Huge credit to first author Rachel E. Brandon for leading this paper, and the rest of the team — @annikafrom.bsky.social , Miranda Reynaga, Amie M. Gordon, and Robin Edelstein! Paper is open access here: doi.org/10.1007/s121...
Testosterone Changes in Couples in Response to a Caregiving Task with an Infant Simulator - Human Nature
Human Nature - In the current study, we assessed the role of caregiving in testosterone reactivity by examining whether and how testosterone changed in romantic partners as they jointly cared for...
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What are college students looking for on dating apps? And are they accurate at knowing what others are looking for? New data from our lab's dating app, Revel, reveals that users underestimate others' interest in long-term relationships. sites.lsa.umich.edu/revel/2025/1...
While having a threesome is perhaps the most popular fantasy, it is also the fantasy that is least likely to turn out well when people give it a try in real life. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
7 Surprising Facts About Our Sexual Fantasies
Who and what are we fantasizing about, and how do men's and women's sexual fantasies differ? New research offers surprising insights into our fantasy worlds.
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New AP poll on Trump/higher education: Maintain fed'l funding for scientific/medical research? 62% approve Remove colleges' tax-exempt status? 30% approve Withhold fed'l funds unless they comply w/ Trump's demands? 27% approve Overall on Trump/colleges? 56%👎, 42%👍 apnorc.org/projects/few...
New study links “destiny beliefs” to post-breakup contact and tracking
New study links “destiny beliefs” to post-breakup contact and tracking
A belief in soulmates is linked to increased efforts to monitor or contact an ex after a breakup, according to recent findings.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
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My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
📖New research: Is having more attachment relationships better for well-being? Not necessarily. For anxiously attached people, more attachment figures may actually lower well-being. Read the full study in Social Psychological and Personality Science: ow.ly/pjWv50VgqR5
We need to organize--let’s help each other. NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond. I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations. Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
Rescinded NIH Grants
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Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 2y agoNEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics. At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Stand up for science, stand up for students, stand up for the future” #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
2 PhD students recently met at a conference & Trump's slashing of research & science bound them With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place All details below & bravo!
‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
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Read more about our lab’s new dating app here! www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
UMich researchers develop Revel dating app for students
Researchers from the University of Michigan’s Well-being, Health, and Interpersonal Relationships Lab have developed Revel, a dating app created exclusively for U-M students that doubles as a research...
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When considering all data gathered from the five cultures, free choice and arranged marriages did not differ significantly in average love scores...Our data also challenge the Western perception that arranged marriages lack love.
Love Components in Free-Choice and Arranged Marriages Among Five Non-Western Populations From Africa, Amazonia, and Himalayas - PubMed
Two main ways to enter a marriage are through free choice and through an arrangement between families, known as an arranged marriage. In this study, we compared differences in three dimensions of love...
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