Friday, February 18, 2022

MicroRNAs are deeply linked to the emergence of the complex octopus brain and the cognitive success of this group

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MicroRNAs are deeply linked to the emergence of the complex octopus brain. Grygoriy Zolotarov et al. bioRxiv Feb 16 2022. https://doi.org/10...

Victimless Bodily Pleasures (like gluttony, laziness, drinking, or masturbation) Are Moralized Because They Are Perceived as Reducing Self-control and Cooperativeness and as facilitating antisocial behaviors

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Fitouchi, Léo, Jean-Baptiste André, Nicolas Baumard, and Daniel Nettle. 2022. “Harmless Bodily Pleasures Are Moralized Because They Are Perc...

21 countries: Antipathy towards the unvaccinated is larger in countries that suffered fewer COVID-19 deaths and that have higher social trust; found no evidence that unvaccinated respondents display antipathy towards vaccinated people

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Bor, Alexander, Frederik J. Jørgensen, and Michael Bang Petersen. 2022. “Prejudice Against the Vaccinated and the Unvaccinated During the CO...

Our study provides the first evidence that facial masculinity in men is an honest signal of men’s aggressive capacity and intent within same-sex contests

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Caton, Neil R., Amy Zhao, David M. G. Lewis, and Barnaby Dixson. 2022. “Facial Masculinity Predicts Men’s Actual and Perceived Aggressivenes...
Thursday, February 17, 2022

Behavioral consistency in the digital age: The activity profile of our smartphones reveals a lot about us

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Behavioral Consistency in the Digital Age. Heather Shaw et al. Psychological Science, February 17, https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211040491...

Self-identified incels are resistant to seeking or accepting mental health treatment, often because they perceive that practitioners will blame them for their inceldom, rather than societal forces such as 'lookism'

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Self-reported psychiatric disorder and perceived psychological symptom rates among involuntary celibates (incels) and their perceptions of m...

In couples: Largely divergent patterns of emotional expression that predict the long-term symptoms of psychopathology of men and women

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Weber, D. M., Fischer, M. S., Baucom, D. H., Baucom, B. R. W., Engl, J., Thurmaier, F., Wojda, A. K., Carrino, E. A., & Hahlweg, K. (202...

Ocean acidification effect on fish: The vast majority of large effect studies tend to be characterized by low sample sizes, yet are published in high-impact journals & have a disproportionate influence on the field in terms of citations

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Meta-analysis reveals an extreme “decline effect” in the impacts of ocean acidification on fish behavior. Jeff C. Clements, Josefin Sundin, ...

About one in three extremists reported being absolutely (i.e., 100%) certain of the correctness of their political beliefs, whereas about one in 15 non-extremists reported being absolutely certain

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Absolute Certainty and Political Ideology: A Systematic Test of Curvilinearity. Thomas H. Costello, Shauna M. Bowes. Social Psychological an...

On average, women’s experiences of sex are of substantially lower quality than men’s

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Women Get Worse Sex: A Confound in the Explanation of Gender Differences in Sexuality. Terri D. Conley, Verena Klein. Perspectives on Psycho...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Between 10.3 and 16.7% of the population meets the 7+  orgasms per week criterion for hypersexuality (a/k/a sex addiction)

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Orgasm Frequency (Total Sexual Outlet) in a National American Sample. Joshua R. Peters, Lesleigh E. Pullman, Drew A. Kingston & Martin L...

Rapid Decline in Life Satisfaction in Adolescence: Cross-national and Longitudinal Evidence in 43 countries

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Daly, Michael. 2022. “Cross-national and Longitudinal Evidence for a Rapid Decline in Life Satisfaction in Adolescence.” PsyArXiv. February ...

In 1997, the Mexican government designed the conditional cash transfer program Progresa, which became the worldwide model of a new approach to social programs, simultaneously targeting human capital accumulation & poverty reduction

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Maria Caridad Araujo, Karen Macours. Education, Income and Mobility: Experimental Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Progresa after 20 Years. ...

The precarious masculinity of firearm ownership

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Borgogna, N. C., McDermott, R. C., & Brasil, K. M. (2022). The precarious masculinity of firearm ownership. Psychology of Men & Masc...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Prospective personality-outcome associations, even over decades, were quite robust—across studies, personality characteristics, outcomes, moderators, and covariates; personality characteristics are robustly associated of life outcomes

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Beck, E. D., & Jackson, J. J. (2022). A mega-analysis of personality prediction: Robustness and boundary conditions. Journal of Personal...

Teaching About Sex and Gender in Neuroscience: More Than Meets the "XY"

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Casto, Kathleen V., Elizabeth Leininger, and Taralyn Tan. 2022. “Teaching About Sex and Gender in Neuroscience: More Than Meets the "XY...

Does Democracy Make Taller Men? Cross-Country European Evidence

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Does Democracy Make Taller Men? Cross-Country European Evidence. Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa-Font. Economics & Human Biology, February 1...

Sexual Behaviors Reported by a US Survey vs. Depictions of Sex in Male–Female Pornography: Kissing, male orgasm, female orgasm, and condom use were significantly less prevalent in the videos videos than in real experience

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Porn Sex versus Real Sex: Sexual Behaviors Reported by a U.S. Probability Survey Compared to Depictions of Sex in Mainstream Internet-Based ...
Monday, February 14, 2022

People See Political Opponents as More Stupid Than Evil

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Hartman, Rachel, Neil Hester, and Kurt Gray. 2022. “People See Political Opponents as More Stupid Than Evil.” PsyArXiv. February 14. psyarxi...

Many people follow a species-relativist principle, that individuals of all species should favor their own conspecifics; even extraterrestrials should prioritize their own over humans

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Caviola, Lucius, Stefan Schubert, Guy Kahane, and Nadira S. Faber. 2022. “Humans First: Why People Value Animals Less Than Humans.” PsyArXiv...
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...