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Binocular symmetry/asymmetry of scleral redness as a cue for sadness, healthiness, and attractiveness in humans 16 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
By Provine, R. R., Cabrera, M. O., Nave-Blodgett, J. Among primates, only humans have the white sclerae that provide the ground necessary to display their own color and that of the overlying conjunct...
Is there an own-race preference in attractiveness? 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
By Burke, D., Nolan, C., Hayward, W. G., Russell, R., Sulikowski, D. Even in multicultural nations interracial relationships and marriages are quite rare, one reflection of assortative mating. A rela...
The functions of language: An experimental study 14 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
By Redhead, G., Dunbar, R. I. M. We test between four separate hypotheses (social gossip, social contracts, mate advertising and factual information exchange) for the function(s) of language using a ...
Predictions for sex of first born child reflect masculine and feminine characteristics in male and female undergraduates 13 Aug 2013 | 06:45 am
By Palmer-Hague, J. L., Zilioli, S., Watson, N. V. Previous research has identified physical and behavioral differences between parents who produce sons and those who produce daughters. However, the ...
Sex differences in attitudes toward partner infidelity 6 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm
By Tagler, M. J., Jeffers, H. M. Sex differences in reactions to partner infidelity have often been studied by comparing emotional reactions to scenarios of sexual versus emotional infidelity. Men, r...
How sidewalk neuroscience illuminates important, yet frequently overlooked and underappreciated, aspects of human nature: A review of Robert Provine, ... 6 Aug 2013 | 10:51 pm
By Gallup, A. C., Bielert, C. F. Full PDF
The shallow grave: A review of B. Heinrich, Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death 4 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
By Jeffery, A. J., Shackelford, T. K. Full PDF
Do as we wish: Parental tactics of mate choice manipulation 2 Aug 2013 | 03:57 am
By Apostolou, M. The mate choices of children do not always meet with the approval of their parents. As a consequence, the latter employ a battery of tactics that they use to manipulate the mating be...
Suicide bombers: Does an evolutionary perspective make a difference? A review and extension of A. Lankford, The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives ... 2 Aug 2013 | 02:56 am
By Gallup Jr., G. G., Weedon, S. L. Full PDF
Evolutionary developmental explanations of gender differences in interpersonal conflict: A response to Trnka (2013) 1 Aug 2013 | 05:02 am
By Ingram, G. P. D. In focusing on gender differences in anger expression, Trnka (2013) provides a useful complement to the article by Ingram et al., (2012) analyzing gender differences in children’s...
