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- Grit Has a Negligible Effect on Success Compared to Intelligence https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550620920531 104 comments
- Is Cancer Solvable? https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1073110519876164 2 comments
- Study appears to debunk link between internet use and mental health https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231207791 13 comments science
- Well-being and dementia: New research suggests higher eudaimonic well-being and higher hedonic well-being are associated with better-than-expected cognitive functioning relative to one’s neuropathological burden (i.e., beta-amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles, etc). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976221119828 5 comments science
- Governments that are stable and face less intense electoral competition are more likely to implement fossil fuel taxation, an important climate change mitigation policy. Electoral competition makes elected officials more myopic and reluctant to impose short-term costs on voters. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00104140221141853 45 comments science
- New study finds that parental conservatism was associated with children’s punishment of out-group members, and parental liberalism was associated with children’s punishment of in-group members https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09567976221117154 11 comments science
- New study finds good loser messages–i.e. accepting the outcome of an election and acknowledging the rules of the game–support democracy https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00104140221109433?journalCode=cpsa 270 comments science
- Psychedelic use is not associated with cancer https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02698811221117536 10 comments upliftingnews
- In the US, federal judges tend to arrange to retire under presidents of the same political party as the president who first appointed them. This tendency is stronger for Republican appointees than for Democratic appointees. [Data covering 1920–2018] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00031224221102072 162 comments science
- Reading Literary Fiction Is Associated With a More Complex Worldview https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01461672221106059 42 comments science
- A meta-analytic review of 16 studies (N = 1,220; 72 effect sizes) measuring sympathetic recovery during elicited positive emotions and neutral conditions finds that in most cases, positive emotions did not speed sympathetic recovery compared to neutral conditions. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17540739221104457 3 comments science
- More than Mere Access: An Experiment on Moneyed Interests, Information Provision, and Legislative Action in Congress https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SMTFWGW6TQ9ISQ9XKIFH/full 4 comments science
- Straight men face educational crisis, gay men excel academically, study finds https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00031224221075776 613 comments science
- Nurturing the Mathematical Brain: Home Numeracy Practices Are Associated With Children’s Neural Responses to Arabic Numerals https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976211034498 16 comments science
- RETRACTED: Reconceptualising a Quandamooka Storyweave of language reclamation https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/13678779211030282 9 comments linguistics
- Disgusting Democrats and Repulsive Republicans: Members of Political Outgroups Are Considered Physically Gross - Justin F. Landy, Joshua Rottman, Carlota Batres, Kristin L. Leimgruber, 2021 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01461672211065923 7 comments science
- Disease threat found to make people more behaviorally cautious and quick to morally condemn others http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14747049211021524 29 comments science
- Violent crime is a concern in the US. Past research has suggested different correlates, including poverty, mental health disorders and the presence of guns. New research finds that at the state level, gun ownership is correlated with violent crimes and income inequality with homicides specifically. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17488958211060473 115 comments science
- Science Skepticism Across 24 Countries (N = 5,973): "One notable effect was consistent across countries [which was that] general faith in science was predicted by spirituality, suggesting that it, more than religiosity, may be the ‘enemy’ of science acceptance." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/19485506211001329 31 comments science
- One in nine US households is food insecure: unable to purchase sufficient, or healthy food. Advocates and politicians have pointed to the federal minimum wage as a culprit, labeling it a starvation wage. New study shows higher minimum wages may encourage households to purchase more healthy calories. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00222437211023475 656 comments science
- Excessive CEO-to-worker pay ratio (1) boosts company profits in the short but not long run, (2) may motivate employees to cheat and misbehave toward customers and (3) harms customer relationships. As companies have little incentive to reduce the pay ratio in the short run - regulation may be needed. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00222429211026655 21 comments economics
- No support was found for the hypothesis that social media use contributed to the level of affective polarization. Instead, the results lend support to the hypothesis that it was the level of affective polarization that affected subsequent use of social media https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14614448211044393 7 comments science
- Study shows that democratically elected leaders looked significantly more attractive and warmer (an average of likability and trustworthiness) than dictators did. Leaders’ facial appearance could therefore contribute to their success within their respective political systems https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1948550621991368 12 comments science
- Public acceptance of evolution in the United States, 1985–2020 - Jon D. Miller, Eugenie C. Scott, Mark S. Ackerman, Belén Laspra, Glenn Branch, Carmelo Polino, Jordan S. Huffaker, 2021 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09636625211035919?journalCode=pusa 5 comments science
- Multi-country study suggests that the psychological burden of COVID-19 has led to increased political unrest. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976211031847 3 comments science
- Examining mechanisms of ingroup facial resemblance using facial photos of fraternity/sorority members: "Analyses of both subjective trait impressions and objective face-shape measurements revealed that not only did group members look alike, they resembled one another even before joining the group." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01461672211025206 10 comments science
- Men’s concern about failing to meet masculine standards leads them to support aggressive policies and politicians https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167220963577 5 comments science
- A new study finds a ‘good-looking giver’ effect–that more physically attractive people are more likely to engage in giving behaviors, and vice versa. Thus, in ecologically valid real-world samples, people who do good are also likely to look good. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0899764020950835?fbclid=iwar2coi0yicrxipkw88_bqpvhls4_yacuhrv6qo4ycggrmz9wxjkw0e6q5-o 47 comments science
- Extroverted people are more likely to be physically attractive while the introverts are more likely to be unattractive https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167210397209?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 7 comments science
- The decline of local newspapers reduces competition in mayoral elections and is linked to lower voter turnout. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1078087419838058 79 comments science
- Living with a rare disease can involve unique challenges, shows a new study which examined a diverse sample of individuals with a range of rare diseases (n = 1,157). This suggests that there is a need for improved and specialized medical care for people with rare diseases. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359105319828150 5 comments science
- Thesis big problem - help https://journals.sagepub.com 3 comments italy
- A prior meta-analysis cast doubt as to whether power-posing affects people confidence and stress levels. However, a new meta-analysis, which examines a more comprehensive body of research, provides evidence in support of power-posing effects. http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/czbnan7ch6zzirk9ymgh/full 5 comments science
- “the effects of conspiracy thinking on climate change denial are not only larger than previously suggested, but also non-monotonic and conditional on individuals’ party identification” http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053168017743105 11 comments science
- Meta-Analysis Finds No Clear Link Between Creativity and Mood Disorders http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1745691617699653 8 comments science
- The relationships of classic psychedelic use with criminal behavior in the United States adult population http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881117735685 6 comments science
- This recent study suggests that taking photos affects your memory of the moment later in life http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797617694868?journalcode=pssa 2 comments science
- People who show signs of neuroticism tend to live longer, according to a new longitudinal study of 502,655 people aged 37 to 73 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797617709813 8 comments science
- Special Education Programs do not give equal treatment to black children. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0095798416636280 9 comments science
- Researchers found that volunteers who ate a daily spoonful of Marmite seemed to have higher levels of a vital neuron chemical associated with a healthy brain. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269881117699613 13 comments science
- Researchers believe that maintaining a healthy sex life at home boosts employees' job satisfaction and engagement at the office, underscoring the value of a strong work-life balance http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0149206317698022 8 comments science