Outputs (32)

No increased inbreeding avoidance during the ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle (2022)
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Holzleitner, I. J., Driebe, J. C., Arslan, R. C., Hahn, A. C., Lee, A. J., O'Shea, K. J., …DeBruine, L. M. (2022). No increased inbreeding avoidance during the ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4, Article e47. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2022.41

Mate preferences and mating-related behaviours are hypothesised to change over the menstrual cycle to increase reproductive fitness. Recent large-scale studies suggest that previously reported hormone-linked behavioural changes are not robust. The pr... Read More about No increased inbreeding avoidance during the ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle.

Re-evaluating the relationship between pathogen avoidance and preferences for facial symmetry and sexual dimorphism: A registered report (2022)
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Tybur, J. M., Fan, L., Jones, B. C., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., & DeBruine, L. M. (2022). Re-evaluating the relationship between pathogen avoidance and preferences for facial symmetry and sexual dimorphism: A registered report. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(3), 212-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.01.003

Over the past decade, a small literature has tested how trait-level pathogen-avoidance motives (e.g., disgust sensitivity) and exposure to pathogen cues relate to preferences for facial symmetry and sexual dimorphism. Results have largely been interp... Read More about Re-evaluating the relationship between pathogen avoidance and preferences for facial symmetry and sexual dimorphism: A registered report.

Does facial attractiveness really signal immunocompetence? (2021)
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Jones, B. C., Holzleitner, I. J., & Shiramizu, V. (2021). Does facial attractiveness really signal immunocompetence?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(12), 1018-1020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2021.09.003

The dominant theory of facial attractiveness judgments is that they evolved to identify healthy individuals with strong immune systems. Here, we summarize results of recent tests of this hypothesis, concluding that it has little compelling empirical... Read More about Does facial attractiveness really signal immunocompetence?.

Do 3D face images capture cues of strength, weight, and height better than 2D face images do? (2021)
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Holzleitner, I. J., Jones, A. L., O’Shea, K. J., Cassar, R., Fasolt, V., Shiramizu, V., …DeBruine, L. M. (2021). Do 3D face images capture cues of strength, weight, and height better than 2D face images do?. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 7(3), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-021-00170-8

Objectives: A large literature exists investigating the extent to which physical characteristics (e.g., strength, weight, and height) can be accurately assessed from face images. While most of these studies have employed two-dimensional (2D) face ima... Read More about Do 3D face images capture cues of strength, weight, and height better than 2D face images do?.

Does self-rated attractiveness predict women’s preferences for facial masculinity? Data from an Arab sample (2021)
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Alharbi, S. A. H., Holzleitner, I. J., Saribay, S. A., Jones, B. C., & Lee, A. J. (2021). Does self-rated attractiveness predict women’s preferences for facial masculinity? Data from an Arab sample. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 7(2), 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-021-00163-7

Objectives: Because more attractive women may be better able to attract and/or retain masculine mates, many researchers have proposed that women who consider themselves to be more physically attractive will show stronger preferences for men displayin... Read More about Does self-rated attractiveness predict women’s preferences for facial masculinity? Data from an Arab sample.

Facial masculinity increases perceptions of men’s age, but not perceptions of their health: Data from an Arab sample (2020)
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Alharbi, S. A., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Saribay, S. A., & Jones, B. C. (2021). Facial masculinity increases perceptions of men’s age, but not perceptions of their health: Data from an Arab sample. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7(2), 184-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-020-00263-9

Masculine characteristics in men’s faces are often assumed to function as health cues. However, evidence for this assumption from empirical tests is mixed. For example, research on Western women’s face perceptions found that masculinized versions of... Read More about Facial masculinity increases perceptions of men’s age, but not perceptions of their health: Data from an Arab sample.

Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones? (2020)
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Stern, J., Karastoyanova, K., Kandrik, M., Torrance, J., Hahn, A. C., Holzleitner, I., …Jones, B. C. (2020). Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones?. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6(4), 447-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00148-y

Objective: Although it is widely assumed that men’s sexual desire and interest in casual sex (i.e., sociosexual orientation) are linked to steroid hormone levels, evidence for such associations is mixed. Methods: We tested for both longitudinal and c... Read More about Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones?.

Kin recognition and perceived facial similarity (2020)
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Hansen, F., DeBruine, L. M., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., O'Shea, K. J., & Fasolt, V. (2020). Kin recognition and perceived facial similarity. Journal of Vision, 20(6), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.6.18

Facial similarity between individuals informs kinship judgments in third-party kin recognition. Indeed, one study found that similarity and kinship judgments encapsulate the same information (Maloney & Dal Martello, 2006). Yet, another study found th... Read More about Kin recognition and perceived facial similarity.

Women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in faces: Data from a sample of Arab women (2020)
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Alharbi, S. A. H., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Saribay, S. A., & Jones, B. C. (2020). Women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in faces: Data from a sample of Arab women. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6(4), 328-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-020-00244-y

Many previous studies have investigated the effects of manipulating sexually dimorphic shape characteristics in face images on attractiveness judgments. However, results have been mixed and show considerable cross-cultural variability, particularly f... Read More about Women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in faces: Data from a sample of Arab women.

Stability of women’s facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle (2020)
Journal Article
Marcinkowska, U. M., & Holzleitner, I. J. (2020). Stability of women’s facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1924), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2910

Facial characteristics can serve as a cue for judgements of multiple human traits, from maternal tendencies, overall fertility to sexual openness. In this study, we tested previously found fluctuations in facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle.... Read More about Stability of women’s facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle.