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Multi-ancestry eQTL meta-analysis of human brain identifies candidate causal variants for brain-related traits
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-021-00987-9

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#genetics #brain
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Discovery of genomic loci of the human cerebral cortex using genetically informed brain atlases
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abe8457

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#brain #genetics
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On average, 43% of researchers have admitted to HARKing, which refers to crafting a hypothesis after you've already analyzed your data

When Does HARKing Hurt? Identifying When Different Types of Undisclosed Post Hoc Hypothesizing Harm Scientific Progress
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1037/gpr0000128

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#bias #research
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This meta-analysis finds that the vast majority (74%) of LGBT youth (age: 12 - 25) who have attempted suicide answer "no" when asked if they've personally been the victim of various sorts of anti-LGBT discrimination and bullying.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245268

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#LGBT #suicide #discrimination
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Children of Men' is really happening
https://edwest.substack.com/p/children-of-men-is-really-happening?r=u0rd&s=r

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#fertilityrate #future #dystopia
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Forwarded from Liam Browning
.95 heritability after accounting for heritability biases https://www.nature.com/articles/nn758

.91 after correction for measurement reliability https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/915281060470865940/937768793042731088/2453.pdf
Scientists should be allowed to recommend their own peer reviewers
https://kirkegaard.substack.com/p/scientists-should-be-allowed-to-recommend?s=r

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#peerreview #nepotism
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No evidence of racial discrimination in criminal justice processing after accounting for verbal IQ and violent history.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886913000470

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#discrimination #race #intelligence #crime #violence
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This 2021 paper found bisexuals to be the highest in dark triad traits overall

The dark side of the rainbow: Homosexuals and bisexuals have higher Dark Triad traits than heterosexuals
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886921004177

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#LGBT #darktriad #psychology
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Evidently, the high rate of poverty among LGBT Americans is largely driven by bisexual women who make up a significant proportion of LGBT Americans and who have a poverty rate much greater than gay or straight women.
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/National-LGBT-Poverty-Oct-2019.pdf

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#LGBT #poverty #women
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Who wants to hire a more diverse faculty? A conjoint analysis of faculty and student preferences for gender and racial/ethnic diversity
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21565503.2018.1491866

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#diversity #race #gender #hiring #university
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