Rolf Degen @DegenRolf
Science writer and book author in psychology, neuroscience and evolution de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Dege… Bonn Joined July 2013-
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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. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… We developed and empirically validated a scale to assess the extent to which people take a…
The most important factor influencing people's ability to recognize poorly justified arguments was whether they supported their attitudes, rather than mental ability. link.springer.com/article/10.375… This study examined how attitudes and aspects of cognitive sophistication, i.e.,…
Efficiency neglect: As people tend to think of others solely as consumers, rather than as consumers as well as producers, they can only imagine population growth as an increasing distribution struggle for goods that are becoming scarcer and more expensive. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-76……
Cannabis consumption had surprisingly little effect on motivation or objective effort willingness among chronic users. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Despite its wide use and increasing legal and societal acceptance, surprisingly little is known about the effects of cannabis among…
Meta-analysis: Diversity has only a vanishingly small effect on team performance. osf.io/preprints/psya… We conducted a reproducible registered report meta-analysis on the relationship between diversity and team performance. Overall, our results show that diversity (across…
There has been a substantial decline in arrest rates for teenage males, throwing the traditional age-crime curve overboard. academic.oup.com/bjc/article-ab…
Exposure to poor people reduces support for redistribution among the rich. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Speakers falsely insinuated that those who did not share their views had not listened properly. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Women's football teams wearing white shorts achieved significantly fewer points per game. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Politically motivated bullshit receptivity: Ideology, epistemology, and receptivity to pseudo-profound bullshit across domains osf.io/9p2bq/
My scicomm writing process starts with finding cool papers to cover for lay readers. I follow some great accounts that draw attention to novel findings (like @DegenRolf, @SteveStuWill, @CostelloWilliam, @datepsych). But if you come across an interesting psych paper, plz tag me!
Del Gran Refranero Español: «No hay guarro que no sea escrupuloso» Para variar, los «neurocientíficos» cobrando por solemnizar lo obvio. Gracias a Rolf @DegenRolf por traernos estas joyas, pero sobre todo por el imprescindible «Falacias de la psicología»
People with dark personality traits are particularly prone to 'virtuous victimhood', a form of virtue signalling that portrays oneself as a noble recipient of injustice. osf.io/preprints/psya…
“A return to the status quo ante is no longer acceptable. Israel must not relent until it achieves the objective of pacifying Gaza so that the days of Hamas endangering Israelis and oppressing Palestinians will never return.” quillette.com/2023/10/12/isr…
@DegenRolf I like to think I’m athletic *inside*
@DegenRolf Gardner literally made the multiple intelligences hypothesis up as a "feel good" theory.
@SomeErdbeerbaum @nomad_islamist @DegenRolf Yes, but we have also research regarding this: x.com/datepsych/stat…
In this article I cover a lot of research on masculine facial that morphism and attractiveness - basically, are masculine faces more attractive? Research is mixed, leaning towards "no" imo. With some important nuance.
@DegenRolf Jerry and Elaine discussed this phenomenon in an early '90s episode of Seinfeld--"Have you ever seen a handsome homeless?"
@DegenRolf Rolf, I never miss a single tweet, you’re still among my top 5 favorite accounts.🏆🙏
@DegenRolf This is why I never miss any of your tweets, I must have read every single one of them!🤩🙏🏆
@DegenRolf This is why I love you, Rolf.. So much gold I’d never think to dig for. What a feed.
"Disorder or difference? Autism researchers face off over field’s terminology" science.org/content/articl… My hot take: it's both. In some people it's a disorder, in others, it isn't.
@DegenRolf Greater fear and suffering could alternatively be a function of humans’ ability to imagine. To know that the danger has consequences increases anxiety which worsens fear and pain. For instance, mindfulness can reduce pain bc it reduces thoughts about it.
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@DegenRolf A couple papers out there on this effect in perceptions of sexual behavior as well. Basically we tend to overestimate the number of partners or sexual activity of peers.
@DegenRolf @norse_creative Function of disbelief: seeing reality as it likely is, rather than through a religious heuristic, the latter of which, if left unchecked, becomes extremely maladaptive.
@DegenRolf Good to you you tweeting about cats behavior @DegenRolf
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