Do you lie more in the morning?

And more surprising insights from the social sciences

Pretty people do have it all

 Nedelec, J. & Beaver, K., “Physical Attractiveness as a Phenotypic Marker of Health: An Assessment Using a Nationally Representative Sample of American Adults,” Evolution and Human Behavior (forthcoming).

Bad guys have more kids

 Yao, S. et al., “Criminal Offending as Part of an Alternative Reproductive Strategy: Investigating Evolutionary Hypotheses Using Swedish Total Population Data,” Evolution and Human Behavior (forthcoming).

Do you lie more in the morning?

 Gunia, B. et al., “The Morality of Larks and Owls: Unethical Behavior Depends on Chronotype as well as Time-of-Day,” Psychological Science (forthcoming).

The ‘I can change’ effect

 Yeager, D. et al., “The Far-Reaching Effects of Believing People Can Change: Implicit Theories of Personality Shape Stress, Health, and Achievement during Adolescence,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (June 2014).

Cheer up! No, wait.

 Marigold, D. et al., “You Can’t Always Give What You Want: The Challenge of Providing Social Support to Low Self-Esteem Individuals,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (July 2014).