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Watch Dr. Arnocky describe recent research findings surrounding the evolution of human mate-poaching on CTV News North

http://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=292427

Human Evolution Laboratory

1 week ago

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Human Evolution Laboratory

2 weeks ago

Our new article in Frontiers in Psychology on the role of the dark personality traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism (i.e., the Dark Tetrad) among males who solicit prostitution. ...

The Dark Tetrad and Male Clients of Female Sex Work

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Many scholars have investigated the attitudes, beliefs, motives, and behavior of male clients of female sex workers. However, few have examined individual differences in major dimensions of personality expressed by men who purchase prostitution compared to those who do not. Although several evolutio...

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Human Evolution Laboratory

4 weeks ago

Some coverage in Psychology Today about our recent paper on mate scarcity and women's engagement ring preferences

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Engagement Ring Value and the Abundance of Men

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Research shows that women desire more valuable engagement rings when men abound.

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Human Evolution Laboratory

1 month ago

A collaborative set of studies between colleagues at Boston U, Penn State, and the Human Evolution Lab at Nipissing examining vocal cues and rater perceptions of men's health. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513820300945 ...

Can listeners assess men's self-reported health from their voice?

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Men's voices may provide cues to overall condition; however, little research has assessed whether health status is reliably associated with perceivabl...

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Human Evolution Laboratory

1 month ago

Some collaborative work with Graham Albert at Boston U (a former lab member!) on measuring individual differences in mating effort. You can check out the ahead-of-print paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01799-4?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnli... ...

The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a New Mating Effort Questionnaire

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In this study, we review the psychometric literature on mating effort and find that extant instruments (1) have not been adequately evaluated in terms of internal structure and measurement invariance, and (2) disproportionately focus on mate retention and intrasexual competition tactics designed to....

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