Preference

  1. Pandemic shifts reshaped urban housing preferences in China
    Study tracking how pandemic reshaped residential location preferences among Chinese urban residents, revealing divergent priorities for convenience versus flexibility across income and household.
  2. Prospective homeowners are more right-wing than satisfied renters
    Survey of Canadian renters reveals prospective homeowners hold rightward policy views but don't vote accordingly, suggesting ideology predates homeownership.
  3. LLMs favored female-named CVs and showed positional bias
    Study of 22 LLMs reveals consistent gender bias favoring female candidates and substantial positional bias in CV-based hiring decisions across 70 professions.
  4. Maximal effort linked to greater preference for correct performance
    Active inference model reveals voluntary mental effort is governed by motivation for accuracy rather than inhibition of habitual responses in Stroop task performance.
  5. Balanced Test Reflections
    Study examining student perceptions of balanced test reflection prompts combining positive and negative focus to enhance metacognitive engagement and learning outcomes in undergraduate coursework.
  6. Neanderthal and modern human interbreeding was strongly sex biased
    Analysis of Neanderthal X chromosomes reveals sex-biased interbreeding with modern humans, showing mating preferences shaped ancient admixture patterns more than migration alone.