What kind of photo can make you believe a pack of lies?
bsp; Descriptions of research accompanied by brain scan photos were rated as better written than the same summaries without the photos. All the research contained unsubstantiated, dubious claims. Via The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us: In one clever experiment, David McCabe and Alan Castel had subjects read one of two descriptions of a fictitious research study. The text was identical, but one description was accompanied by a typical three-dimensional brain image with activated areas drawn in color, while…
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Does Chris Rock understand men and women better than any scientist?
ere's a new paper out that says evolutionary psychology might best be looked at through the lens of Chris Rock's comedy: ...Much of Rock’s riffs on sex and marriage ring true and hence funny with his audiences because he deftly evokes their awareness of evolved sex differences in human mating strategies. Popular culture such as Rock’s comedy can provide a window into human nature. I illustrate the intersection of EP and popular culture by unpacking the evolutionary theory and empirical…
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Who gets treated better by the police? Who gets treated worse?
bsp; White women get the best treatment. Black men get the worst. Via Eurekalert: When compared with men, women were 23 percent less likely to be ticketed, 55 percent less likely to be arrested and 76 percent less likely to be searched when stopped by police. Women were more likely to only receive a warning or have no outcome when stopped by police during a traffic stop. And: ...white women were most likely to receive a perceived benefit in a…
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Can “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees really help you stay alive?
tting the proper number of CPR compressions per minute can be tricky. Singing "Stayin' Alive" during the process improves scores across the board because it acts like a "musical metronome." Via Pacific Standard: ...Dr. John Hafner of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria had 15 physicians and med students perform the 100-compression procedure (on mannequins) while listening to the Bee Gees classic “Stayin’ Alive.” As Hafner reports in the Journal of Emergency Medicine, their mean compression rate…
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Who has more sex partners: smart people or dumb people?
art people. In fact, "smart people" have more sex partners than "very smart people". Via The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One: In fact, “bright” Americans have had more heterosexual partners (9.98) than “very bright” Americans. Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: 25 research-based ways to increase your intelligence Is it true you only use 10% of your brainpower? Are the smartest people the most likely to fail under pressure?
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Are liberals more intelligent than conservatives?
bsp; "The more intelligent American adolescents are in junior high and high school, the more liberal they become as young adults." Via The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One: Even when statistically controlling for such relevant factors and potential confounds as age, race, education, income, and religion, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to become more liberal than less intelligent children. Intelligence measured in junior high and high school strongly predicts adult…
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Are smarter people more likely to have affairs?
gher IQ means more cheating. The result was stronger for women than men. Oddly, intelligence increased infidelity in women while education reduced it. Via The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One: In fact, data from the GSS do suggest that more intelligent men (and women) are more likely to have affairs. The mean IQ of men who have had an extramarital affair is significantly (though only slightly) higher than that of men who have never…
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10 things you didn’t know about penis size
at didn't you know about penis size? There's no connection between the size of a man's feet and the size of his penis. Height can signal that a man is well-endowed. Believe it or not there also seems to be a connection between a country's economy and its average penis size. Yes, there are devices that can increase the size of the penis. Most women prefer an average sized penis. Women who consistently have vaginal orgasms are more likely to…
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