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- How Gullible Are We? A Review of the Evidence from Psychology and Social Science http://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2017-22175-001.html 3 comments
- Crime in your area: Use of neighborhood apps is associated with inaccurate perceptions of higher local crime rates. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-54418-001 213 comments science
- A study found that although givers tend to focus on the object they're providing or action they're performing, receivers instead focus on the feelings of warmth the act of kindness causes. This means that givers' "miscalibrated expectations" can function as a barrier for more prosocial behaviours. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001271 3 comments science
- People don't like to lose. They dislike so much that they are ready to make more efforts to avoid losses than to gain benefits. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-27045-001 3 comments science
- The human cognitive system corrects traces of error commission on the fly. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-06922-001 2 comments science
- Hormonal contraceptives alter amphetamine place preference and responsivity in the intact female rat. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-66870-001 12 comments science
- When mass shootings fail to change minds about the causes of violence: How gun beliefs shape causal attributions. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-59632-001 231 comments science
- Government officials wrote longer reports when negative events befell White people (stereotype-inconsistent) than when the same events befell Black or Hispanic people (stereotype-consistent). Researchers called the phenomenon "surprised elaboration." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-36289-001 27 comments science
- Not believing in human evolution is associated with higher levels of prejudice, racist attitudes, and support for discriminatory behaviors, according to a series of 8 studies from across the world. (N=63,549). https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpspi0000391 1824 comments science
- Effects of a statewide pre-kindergarten program on children’s achievement and behavior through sixth grade. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-18712-001 30 comments science
- Fun Fact: In pure Tim Duncan Fashion, he co-authored an academic paper on egotism in 1997 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1997-09191-005 2 comments nottheonion
- Small, variable transmission delays over Zoom disrupt the typical rhythm of conversation, leading to delays in turn initiation. Electronic transmission delays disrupt neural oscillators that normally synchronize on syllable rate, at ~150–300 ms per cycle and enable interlocutors to time their turns. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-02247-001 36 comments science
- People ascribed greater humanity to more attractive women and more "intelligent-looking" men, and even conferred more value on their lives. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-59067-001 28 comments science
- Learning about White privilege reduces sympathy, increases blame, and decreases external attributions for White people struggling with poverty. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-22926-001 3 comments science
- Women are less likely to win elections than men overall, according to a study of every U.S. senator and governor election since women’s suffrage (1920). But there is a "power shield" effect in which female incumbents fare just as well as male incumbents. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-26392-001 28 comments science
- About 10% of people still want to take antibiotics even though they know they will be harmful and will offer no health benefits, study finds. This preference can be explained primarily by a desire to just do something. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-23560-001 7 comments science
- Religious people only live longer in religious cultural contexts, a new analysis of gravestones finds. Results suggest longer life is not an inherent feature of religiosity. Instead, religious people only live longer in religious cultural contexts where religiosity is valued. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-09224-001 210 comments science
- Ambient temperature across the world positively predicted the number of extreme weather events and homicide rates but negatively correlated with access to clean drinking water. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-18091-001 8 comments science
- 'Boys don't cry': Study suggests mothers, not fathers, show gender bias towards sons https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-46241-001 154 comments science
- 20 yrs longitudinal study: Strained relationships with parents, siblings/other family members are more harmful to health than a troubled relationship with a spouse/partner. Family emotional climate had a big effect on overall health, including the development or worsening of chronic conditions. https://psycnet.apa.org/doilanding?doi=10.1037%2Ffam0000600 29 comments science
- Across 4 studies, men who more strongly endorsed hostile sexism perceived lower power in their relationships https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-58831-001 19 comments science
- Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment https://psycnet.apa.org/doilanding?doi=10.1037%2Famp0000401 8 comments science
- Liberals attribute crimes more to religion for Christian rather than Muslim offenders, with the opposite effect for conservatives, study finds https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-37692-001 46 comments science
- Can someone summarize "Happy Face Advantage" and "Angry Face Superiority"? http://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2010-01983-007.html;%20http://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2011-14096-001.html 5 comments cogsci
- Deep neural networks are more accurate than humans at detecting sexual orientation from facial images http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-03783-002 6 comments technology
- Lucid dreaming is a learnable skill, according to new research. Researchers have found that a specific combination of techniques will increase people’s chances of having lucid dreams, in which the dreamer is aware they’re dreaming while it’s still happening and can control the experience. http://psycnet.apa.org/doilanding?doi=10.1037%2Fdrm0000059 1003 comments science
- A recent study shows we are able to predict a person's income with surprising accuracy simply from a glimpse of their face. http://psycnet.apa.org/doilanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpspa0000091 15 comments science
- A new study has demonstrated that people are often negatively affected by climate change helplessness – the belief that climate change is so massive and terrifying, as to be out of our personal control, and that our actions are too small to help. http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doilanding&doi=10.1037/xap0000105 5 comments science
- Meta-analysis finds that adults can only accurately discriminate truths or lies told by children at an average rate of 54%, which is slightly above chance levels, while still statistically significant. http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2016-46793-001/ 3 comments science
- Certain emotions in relationships are predictive for ill-health later on in life (specifically cardiovascular symptoms and musculoskeletal symptoms) http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doilanding&doi=10.1037/a0040239 6 comments science
- Women selectively guard their (desirable) mates from ovulating women. Across 4 experiments, partnered women were exposed to photographs of ovulating or nonovulating women, and consistently reported intentions to socially avoid ovulating women—but only when their own partners were highly desirable. http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/110/4/551/ 69 comments science
- New study finds that busy people who miss a deadline are quicker to complete a task than those who aren't busy http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/110/3/371/ 9 comments science
- Humanizing Machines: Anthropomorphization of Slot Machines Increases Gambling http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2015-40004-001/ 5 comments science
- The Academic Consequences of Marijuana Use During College. http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2015-34685-001/ 6 comments science
- A New Theory of Human Collective Decision Making http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2015-33899-001/? 13 comments science
- The Continued Influence of Implied and Explicitly Stated Misinformation in News Reports. http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2015-30039-001/ 4 comments science
- Stress increases reward-seeking (i.e. wanting) but not reward enjoyment (i.e. liking). Chocolate-lovers who were stressed by putting their hands in ice water exerted 3x as much effort to be able to smell a chocolate odor than those who weren't stressed, but they didn't enjoy the experience any more. http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayrecord&uid=2014-56010-001 563 comments science
- Participants in a study thought they would be happier sitting quietly on a train than talking to a stranger. But those who were instructed to engage in conversation--even those who were introverts--reported a more positive experience than those who remained quiet. http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/xge/143/5/1980/ 72 comments science
- Education Is Associated With Higher Later Life IQ Scores, but Not With Faster Cognitive Processing Speed: "Increased education may enhance important later life cognitive capacities, but does not appear to improve more fundamental aspects of cognitive processing." http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2012-34906-001/ 38 comments science
- Is it true that alcohol consumption depletes vitamins? Does vitamin depletion play any role in a hangover? http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1974-20470-001 12 comments askscience