How to get your sperm swimming like Michael Phelps. June 2014




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Summary: <p>How to get a man’s sperm swimming like a shoal of miniature Michael Phelpses, and why expensive handbags are a weapon of war. We also find out what time of the month the idea of incest is most likely to make you throw up. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201406/PAP-2014-06.mp3">Download the MP3</a></p><p><b>Rate me!</b><br> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&amp;refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a><br> </p><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3H9YQ5S4Spc/U5jqJeJswHI/AAAAAAAABew/mZE04RyfsHE/s2048-Ic42/michael-helps-baby-picture1.jpg"><br> <p><i>New research shows that it's not just men who get excited by attractive women: their sperm do too.</i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b></p><p>Antfolk, J., Lieberman, D., Albrecht, A., &amp; Santtila, P. (2014). The self-regulation effect of fertility status on inbreeding aversion: When fertile, disgust increases more in response to descriptions of one’s own than of other’s inbreeding. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychology, 12</span>(3), 621-631. <a href="http://www.epjournal.net/articles/the-self-regulation-effect-of-fertility-status-on-inbreeding-aversion-when-fertile-disgust-increases-more-in-response-to-descriptions-of-ones-own-than-of-others-inbreeding/">Read paper</a></p><p>Hudders, L., De Backer, C., Fisher, M., &amp; Vyncke, P. (2014). The rival wears Prada: Luxury consumption as a female competition strategy. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychology</span>. <a href="http://www.epjournal.net/articles/the-rival-wears-prada-luxury-consumption-as-a-female-competition-strategy">Read paper</a></p><p>Leivers, S., Rhodes, G., &amp; Simmons, L. W. (in press). Context-dependent relationship between a composite measure of men’s mate value and ejaculate quality. <span style="font-style: italic;">Behavioral Ecology</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru093">Read summary</a></p><br> <br> <p><i>And here's that TED talk I mentioned in the podcast. Kristina Durante talks about how women's interest in mating, consumerism, and female-female competition vary over their ovulatory cycle.</i></p>