Ashley J Coventry

ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social

06 April 2025 16:49

🚨New paper! I tackle a confound in mate preference research: Are preferences & standards driven by one's own sex or target sex? Two studies show preferences are (mostly) driven by own sex, but overall standards are driven by target sex. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0956... #MatePreferences #Research

Rebecca Sear

rebeccasear.bsky.social

05 April 2025 23:51

This is very good on the problem of well-meaning centrists who insist on both-sidesing every debate, and arguing the real problem is “tribalism”, ignoring the actual content of each side’s argument. Ultimately only fascism benefits from these arguments podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Ashley J Coventry

ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social

05 April 2025 19:23

Super interesting research by @bengelbart.bsky.social: "Love may not operate as a commitment device in the classic sense: Rather than disincentivizing one's own pursuit of alternatives, acts of love may disincentivize alternatives from pursuing oneself." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...