Autistic adults weren't more likely to report lying in everyday situations than non-autistic adults (p - 0.259).

Age and theory of mind predicted fewer lies from non-autistic adults, but not autistics adults.

Lie acceptability predicted more lies in both groups.

https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231183911

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Americans estimate, often inaccurately, that society has made linear progress on social issues

This belief is correlated with the belief that people are getting more politically liberal and that government regulation is increasing over time

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01461672231158843

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Disgust is associated with harsher moral judgments (r = .2ish), but the association is stronger for...

-sexual disgust (~.25) vs pathogen disgust (~.18)

-sanctity moral judgments (~.3) vs other domains (~.2 or less) of moral judgments

(open) https://psyarxiv.com/scvr2/
🔒 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17540739221114643

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Participants viewed a message from a #BlackLivesMatter supporter who was identified as White as less racist than from a Black or anonymous supporter.

Effect was most pronounced among White participants

by D. Lane, @StewartColes, & M. Saleem

https://academic.oup.com/hcr/article-abstract/45/1/1/5062562

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Left-wing and right-wing mothers in want their children to feel empathy towards different groups.

And kids feel empathy inline with these desires.

For example, Jewish-Israeli left-wing mothers want their kids to feel empathy towards Arabs and their kids generally do feel more empathy

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01461672211047373

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