Democrats and Republicans consume online pornography at about the same rate. journalqd.org/article/view/4… The paper’s primary contribution concerns partisan differences in online pornography consumption. Both parties claim the higher ground when it comes to women— one’s case for…

Meta-analysis: Experimental studies, where some groups are asked to refrain from social media use, do not lend evidence to its harmful effects. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-80… Whether social media influences the mental well-being of users remains controversial. Evidence from…

Meta-analysis: Neuroticism dims the quality of relationships, especially for the neurotics themselves. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-80… This meta-analysis was able to thoroughly assess the relationship between neuroticism and relationship quality and examine potential moderators. The…

People laughed spontaneously on average 2.5 times a day, and about once every 4 days, this resulted in a fit of laughter. frontiersin.org/journals/psych… Interestingly, rather little is known about how often we laugh and how laughter is associated with our personality. In a large,…

'Neither the quality nor the frequency at which couples have sex serve as a deterrent for infidelity.' tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… The evidence from this study [n=1912] exposes the falseness of the belief that having more sex with your partner will keep them from cheating. Neither…

The effect of physical warmth on the perception of psychological warmth, a classic instance of the embodiment effect, flops at the latest attempt at replication. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Williams and Bargh found that individuals holding a cup of warm beverage perceived the…

Even at the age of 3, little girls were much more keen on good looks than little boys. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… The current study sought to understand gender differences in how much children 3- to 5-year-old value personal attractiveness. It was striking that across all five…

'A lower percentage of women graduates in STEM in countries that are more liberal.' journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… Many earlier studies emphasize the positive influence of a global liberal culture on women. More recent scholarship contends that women may be steered away from attaining a…

Voice was the most frequent perception of the sexual partners’ beauty among blind men. journals.lww.com/md-journal/ful… Visual stimuli play key roles in influencing men sexual behavior. However, few studies have explored the sexual behavior of blind men. To provide more information about…

Animals are not passive recipients who defenselessly succumb to addictive drugs but active agents who weigh up alternatives at will. link.springer.com/article/10.100…
In studies from the early twentieth century, animals were made dependent on drugs by chronic, forced administration.…

Higher blood pressure not only relieves physical pain but also social pain, the pain of being ostracized. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… Threats to social connectedness in the form of social and societal rejection, and the permanent loss of social bonds, are common sources of social…

Even animals are prone to conformity, adopting potentially ineffective local behavioral traditions just in order to blend in. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… In one of the most influential studies [on conformity], students tasked with matching images of lines to a target were…

The gender gap in political ambition, with men far more interested in running for political office - and more likely to think they are 'very qualified' - has not narrowed over the past two decades. cambridge.org/core/journals/… We uncovered a large gender gap in political ambition in…

The eyes have it: Schizophrenia is reflected in anatomical and electrophysiological indicators in the retina, which increase with the severity of the disease and the degree of genetic predisposition. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… An increasing number of studies indicate retinal…

Yet another psychologist specializing in (dis)honesty research falls from grace for data fabrication and serious misconduct. retractionwatch.com/2024/04/26/psy… A psychology researcher already under fire for several questionable studies has had her PhD revoked by a university tribunal that…

People are quite good at recognizing privileges that come from helpful others, but they are bad at recognizing privileges that come from external circumstances. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… People attend more to disadvantages in their lives than to advantages While barriers must be…

Most people are surprisingly reluctant to reach out to old friends, at least in part because old friends feel like strangers. nature.com/articles/s4427… Decades of research from across the social sciences indicates that relationships provide one of the most direct routes to…

The decline in sexual activity among young men is particularly pronounced among young black men. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Recent analyses of survey data point to a decline in the share of adolescents in the United States who have ever engaged in vaginal intercourse, with changes…

Prejudiced behavior, such as racism and sexism, is more likely to be morally condoned when practiced by happy people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… One psychological experience that enhances moral attributions is a person’s happiness. In 5 experiments (N=4,915), we sought to illuminate…

People who take a broader view of time, thinking more in terms of years and their life overall, are happier than those who think more about the hours in their days.
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We developed and empirically validated a scale to assess the extent to which people take a…