Feminine faced women have more kids. Sept 2012




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Summary: <p>The importance of attractiveness to reproduction, and of reproduction to happiness. And how an appreciation for physical beauty may be linked to a fear of falling ill.</p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201209/PAP-2012-09.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 src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-527Sqo48J6E/UGnbmFwDdiI/AAAAAAAABew/HSth2CpWYk0/s400-Ic42/pfluger_face.png"><br> <p><i>Lena Pflüger found this month that women who have had lots of children tend to have a feminine, more attractive face shape.</i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b></p><p>Pflüger, L. S., Oberzaucher, E., Katina, S., Holzleitner, I. J., &amp; Grammer, K. (in press). Cues to fertility: perceived attractiveness and facial shape predict reproductive success. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.05.005">Read summary</a></p><p>Onyishi, E. I., Sorokowski, P., Sorokowska, A., &amp; Pipitone, R. N. (in press). Children and marital satisfaction in a non-Western sample: having more children increases marital satisfaction among the Igbo people of Nigeria. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.06.005">Read summary</a></p><p>Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R., &amp; Jones, B. C. (in press). Priming concerns about pathogen threat versus resource scarcity: dissociable effects on women’s perceptions of men’s attractiveness and dominance. <span style="font-style: italic;">Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1408-2">Read summary</a></p><p>Prokop, P., Rantala, M. J., Usak, M., &amp; Senay, I. (in press). Is a woman's preference for chest hair in men influenced by parasite threat? <span style="font-style: italic;">Archives of Sexual Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-012-0007-7">Read summary</a></p>