. David C. Matz & Verlin B. Hinsz. The Journal of Social Psyc...

Schadenfreude and re-construal of an objectively undeserved misfortune as a ‘deserved’ misfortune

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“It wasn’t your fault, but …...”: Schadenfreude about an undeserved misfortune. Mariëtte Berndsen, rMarika Tiggemann, and Samantha Chapman. ...

Machine learning of neural representations of suicide and emotion concepts identifies suicidal youth

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Machine learning of neural representations of suicide and emotion concepts identifies suicidal youth. Marcel Adam Just, Lisa Pan, Vladimir L...

Opening a prostitution zone decreases registered sexual abuse and rape by about 30−40 pct in the first 2 years

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Street Prostitution Zones and Crime. Paul Bisschop, Stephen Kastoryano, and Bas van der Klaauw. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2...

Ethnic diversity, out-group contacts and social trust in a high-trust society

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Ethnic diversity, out-group contacts and social trust in a high-trust society. Karl Loxbo. Acta Sociologica, https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699...

Power as an emotional liability: Implications for perceived authenticity and trust after a transgression

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Power as an emotional liability: Implications for perceived authenticity and trust after a transgression. Peter Kim et al.. Journal of Exper...

High status males invest more than high status females in lower status same-sex collaborators

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High status males invest more than high status females in lower status same-sex collaborators. Henry Markovits et al. PLoS One, September 20...

How Incidental Confidence Influences Self-Interested Behaviors: A Double-Edged Sword

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How Incidental Confidence Influences Self-Interested Behaviors: A Double-Edged Sword. Claire Tsai & Jia Lin Xie. Journal of Behavioral D...

Cool, Callous, and in Control: Superior Inhibitory Control in Frequent Players of Video Games with Violent Content

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Cool, Callous, and in Control: Superior Inhibitory Control in Frequent Players of Video Games with Violent Content. Laura Stockdale et al. ...

Disentangling the Sources of Mimicry: Social Relations Analyses of the Link Between Mimicry and Liking

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Disentangling the Sources of Mimicry: Social Relations Analyses of the Link Between Mimicry and Liking. Maike Salazar Kämpf et al. Psycholog...

Monday, October 30, 2017

People who experience a potentially hazardous near-miss but escape without apparent damage feel more optimistic & take less protective action

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Near-miss events, risk messages, and decision making. Robin L. Dillon, and Catherine H. Tinsley. Environment Systems and Decisions, March 20...

Losing loss aversion -- Current evidence does not support that losses, on balance, tend to be any more impactful than gains

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Gal, David and Rucker, Derek, The Loss of Loss Aversion: Will It Loom Larger Than Its Gain? (September 30, 2017). Journal of Consumer Psycho...

Higher support for redistribution by individuals with high income & lower demand for redistribution by those with low income

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Sabatini, Fabio and Ventura, Marco and Yamamura, Eiji and Zamparelli, Luca (2017): Fairness and the unselfish demand for redistribution by t...

Reminders of death would lead participants to inflate the size of self-representational objects

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McCabe, S., Vail, K. E. and Arndt, J. (2017), The impact of death awareness on sizes of self-representational objects. Br. J. Soc. Psychol.....

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Mothers Spend More on Daughters While Fathers Spend More on Sons

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Do Mothers Spend More on Daughters While Fathers Spend More on Sons? Lambrianos Nikiforidis, Kristina M. Durante, Joseph P. Redden and Vlada...

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Oral tradition: Storytelling as specialized skill that people develop a comparative advantage in due to productivity declines with other skills

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Information transmission and the oral tradition: Evidence of a late-life service niche for Tsimane Amerindians. Eric Schniter, Nathaniel T. ...

Columbia Law School: Having a gay or lesbian parent does not harm children

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What does the scholarly research say about the wellbeing of children with gay or lesbian parents? Unsigned article. Columbia University Law ...

Further Evidence that Creativity and Innovation are Inhibited by Conservative Thinking

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Further Evidence that Creativity and Innovation are Inhibited by Conservative Thinking: Analyses of the 2016 Presidential Election. Mark Run...

Withdrawn article: The Case for Colonialism

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The case for colonialism. Bruce Gilley. Third World Quarterly, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1369037 [PDF paper withdrawn by pub...

Progressives are more ideologically consistent, a possible reason of their being more upset by dissenters

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Ideological Consistency across the Political Spectrum: Liberals are More Consistent but Conservatives Become More Consistent When Coping wit...

Rhinoplasty: more symmetry, youthfulness, facial harmony, likeability, trustworthiness, confidence, femininity, attractiveness, approachability, &intelligence

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The Public Face of Rhinoplasty: Impact on Perceived Attractiveness and Personality. Stephen M. Lu, David T. Hsu, Adam Perry, Lyle Leipziger,...

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Draft - Regarding the Seoul Times "article" on eating human fetuses for sexual powers

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Draft - Regarding the Seoul Times "article" on eating human fetuses for sexual powers. Comments to a friend that sent me the Seoul...

Saturday, October 28, 2017

College students are assigned higher grades when in a classroom with peers who are rated as very attractive - Effect is strongest for female students

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Physical appearance and peer effects in academic performance. Rey Hernández-Julián & Christina Peters. Applied Economics Letters, http:/...

West Point cadets are more risk averse & programs aimed at increasing women & minorities are likely to increase the risk aversion

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Bell, Patrick and Engel, Rozlyn and Hudson, Darren and Jamison, Julian C. and Skimmyhorn, Bill, Risk Preferences in Future Military Leaders ...

Investigating the Masturbatory Behaviours of Canadian Midlife Adults

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Investigating the Masturbatory Behaviours of Canadian Midlife Adults. Kovacevic, Katarina; Milhausen, Robin; Beaton, John; McKay, Alex. Univ...

Altruistic Behavior among Twins Willingness to Fight and Self-Sacrifice for their Closest Relatives

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Altruistic Behavior among Twins Willingness to Fight and Self-Sacrifice for their Closest Relatives. Encarnacion Tornero et al. Human Nature...

The blind mind: No sensory visual imagery in aphantasia

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The blind mind: No sensory visual imagery in aphantasia. Rebecca Keogh, Joel Pearson. Cortex, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.10.012 A...

Food choice of main dishes occurs outside of awareness, matching the choice of the person ahead of oneself

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Vegetarian or meat? Food choice modeling of main dishes occurs outside of awareness. Chelsea D. Christie, Frances S. Chen. Appetite, https:/...

Sleep Duration, Mortality, and Heredity—A Prospective Twin Study.

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Sleep Duration, Mortality, and Heredity—A Prospective Twin Study. Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Jurgita Narusyte, Kristina Alexanderson, Pia Svedberg....