Evolutionary Psychology

A new experimental study in Austria found that presenting a man as a performer of music significantly increased his desirability as a date and his attractiveness to women. Presenting a female as a performer of music increased her desirability as...

Heterosexual women prefer men who are taller and have broader shoulders, and consider them more masculine and better in fighting ability, according to new research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior. Additionally, while larger upper bodies boost attractive ratings for...

A team of psychology researchers recently found that heterosexual men rated familiar women as less attractive compared to new (novel) women when the men were sexually aroused. Their findings have been published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.

New research provides evidence that narcissism moderates the relationship between testosterone and generosity in men. The study, published in Hormones and Behavior, found that the most generous men tended to be low in endogenous testosterone and simultaneously low in narcissism....

Most modern pornography depicts scenes of external ejaculation onto another person's face or body, commonly known as a "cumshot," which has raised questions about why this act in particular is appealing to viewers. Some have proposed that external ejaculation is...

Is having a lot of male friends a red flag as a woman? A study published in Personality and Individual Differences suggests that other women might think so. This research found that women who prefer female friends distrust women who...

It is a natural human urge to want to be attractive, and many people take actions, whether minor or major, to enhance their physical appearances. A study published in Evolution and Human Behavior explores how beauty-enhancing behaviors differ by culture,...

New research has uncovered a relationship between hormone levels in women and the production of antibodies in response to hepatitis B vaccination. The study, recently published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, found negative associations between testosterone and immune responses,...

Men who experience erectile dysfunction are more likely to engage in sexually coercive behaviors, such as pressuring their partner to have sex, according to new research published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. In addition, the study provides evidence that...

Self-development-oriented competitiveness fluctuates across the menstrual cycle, according to new research published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. But hormonal contraceptives appear to interfere with this effect.

Infection from the common parasite Toxoplasma tends to produce few apparent symptoms. But a new study published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology suggests that the disease can spur changes in a person’s political beliefs and values, most likely through an inflammatory reaction.

To date, little research has studied incels – involuntary celibates – which describes men who identify around their inability to form sexual or romantic relationships. A study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science provides some of the earliest data, reporting that...

Why would someone join an institution that removed the option of family life and required them to be celibate? Reproduction, after all, is at the very heart of the evolution that shaped us. Yet many religious institutions around the world...

Rough sex is usually associated with aggression, but new research published in EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium found that engaging in rough sex may be more indicative of novelty-seeking than aggressive tendencies.