Summary: <p><audio> </audio> </p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2016-07-26/pap-2016-07-26.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p>Something more than friends. We look at three new studies on attraction to opposite-sex friends. How do men and women differ in their attraction to friends? And can you make a friend fall in love with you by falling in love with them first?</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> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/why-are-we-attracted-to-friends-5f7ab477c8d7#.8djr53q4d">Why are we Attracted to Friends?</a></p><p><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oXDwmAQ41Rw/V3Za2LiYF7I/AAAAAAAABs4/eMClgsRK2gkNepLBjVxI7X59_-7QQMgoACLcB/s1600/5914092060_f8b86cb3b4_o%2B%25281%2529.jpg"></p><p><i>What a sickeningly cheerful bunch of friends. No doubt they are having lots of sex with each other, and we can only hope that the group will soon implode in a spiral of jealousy.<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/migueleveryday/5914092060">Miguel Angel/Flickr</a></i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Bleske-Rechek, A., Joseph, W. E., Williquette, H., & Donovan, B. (in press). Sex differences in young adults' attraction to opposite-sex friends: Natural sampling versus mental concepts. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychological Science</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40806-016-0056-6">Read paper</a></p><p>Lemay Jr., E. P., & Wolf, N. R. (2016). Projection of romantic and sexual desire in opposite-sex friendships: How wishful thinking creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42</span>(7), 864-878. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216646077">Read summary</a></p><p>Mogilski, J. K. & L. L. M. Welling (in press). Staying friends with an ex: Sex and dark personality traits predict motivations for post-relationship friendship. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences. </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.016">Read summary</a></p>
