Summary: <p><audio> </audio></p><p>This month, is pursuing sex with an ex likely to help or hinder your recovery from a breakup? And we find out why a team of psychologists from Michigan brought volunteers to their lab to look at a rabbit and a snake. This episode also features an interview with Vicky Leigh of Glasgow University, who presented her research on sexual imprinting at the recent HBES conference.</p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2018-10-30/pap-2018-10-30.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p><b>Subscribe!</b><br> Make sure you never miss an episode by subscribing in <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/google">Google Podcasts</a>, or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&refid=stpr">Stitcher.</a> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/sex-with-an-ex-db46f513c43c">Sex with an Ex: Good or Bad for Breakup Recovery?</a><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/the-snake-and-the-rabbit-animal-influences-on-human-mate-choice-42fabc0cde0f">The Snake and the Rabbit: Animal Influences on Human Mate Choice</a></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mUwLvUnGWpw/W9d_-NmyF3I/AAAAAAAACuI/-_jROtOSIDUA0LOsZi2V4-XnH3ad1WgsACLcBGAs/s1600/rabbit.jpg"><br> </p><p><i>Would looking at this rabbit (or a snake) affect what you find attractive in a partner? <a href="https://freestocks.org/photo/rabbit/">freestocks</a></i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Leigh, V., Jones, B., & DeBruine, L. (2018). Bisexual women show positive sexual imprinting on the partner-sex parent for eye colour. Poster presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Conference.</p><p>Reeve, S. D., Mogilski, J. K., & Welling, L. L. M. (in press). Environmental safety threat alters mate choice processes in humans: further evidence for the Environmental Security Hypothesis. <i>Evolutionary Psychological Science</i>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40806%E2%80%93018%E2%80%930177%E2%80%931">Read summary</a></p><p>Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (in press). Pursuing sex with an ex: does it hinder breakup recovery? <i>Archives of Sexual Behavior</i>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508%E2%80%93018%E2%80%931268%E2%80%936">Read summary</a></p>
