Adolescence, breasts, masculinity, and sexual opportunism. Sept & Oct 2010




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Summary: <p>How partner preferences develop as we move from adolescence to adulthood. We also find out when a woman is most likely to sleep with a stranger, discover how to go about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMofqnB0GTo&amp;feature=related">designing the perfect partner</a>, and learn whether big breasts are more popular in New Guinea or New Zealand. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201009-10/PAP-2010-09-10.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 width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dcovtoj1Aqc/U2DjLOigmDI/AAAAAAAAA-s/tC3ctHunlUA/s1600/romeo_juliet_leo_claire.jpg"><br> <p><i><br> How do our partner preference evolve through adolescence? Tamsin Saxton reveals all in a new paper out this month.<br> </i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Saxton, T. K., Kohoutova, D., Roberts, S. C., Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., &amp; Havlicek, J. (2010). Age, puberty and attractiveness judgments in adolescents. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences, 49</span>(8), 857-862. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.016">Read summary</a></p><p>Gangestad, S. W., Thornhill, R., &amp; Garver-Apgar, C. E. (2010a). Fertility in the cycle predicts women's interest in sexual opportunism. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior, 31</span>(6), 400-411. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.05.003">Read summary</a></p><p>Gangestad, S. W., Thornhill, R., &amp; Garver-Apgar, C. E. (2010b). Men's facial masculinity predicts changes in their female partners' sexual interests across the ovulatory cycle, whereas men's intelligence does not. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior, 31</span>(6), 412-424. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.06.001">Read summary</a></p><p>Edlund, J. E., &amp; Sagarin, B. J. (2010). Mate value and mate preferences: An investigation into decisions made with and without constraints. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences, 49</span>(8), 835-839. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.004">Read summary</a></p><p>Dixson, B. J., Vasey, P. L., Sagata, K., Sibanda, N., Linklater, W. L., &amp; Dixson, A. F. (In press). Men’s preferences for women’s breast morphology in New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea. <span style="font-style: italic;">Archives of Sexual Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-010-9680-6">Read summary</a></p>