James Cantor
@JamesCantorPhD
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Neuroscientist and sex researcher, with news and commentary from the fascinating science of sex.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined October 2011
For scientific studies, it's quality over quantity.
A single, well-powered and carefully designed study usually provides stronger evidence than a meta-synthesis built from many small, low-quality studies. Small studies are much more likely to produce results that fail to replicate because of sampling error, researcher flexibility,
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New from @Vaseylab: "Handedness in association with same-sex sexual attraction in Iran." https://t.co/kp6gSChQe9
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Previous research has shown that same-sex sexual orientation is associated with differences in handedness. This study investigated this relationship by comparing Iranian cisgender gynephilic males ...
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Society's deficient science education leads not only to a deficit of scientists. The less one understands about science, the more dependent one is on what others say...and those who know least often say the most.
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Much human suffering comes from feeling where thinking should be, and thinking where feeling should be.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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My goodness. Very interesting topic. Also interesting to see a sentence where the second half hints that the first half got made up.
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In my childhood, I had to learn how to deal with bullies. I never expected for my career as a scientist just how important that skill would be.
The main difference between Canada and the US is, in the US, litigation is regularly used threaten and silence scientists who talk about the harassment.
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Such a loss since social media culture: So much debate is now just those who value the right answer vs. those who value being told they're right.
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5/5 Gabay et al. (2020). The tendency for interpersonal victimhood: The personality construct and its consequences. Personality and Individual Differences, 165, 110134. https://t.co/dk3ES7nTkz “[T]he Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood…an enduring feeling that the self is a
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4/5 Mathieson et al. (2011). Hostile intent attributions and relational aggression: The moderating roles of emotional sensitivity, gender, and victimization. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 39, 977–987. https://t.co/Na4GVINfBd "A sample of 635 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students (50.2%
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Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology - The current study adopts a relational vulnerability model to examine the association between hostile attribution bias and relational aggression....
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3/5 Hansen-Brown & Freis (2019). Assuming the worst: Hostile attribution bias in vulnerable narcissists. Self and Identity, 20, 152–164. https://t.co/UMdkyDomxE “[V]ulnerable narcissists may exhibit a hostile attribution bias, where they are suspicious and mistrustful of
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Past research suggests that grandiose narcissists expect admiration from others and are punitive against transgressors, but vulnerable narcissists are not nearly so socially confident. Instead, vul...
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2/5 Klein Tuente et al. (2019). Hostile attribution bias and aggression in adults—A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 46, 66-81. https://t.co/yq5euHe34D “Causes and mechanisms of aggression are manifold. One prominent component of aggression is the tendency to
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In case these studies are relevant to that... 1/5
🚨NEW: A peer-reviewed paper in a leading feminist journal attempts to expand “traditional understandings of violence” to include the mere anticipation of violence. The authors, drawing on “feminist, critical race, [and] violence and trauma studies,” argue that violence requires
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So we need terms for going beyond thought crimes? “Unthought crime”? “Pre-unmeditated”? Can one be acquitted of murder if one did proactively, in preventative self-defense?
🚨NEW: A peer-reviewed paper in a leading feminist journal attempts to expand “traditional understandings of violence” to include the mere anticipation of violence. The authors, drawing on “feminist, critical race, [and] violence and trauma studies,” argue that violence requires
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Shouldn't this be an issue that all sides agree is a problem?
Texas A&M Votes That Professors Must Have Permission To Discuss Trans People, Sexuality or Race https://t.co/E13w1G1wOc
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Pet peeve of the day: Even more annoying than needing to turn off all the autocorrections is Needing to turn off all the autocorrections *again*. And again.
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🚨NEW: Jon Stewart: "I’ve got people in my family that are to the right of Attila the Hun. And when people tell me, like, 'How can you platform that person on your show?' I go, 'I platform my uncle every f*cking Thanksgiving.'" "And by the way, I love him. He’s a
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@grok Who are the top currently working experts I should listen to the question of trans right in society?
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Dear Advertisers, Pop-ups while I'm reading don't get me to buy or subscribe. They make me want to boycott.
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