Aslı Yurtsever

Iowa State University | ISU · Department of Psychology

The ongoing debate regarding the effects of bilingualism on executive functions warrants a deeper investigation into sample characteristics, and the likelihood of performance differences between monolinguals and bilinguals despite the variability in samples. The present paper provides an updated quantitative analysis of studies comparing bilingual...

In this manuscript we present the results of a preregistered meta-analytic synthesis of the literature on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and non-clinical personality traits. Our findings, based on data from 228 correlations, 32 unique samples and 48,125 individuals indicates that adverse childhood experiences are most strong...

Evolution proposes differences in mate preferences between the two sexes. Females prefer mates who can invest in them and their offspring. In the contemporary era, gender ideologies are not always in line with these premises, but desires still could be. The conflict between ideology and desire could trigger cognitive dissonance in contemporary femi...