New research finds women prefer funny men, especially good-looking ones
A series of four studies looked into how women evaluate humor in men, finding that women prefer funny men, particularly...
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Strong men come across as more conservative, study finds
A study published in Personality and Individual Differences found that physically strong men are perceived as more conservative. The research...
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New study delves into the mating psychology of involuntarily celibate men
A recent study revealed that men who identify as incels have lower minimum standards for mate preferences compared to non-incel...
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Romantic relationships are a stronger predictor of mental health than vice versa
Given long-term romantic relationships take up significant space in one’s life, there is great potential for such unions to impact...
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Older people are perceived as more moral than younger people across seven countries
A recent study spanning seven culturally diverse countries found that older individuals are generally perceived as more moral than their...
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New study casts doubt on the “drunk utilitarian” phenomenon
The idea behind the “drunk utilitarian” is that alcohol biases people toward judgements that align more closely with utilitarian ethics....
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Testosterone boosts narcissism in men, study finds
A recent study in Psychological Science discovered a positive correlation between agentic narcissism and testosterone levels in men. While agentic...
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Childhood personality might not predict political ideology in adulthood, new findings suggest
A recent study in the Journal of Personality challenges the previously suggested link between childhood personality and adult political ideology,...
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New study finds people have better memory for tweets than news headlines
A series of studies in Applied Cognitive Psychology found that participants remembered tweets better than news headlines, regardless of whether...
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Men’s neck musculature informs perceptions of parental abilities and interest in long-term relationships
A recent study in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology discovered that men with larger trapezius muscles are perceived as more...
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A new mouse maze emoji to increase scientific representation on social media?
A student from Harvard College, Suhanee Mitragotri, and her colleagues are advocating for the creation of a mouse maze emoji...
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Mega project raises questions about psychological scientists’ accuracy in predicting societal change
Psychological scientists were no more accurate than laypeople in predicting societal changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, often relying on intuition...
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Pro-environmental behavior is exaggerated on self-report questionnaires, particularly among those with stronger environmentalist identity
New research published in the journal Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology suggests that the way in which pro-environmental...
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Women more likely to engage in malevolent infidelity compared to men, study finds
A new study published in the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy examined physical, emotional, and malevolent infidelity as they relate...
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New research proposes individualizing psychological assessment using the Five Factor Model of personality
A new paper published in the journal The Humanistic Psychologist articulates the clinical utility of individualizing psychological assessment by making...
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