Saturday, April 16, 2022

Analyses from >100 species of birds & mammals revealed robust positive correlations between yawn duration and brain mass and overall & cortical/pallium neuron totals; the observation of yawning in conspecifics selectively enhances vigilance

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The causes and consequences of yawning in animal groups. Andrew C.Gallup. Animal Behaviour, Volume 187, May 2022, Pages 209-219. https://doi...

Results suggested that people were less ready to commit to a romantic relationship to the extent that they perceived they had many partners available to them

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Playing the field or locking down a partner?: Perceptions of available romantic partners and commitment readiness. Ashlyn Brady et al. Journ...

Women enjoyed higher levels of purpose in life; & were more likely to have altruistic behaviors and attitudes, which in turn facilitated a stronger purpose in life

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From 2018... Gender Differences in Purpose in Life: The Mediation Effect of Altruism. Juan Xi et al. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Jun 7...

The widespread public scepticism about Darwinism in most developed countries can be understood in terms of the counter-intuitive nature of the theory – we experience species as fixed and distinct in kind, not changing and only quantitatively different – and lack of education about the fundamental concepts

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Darwinian explanations and socio-cultural processes: A synthesis. Daniel Nettle. Before 2008? https://doc4pdf.com/761219-darwinian-explanati...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Higher intelligence is robustly related to greater tolerance of disliked groups

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Lasker, Jordan, and Jon McNaughtan. 2022. “Assessing the Robustness of the Relationship Between Tolerance and Intelligence.” PsyArXiv. April...

Fake Independents, who claimed independence but who voted straight ticket, in most cases preferred Democrats, acted very much like Liberals in stated values and concerns, had aversion to being bound to a party

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This party stinks: Self-definitions and justifications of the politically unaffiliated. Daniel M. Rempala & Bradley M. Okdie. Current Ps...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

Germany: Women rate the reputation of housewives considerably worse than men do

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Das Ansehen von Hausfrauen in Deutschland – Eine quantitativ-empirische Analyse differenzieller Wahrnehmungen / The Prestige of Housewives i...

We found that change in self-reported sexual orientation was not reflected in genital arousal, providing tentative support for the notion that self-reports may overestimate change in sexual orientation

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Stability and Change in Sexual Orientation and Genital Arousal over Time. Dragos C. Gruia, Luke Holmes, Jaime Raines, Erlend Slettevold, Tue...

Pakistan’s per capita GDP would have been an average of about $718 per year higher had the country not undertaken the effort to produce a nuclear weapon = per capita GDP being 27.8 percent lower over the 25-year weapons-development period

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The Economic Cost of a Nuclear Weapon: A Synthetic Control Approach. Anthony Mayberry. SSRN Apr 6 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.40650...

Too hunky to help? Boys in the socially self-confident profile had significantly higher mean levels of prosocial behavior beliefs toward other boys compared to boys in the socially precarious profile

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Too hunky to help: A person-centered approach to masculinity and prosocial behavior beliefs among adolescent boys. Matthew G. Nielson, Diana...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Letters To A Spanish Youngster CCLXV

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 Letters To A Spanish Youngster CCLXV [...] Your Honor the blessing that the gods gave to us His admirers , /Su Señoría la bendición que los...

Finding that acute alcohol consumption had no reliable effect on risk-taking while gambling was consistent with existing animal research: No support was found for the relation between alcohol dose and risk-taking

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Does Acute Alcohol Consumption Increase Risk-Taking while Gambling? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Tori L. Horn,James P. Whelan,Greg...

Popular models on the threat–politics association suggest that threats cause right-wing political preferences; but failed replications got in the way

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The complicated but solvable threat–politics relationship. Mark J. Brandt, Bert N. Bakker. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 26, Issue 5,...

Economic effects of voluntary religious castration on the informal provision of cooperation: The case of the Russian Skoptsy sect

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Economic effects of voluntary religious castration on the informal provision of cooperation: The case of the Russian Skoptsy sect. Vladimir ...

Economic uncertainty appears to shift individuals into different life history strategies (pace of life) as a function of childhood social-economic status, suggesting how ecological factors & early life environment influence fertility-related decisions

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Effects of economic uncertainty and socioeconomic status on reproductive timing: A life history approach. Kenneth Tan et al. Current Researc...

While caloric resctrictions (CR) & intermittent fasting improve lifespan in diverse mice, we observed no enhancement of working memory or contextual fear memory on this feeding, & 40% CR to be damaging in the context of long-term memory

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Life-long Dietary Restrictions have Negligible or Damaging Effects on Late-life Cognitive Performance: A Key Role for Genetics in Outcomes. ...

Communicating authenticity is associated with increased interest in and perceived connection to another person, more comments and views for TED talks, receiving a financial investment from investors, & more social media likes & retweets

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Authentic First Impressions Relate to Interpersonal, Social, and Entrepreneurial Success. David M. Markowitz et al. Social Psychological and...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Higher inequality creates an environment of restlessness in which both the poor and the rich feel obliged to seek wealth and status, albeit for different reasons

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Restless in an Unequal World: Economic Inequality Fuels the Desire for Wealth and Status. Zhechen Wang, Jolanda Jetten, Niklas K. Steffens. ...