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Cultural differences in the beauty premium. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Abstract A large body of research suggests that better-looking people are associated with various positive outcomes, an effect labeled the beauty premium. However, the vast majority of this evidence has been demonstrated in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) countries, neglecting the role of cultural mechanisms in
Kohler B, Mill W.
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Cross-cultural differences in resolving sacrificial dilemmas: choices made and how they relate to judgments of their social acceptability [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologySamples of English and Chinese people judged the likelihood that they would sacrifice the life (or health) of one person to save the life (or health) of five people by performing an impersonal action (flipping a switch) or a personal one (pushing someone
Xinyu Jiang, Nigel Harvey
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Cultural Differences in Muharram Rituals [PDF]
گردشگری فرهنگ, 2023 The cultural rituals of any society are the birth certificates of that society’s culture, history, religion, and ethics. These rites and rituals are an important factor in fostering cohesion and unity among the people of a society who gather together in ...
Nayereh Hassanvand +1 more
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Behavioral Reluctance in Adopting Open Access Publishing: Insights From a Goal-Directed Perspective
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Despite growing awareness of the benefits of large-scale open access publishing, individual researchers seem reluctant to adopt this behavior, thereby slowing down the evolution toward a new scientific culture.
Massimo Köster +7 more
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Cultural differences in auditory ecology [PDF]
JASA Express Letters, 2023 Demographic differences in acoustic environments are usually studied using geographic area monitoring. This approach, however, may miss valuable information differentiating cultures.
Carlos R. Benítez-Barrera +3 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Sexual selection has become an important research topic in behavioral ecology, human behavior, and evolution. The study of mate selection preferences across cultures and countries has gradually received increasing attention.
Yunhang Lu
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Identifying cultural differences in metacognition
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2021 Aspects of human metacognition such as the ability to consciously evaluate our beliefs and decisions are thought to be culturally acquired. However, direct evidence for this claim is lacking. As an initial step towards answering this question, here we examine differences in metacognitive performance between populations matched for occupation (students),
Elisa van der Plas +6 more
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Cultural Differences in Donation Decision-Making. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Decisions to help those in need are essential for human development and survival. Previous studies have demonstrated the "identified effect", in which one identifiable individual typically invokes stronger feelings of compassion and receives greater aid ...
Yan Wang, Yi-Yuan Tang, Jinjun Wang
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European Journal of Mental Health, 2022 Introduction: COVID-19 has affected the entire world, including university students. Students are likely to experience COVID-19 related stress that might adversely affect their psychological health and result in various coping strategies.
Noor Hassline MOHAMED +8 more
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Understanding Color Associations and Their Effects on Expectations of Drugs’ Efficacies
Pharmacy, 2022 Colors influence our daily perceptions and expectations that manifest in a variety of ways. This research has three main objectives: to demonstrate the relationship between the colors of pills and their expected efficacies, to test this effect on a wide ...
Rema M. Amawi, Michael J. Murdoch
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