Psychopathic men are better able to mimic prosocial personality traits in order to appear appealing to women
A new study provides evidence that men with more pronounced psychopathic personality traits exhibit greater increases in Honesty, Emotionality and...
Study links the fear of missing out to striving for status, intrasexual competitiveness, and a short-term mating orientation
New research indicates that the fear of missing out (FoMO) is associated with the desire to strive for status, competing...
Women’s lordotic posture can trigger feelings of competition and threat among other women, study suggests
New research provides evidence that women consider a "lordotic" posture (in which the lower spine is curved towards the belly)...
Women and their parents rate ambition and intelligence as more important in a mate, but still choose more attractive men
Women and their parents choose partners who don't match what they say they want for themselves or for their daughters,...
Athletic prowess linked to facial attractiveness in new study
A series of experiments in China found that athletes with better performance in sports were considered to have more attractive...
Women more often employ “levelling” as a competitive tactic, study finds
A new study provides evidence that women are more likely to employ "levelling" when competing with a higher-performing partner compared...
Female premarital sex is more restricted in societies where marriages are arranged by parents, study finds
A sociological analysis of 128 nonindustrial societies has found that female premarital sex is more restricted in societies that are...
Men’s speech articulation influences perceptions of their status and attractiveness, study finds
In a new study published in Scientific Reports, researchers found that men who spoke more clearly were seen as more...
Facial features influence perceptions of parental ability, study finds
A new study on U.S. undergraduates explored how variations in facial features change perceptions of readiness to provide parental care...
Gynandromorph research offers insight into the complexities of male sexual attraction
New research sheds light on heterosexual men's attraction to gynandromorphs (feminine-presenting individuals assigned male at birth who retain their penises)....
The new “Enactivist Big Five Theory” of personality could provide unique insights into human psychology
A recent paper introduces the Enactivist Big-5 Theory (EB5T) of personality, a framework that posits personality traits predispose individuals to...
Men are more attracted to women with lower BMI but agree those with higher BMI appear more healthy and fertile
The new study found that when men are asked to choose body types they find attractive and those they find...
Study finds men will exaggerate when self-reporting masculinity-related traits, especially penis size
A recent study of Dutch men published in Frontiers in Psychology revealed that the men were likely to exaggerate when...
Women carry babies for lower energetic cost than men, study finds
A new study examining how much energy males and females spend carrying babies in different positions reported that women expend...
Women tend to perceive other women as more competitive in environments where resources are abundant, study finds
A series of four studies on undergraduate students indicates that women perceive other women as more competitive than men in...
