Sunday, February 13, 2022

The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession

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The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession. Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine, and Luke Pardue. Journal of Economic ...

That consumers derive greater happiness from experiences than from material possessions lets one significant fact go unnoticed: Some of the most satisfying experiences combine elements of both domains; there is no inherent tradeoff

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What Makes People Happy? Decoupling the Experiential-Material Continuum. Evan Weingarten et al. Journal of Consumer Psychology, February 202...
Saturday, February 12, 2022

What does it mean to be (seen as) human? The importance of gender in humanization

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Martin, A. E., & Mason, M. F. (2022). What does it mean to be (seen as) human? The importance of gender in humanization. Journal of Pers...

We report a previously unidentified difference emotional regulation styles, with conservatives reporting a healthier approach to emotion regulation via cognitive reappraisal strategies; found more negative mood states among political liberals

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David L. Dickinson, 2022. "Political ideology predicts mood and emotion regulation. Examining potential pathways to key life outcomes,&...

Gender Differences in Motives and Emotional Outcomes Following Casual Sex: No predictors (apart from being a man) were found for a positive emotional outcome

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Was it Good for You? Gender Differences in Motives and Emotional Outcomes Following Casual Sex. Billie E. McKeen, Ryan C. Anderson & Dav...

People foster an illusion of understanding human better than algorithmic decision-making, when in fact, both are black-boxes

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Bonezzi, A., Ostinelli, M., & Melzner, J. (2022). The human black-box: The illusion of understanding human better than algorithmic decis...
Friday, February 11, 2022

From 2000... Why Men Rape... Prevention efforts will founder until they are based on the understanding that rape evolved as a form of male reproductive behavior that needs a program for young men that teaches them to restrain their sexual behavior

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Why Men Rape... Prevention efforts will founder until they are based on the understanding that rape evolved as a form of male reproductive b...

Sensory-Tactile Functional Mapping and Use-Associated Structural Variation of the Human Female Genital Representation Field

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Sensory-Tactile Functional Mapping and Use-Associated Structural Variation of the Human Female Genital Representation Field. Andrea J. J. Kn...

Those from low control environments will invest less in pathogen-avoidance strategies (disgust) vs pathogen management (prophylactic immunological activity

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Control over pathogen exposure and basal immunological activity influence disgust and pathogen-avoidance motivation. Hannah Bradshaw, Jeff G...

Universals & preferential reactions to Western music in 53 countries: trait Extraversion was correlated with stronger reactions to contemporary music, whereas trait Openness was correlated with stronger reactions to sophisticated music

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Universals and variations in musical preferences: A study of preferential reactions to Western music in 53 countries. Greenberg, D. M., Wrid...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

30 Countries Study Prior to and During the Initial COVID-19 Wave: Fewer respondents reported physical or sexual partner violence during COVID-19 measures (7.0%) compared to the period before COVID-19 measures (9.3%)

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The International Sexual Health And Reproductive Health Survey (I-SHARE-1): A Multi-Country Analysis of Adults from 30 Countries Prior to an...

Social Desirability In Surveys: In 1966, 7% of subjects initially admitted to same-sex sexual experiences, but many later changed their answers (reaching 22%) when told that they would be given a polygraph test to detect false answers

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The Influence of Social Desirability on Sexual Behavior Surveys: A Review. Bruce M. King. Archives of Sexual, Feb 10 2022. https://link.spri...

Enjoyable experiences go stale in three distinct temporal profiles, and the patterns of "hedonic decline" are stable across time and stimuli, within an individual

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Identifying the temporal profiles of hedonic decline. Jeff Galak, Jinwoo Kim, Joseph P. Redden. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision P...