Paper Reading

Paper reading: No gender differences in attraction to young partners: A study of 4,500 blind dates

The PNAS 2025 study analyzed 4,500 blind dates and found that both men and women tend to be attracted to younger objects, and there is no gender difference, challenging the traditional view that "men love young men and women love older men."

Oct 29, 2025

Paper reading: Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human testis across the reproductive lifespan

Molecular map of human testicular aging using single-cell transcriptomics across 49 years of life and 35 donors

Oct 24, 2025

Paper reading: Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship

Bleske-Rechek (2012) used two studies to explore attraction in opposite-sex friendships and confirmed that it is a by-product of human evolutionary mate selection strategies and is often regarded as a cost of friendship.

Jul 9, 2025

Paper reading: Multigenerational persistence: Evidence from 146 years of administrative data

Jørgen Modalsli uses 146 years of Norwegian administrative data to explore the impact of grandfathers on their grandchildren’s economic status

Jun 8, 2025

Paper reading: Information sharing in financial markets

Goldstein et al. (2024) proposed a counter-intuitive theory: in financial markets, information is usually shared by investors with “less information” to investors with “more information” in order to use the other party’s transactions to reduce their own price impact.

Apr 5, 2025

Paper reading: Money can buy me love: Gifts are a more effective form of acute social support than conversations

Howe et al. (2024) found that in the face of acute stress, receiving a small gift made the recipient feel better than engaging in a supportive conversation because the gift was viewed as a purer "sacrifice."

Jan 7, 2025