Summary: <p>Meet the parents! Two new experiments show how choosing a partner can send shockwaves across the generations. We’ll find out how parents meddle in their children’s love lives, and how sexy sons lead to handsome fathers. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2015-04-21/pap-2015-04-21.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&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a><br> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/sexy-sons-make-fathers-seem-sexier-6cd155448e9a">Sexy Sons Make Fathers Seem Sexier</a><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/how-parents-meddle-in-their-kids-love-lives-7eddd0ab9b77">How Parents Meddle in Their Kids’ Love Lives</a><br> </p><p><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xw0325cTivM/VPg6rB1rAxI/AAAAAAAABew/WlRi_J7zatY/s2048-Ic42/fockers.jpg"><br> </p><p><i> Robert De Niro kept a close eye on Ben Stiller in the Focker movie franchise. But how successful are meddling parents at interfering in their children's love lives? </i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b></p><p>Apostelou, M., Kasapi, K., & Arakliti, A. (2015). Will they do as we wish? An investigation of the effectiveness of parental manipulation of mating behavior. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychological Science, 1</span>(1), 28-36. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40806-014-0005-1">Read summary</a></p><p>Prokop, P. (in press). The putative son’s attractiveness alters the perceived attractiveness of the putative father. <span style="font-style: italic;">Archives of Sexual Behavior</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0496-2">Read summary</a></p>
