Do We Know How Happy Strangers Are? New findings suggest that strangers can accurately evaluate someone’s life satisfaction and positive affect in brief self-introductions, and loud voice and physical attractiveness are the sources of the accurate well-being judgments.

Children Value Animals More Than Adults Do: A Conceptual Replication and Extension

A new study finds that more users prefer configuring stricter content controls than relying on social media sites' default moderation to regulate inappropriate content online.

Humorbragging – the art of blending self-promotion with humor – benefits job candidates, as it can signal warmth and competence simultaneously, leading to more hiring interest from recruiters and greater success securing funding for entrepreneurs.

Quantifying Americanization - the study showed that Wikipedia and Wikidata can allow quantification of social science concepts that previously were considered not realistically measurable

What are romantic relationships good for? Experiencing positive emotions, including love and passion, as well as having someone to provide support and do things together, were considered among the most important benefits…

Better living conditions are associated with larger sex differences in personality and cognitive function, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as the “gender-equality paradox.” Sex differences refer to differences in cognitive abilities…

Social media influencers use personal vulnerability as a strategy for building community and accruing followers as part of the influencer economy

In a study of Prozac for adolescents, researchers found that the placebo effect predicted good outcomes, but the actual drug treatment did not

Study finds outlier emotions were often overestimated within crowds

Negative implicit partner evaluations forecast destructive daily interactions and relationship decline.

Parenting by lying is a common practice

Overparenting may be related to higher levels of loneliness and social anxiety among emerging adults

Research found judgments of a public figure who tweeted racist statements in the past were less harsh when more time had passed and when the public figure was younger at the time

Academic freedom is associated positively with democracy and negatively with state religiosity and militarism

Personal Misconduct Elicits Harsher Professional Consequences for Artists (vs. Scientists):

In 2006, China’s central government launched a national campaign to boost science and innovation by rewarding local officials who produce more patents

Vaccine Nationalism Counterintuitively Erodes Public Trust in Leaders

Data from two national surveys (total n = 102,425) fielded during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary shows that more moderate Democratic candidates (such as Joe Biden) perform better against Trump than more partisan candidates (such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren).

Reindeer can see UV light

Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)

"results showed that IV infusions of DMT..

Gaining a younger sibling increases behavioral problems for first- and second-born children

Cognitive ability and miscalibrated financial expectations

Psychedelic science is facing serious challenges that threaten the validity of core findings and raise doubt regarding clinical efficacy and safety

Reducing loneliness: A study finds in-person interactions most strongly predicted reduced loneliness

Pet ownership and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study finds that pet ownership was not reliably associated with well-being.

Cyber-physical decentralized planning for communizing

From Aristocratic to Ordinary: Shifting Modes of Elite Distinction (2020)

Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens

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