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Social media use does not change cross‑cultural consensus in first impressions

Research focusing on first impression formation based on facial stimuli lacks a conclusion on whether there is a cross-cultural agreement and how deeply it has proliferated across distant populations. Social media may play an important role in the …

Spontaneous thought and memory consolidation: An investigation into mindwandering evoked by preferred music and its influence on short‑term memory consolidation

Research has shown that rest is beneficial for memory consolidation. However, periods of rest are also prone to evoke mind wandering (MW) episodes, which have been observed to be an obstacle to learning. As such, an apparent paradox arises from these …

Does trait sexual desire predict subjective sexual response to erotic stimuli? Effects of participant and stimulus gender, and relationship status among cisgender heterosexual women and men

Identifying interpersonal disease threats is critical for effectively tracking and defending against infection. People hold lay beliefs about the types of sensory information that are most relevant for identifying whether others are sick with …

Effects of stimulus emotional content on gaze pattern: an eye-tracking study

When stimuli with negative, positive, and without emotional content compete for attention, the attentional system prioritizes negative stimuli in early stages of processing, serving as a survival mechanism in response to potential threats. However, …

Does singing enhance cooperation more than speaking does? A global experimental Stage 1 Registered Report

The evolution of music, language, and cooperation have been debated since before Darwin. The social bonding hypothesis proposes that these phenomena may be interlinked: musicality may have facilitated the evolution of group cooperation beyond the …

Bright is not always right: Peri‑iridial lightness reduces attractiveness via perceived sex‑typicality across human populations

Evolutionary psychology views the human eye as special, claiming that the light bright peri-iridial tissues surrounding a relatively darker iris form a combination that sets us apart from other primates. From this perspective, much less attention has …

Cross-cultural relationships between music, emotion, and visual imagery: A comparative study of Iran, Canada, and Japan [Stage 1 Registered Report]

Many people experience emotions and visual imagery while listening to music. Previous research has identified cross-modal associations between musical and visual features as well as cross-cultural links between music and emotion and between music and …

Meta-análisis de correlaciones y meta-regresión en R: Guía práctica

El meta-análisis es un método ampliamente utilizado para sintetizar los datos de diferentes estudios. Sin embargo, a menudo estudiantes, profesionales e investigadores carecemos de conocimientos prácticos para hacer e interpretar un meta-análisis. …

Análisis de poder estadístico y cálculo de tamaño de muestra en R: Guía práctica

Esta guía práctica acompaña la serie de videos [Poder estadístico y tamaño de muestra en *R*](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHk7UNt35ccVdyHqnQ6oXVYA6JBNFrE1x), de mi canal de YouTube [Investigación …