Low cognitive ability intensifies the link between social media use and anti-immigrant attitudes. Individuals with higher cognitive abilities were less prone to these negative attitudes, suggesting that cognitive ability may offer protection against emotionally charged narratives on social media.

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#CognitiveAbility #SocialMedia #AntiImmigrantAttitudes #EmotionalNarratives #CognitiveProtection

A new study suggests that the transmission of cognitive ability from parents to children is primarily driven by genetics, with little influence from shared environmental factors like family resources.

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#CognitiveAbility #Genetics #Parenting #ChildDevelopment #ScientificResearch

Adolescents with authoritarian leanings exhibit weaker cognitive ability and emotional intelligence | Highlighting how limitations in reasoning and emotional regulation are tied to authoritarianism, shedding light on the shared psychological traits that underpin these ideological attitudes.

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#Authoritarianism #CognitiveAbility #EmotionalIntelligence #PsychologicalTraits #Adolescents

People with higher cognitive ability tend to endorse moral values less strongly across the board. The pattern held across two independent studies and did not differ by gender. These findings challenge popular assumptions that smarter people hold stronger or more “enlightened” moral values. 🤔🧠⚖️

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#CognitiveAbility #MoralValues #IntelligenceDebate #ResearchFindings #SocialPsychology

**Research has found individuals high in psychopathy 🧠 and FoMO 😟 are consistently more likely to engage in online political activity 💻. While higher cognitive ability 📚 is uniformly associated with lower levels of online political participation.**

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#Psychopathy #FoMO #OnlinePoliticalActivity #CognitiveAbility #SocialMediaEngagement

Scientists identify a crucial brain feature connecting genetics to intelligence 🧠🧬. Individuals with higher genetic scores for intelligence tended to have a higher density of neurites in specific white matter tracts, and this mediated the relationship between genetic variation and cognitive ability.

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#genetics #intelligence #neuroscience #cognitiveability #brainresearch

🇺🇸 A new study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion suggests a link between lower vocabulary test scores (a measure of cognitive ability) and endorsing Christian nationalist beliefs, even when education level is accounted for.

🧠 The research, conducted by Samuel L. Perry, analyzed data from the General Social Survey (1989-2024) involving up to 18,700 adults, finding that higher vocabulary scores were consistently associated with less support for Christian nationalism.

🎓 This pattern held true across various demographics and survey years, with an exception noted for individuals without a high school diploma. The study controlled for factors like education, religious affiliation, and political ideology.

#ChristianNationalism #CognitiveAbility #Sociology

👩‍🏫 High-scoring women in cognitive ability tests are perceived as more hostile by teammates, leading to reports of more mistreatment and less help compared to men with similar scores.

💡 This pattern, studied by researchers including Nitya Chawla of the Carlson School of Management, suggests gender stereotypes influence colleague interactions, where women displaying high competence might be seen as lacking warmth.

🤝 Two studies, one with 432 business students and another with 394 financial employees in China, found that higher cognitive ability in women correlated with being seen as more hostile and less communal, resulting in less help and more victimization.

🏢 In contrast, men with higher cognitive ability in the corporate study were viewed as less hostile, receiving more help and experiencing less victimization.

#WorkplaceInequality #GenderStereotypes #CognitiveAbility