Why do we cuddle? Oct 2012




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Summary: <p>This month, we find out how the menstrual cycle influences competition and cooperation and why women’s sexual interest takes a nosedive after childbirth. We also ask the question: what’s the point of cuddling? Does it make us feel closer to our partner, or is it just a stepping stone to sex?</p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201210/PAP-2012-10.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 src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r4QbwqSxhJk/XEeQ3wsPBrI/AAAAAAAAC0w/4ePAUVKtbVAI87cQU0ealiCJVgHiyN49gCLcBGAs/s1600/hug.jpg"><br> <p><i>"Ah, a nice cuddle. Cuddles are lovely. Not as lovely as sex, obviously..."</i> <a href="https://freestocks.org/photo/hugging/">Freestocks</a></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b></p><p>van Anders, S. M., Edelstein, R. S., Wade, R. M., &amp; Samples-Steele, C. R. (in press). Descriptive experiences and sexual vs. nurturant aspects of cuddling between adult romantic partners. <span style="font-style: italic;">Archives of Sexual Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-012-0014-8">Read summary</a></p><p>Rupp, H. A., James, T. W., Ketterson, E. D., Sengelaub, D. R., Ditzen, B., &amp; Heiman, J. R. (in press). Lower sexual interest in postpartum women: Relationship to amygdala activation and intranasal oxytocin. <span style="font-style: italic;">Hormones and Behavior. </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.10.007">Read summary</a></p><p>Lucas, M., &amp; Koff, E. (in press). How conception risk affects competition and cooperation with attractive women and men. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.08.001">Read summary</a></p>