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View article: Facial Formidability Uniquely Informs Perceptions of White and Asian Men: Evidence From Two Samples in the United States
Facial Formidability Uniquely Informs Perceptions of White and Asian Men: Evidence From Two Samples in the United States Open
Perceivers rely on men's facial width‐to‐height ratio (fWHR) as the basis of several stereotypes about men's proclivities as parents. High‐fWHR men are perceived as especially prone toward disciplining their offspring. Nonetheless, such as…
View article: Religious, Moral and Political Influences on Abortion Support: Role of Financial, Emotional and Partner Justifications
Religious, Moral and Political Influences on Abortion Support: Role of Financial, Emotional and Partner Justifications Open
We explored how various reasons for women to have abortions shape attitudes toward the procedure while similarly considering demographic variables predictive of one’s attitudes toward abortion. Participants (N = 302) read a single vignette…
View article: Formidable Facial Structures Inform Perceptions of Men’s Ability to Protect Offspring
Formidable Facial Structures Inform Perceptions of Men’s Ability to Protect Offspring Open
To identify men motivated and able to protect their offspring, selection could have favored perceptual acuity toward morphological features diagnostic of men’s formidability. One route through which formidability inferences emerge is facia…
View article: Investigating Potential Interactive Effects Between Limbal Rings and Facial Attractiveness
Investigating Potential Interactive Effects Between Limbal Rings and Facial Attractiveness Open
Limbal rings are dark bands in the eyes that circle the iris. Previous research suggests that the presence of limbal rings augments perceptions of male faces as healthy and attractive, particularly among female perceivers. Nonetheless, a d…
View article: Language Framing Influences Interest in Social-Issue Based Prosocial Behavior
Language Framing Influences Interest in Social-Issue Based Prosocial Behavior Open
Social activism has become an increasingly ubiquitous route to address perceived inequalities, with racial issues oftentimes being a salient example. Those looking to recruit activists for their cause are oftentimes interested in strategie…
View article: Coalitional Value of Formidable Men in Hostile and Desperate Ecologies
Coalitional Value of Formidable Men in Hostile and Desperate Ecologies Open
Perceivers consider the potential costs and benefits of men based on inferences of their physical formidability.Such inferences could implicate these men as affording coalitional protection, albeit at the risk of intragroup exploitation fr…
View article: Assessing the Online Scientific Community’s Support for Various Reasons for Article Retraction: A Preliminary Survey
Assessing the Online Scientific Community’s Support for Various Reasons for Article Retraction: A Preliminary Survey Open
A prevailing lay understanding of retraction in the scientific literature is to correct for misconduct and honest errors. Nonetheless, though historically rare, retractions to limit the spread of results deemed socially harmful (i.e., info…
View article: Review of: "Behavioral optimization in Scientific Publishing"
Review of: "Behavioral optimization in Scientific Publishing" Open
Potential competing interests: No potential competing
View article: Cheesy Does It? Comparing Women’s Preferences for Men’s Use of Successful and Unsuccessful Humor Displays
Cheesy Does It? Comparing Women’s Preferences for Men’s Use of Successful and Unsuccessful Humor Displays Open
One of the evolutionary functions of humor for men is to connote their interest to women. However, women’s prioritization of humor from prospective mates could foster especially judicious criteria for humor quality, which may have led sele…
View article: The Face of Getting Over: Facial Formidability Informs Expectations for the Performance of Male Professional Wrestlers
The Face of Getting Over: Facial Formidability Informs Expectations for the Performance of Male Professional Wrestlers Open
The simulated nature of professional wrestling requires promoters to identify performers who appear capable of winning legitimate fights. This appearance may track ancestrally relevant morphological features from which perceivers accuratel…
View article: Never Have That Recipe Again: Identification of Functional Shifts in Culinary Interests from Heuristic Cues of Disease Transmission
Never Have That Recipe Again: Identification of Functional Shifts in Culinary Interests from Heuristic Cues of Disease Transmission Open
In the service of restricting contact with prospective disease vectors, it has been argued humans exhibit aversion toward cues heuristically inferred as pathogenic in the food consumption behaviors. This proclivity to avoid disease led to …
View article: Neck Musculature in Shaping Perceptions of Men’s Relationship Goals
Neck Musculature in Shaping Perceptions of Men’s Relationship Goals Open
Neck musculature is diagnostic of men’s formidability, which is accurately inferred by perceivers. Within these inferences are several perceptions of men’s social affordances from which perceivers could estimate their abilities to satisfy …
View article: When to Hug it Out: Men’s Expectations for Postconflict Reconciliation Following Conflicts with Physically Strong Opponents
When to Hug it Out: Men’s Expectations for Postconflict Reconciliation Following Conflicts with Physically Strong Opponents Open
Physical conflict has been historically prevalent through human evolution, with physically strong men possessing an advantage in such encounters. To reduce the likelihood of incurring continued costs of conflict, opponents may engage in po…
View article: Contextual Desirability of Strong Men Employing Affiliative and Aggressive Humor
Contextual Desirability of Strong Men Employing Affiliative and Aggressive Humor Open
Women find men’s upper body strength highly desirable, albeit primarily within short-term mating contexts. This boundary implicates strength as possessing both costs and benefits in long-term and short-term mating contexts. The desirabilit…
View article: Was She Wearing Red? Women’s Employment of Victim-Blaming as Intrasexually Competitive Behavior
Was She Wearing Red? Women’s Employment of Victim-Blaming as Intrasexually Competitive Behavior Open
Previous research indicates that women frequently use red clothing to signal their sexual receptivity, with men and women both recognizing as a reliable cue to this receptivity. Nonetheless, receptivity cues can inform perceptions of women…
View article: Covariation Between Formidability Inferences and Perceptions of Men’s Preferred Humor Styles
Covariation Between Formidability Inferences and Perceptions of Men’s Preferred Humor Styles Open
Individuals infer men’s formidability through various facial and bodily features. Such inferences frequently covary with perceptions of formidable men’s personalities and motivational states, which could inform subsequent affiliative decis…
View article: Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers
Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers Open
The editorial team of Emotion gratefully acknowledges the many individuals who
View article: Physical Strength as a Cue to Men’s Capability as Protective Parents
Physical Strength as a Cue to Men’s Capability as Protective Parents Open
The selection of formidable male allies within coalitional settings is partially in the service of ensuring protection from physical threats for group members. Within these inferences could include specific judgments of formidable men as b…
View article: Functional Inferences of Mating Orientations Through Body Fat and Sex-Typical Body Features
Functional Inferences of Mating Orientations Through Body Fat and Sex-Typical Body Features Open
Identifying reproductive opportunities and intrasexual rivals has necessitated the evolution of sensitivity to features diagnostic of mate value. In determining the presence of good genes through physical features, individuals may addition…
View article: Physical Strength as a Heuristic Cue of Political Conservatism
Physical Strength as a Heuristic Cue of Political Conservatism Open
Social bargaining models posit physically formidable men tend to pursue strategies for acquiring resources and status through direct competition and promoting hierarchical social organization. Previous research indicates that formidable me…
View article: Representative Sampling of the VIA Assessment Suite for Adults
Representative Sampling of the VIA Assessment Suite for Adults Open
Character strengths have become a popular topic in personality research. A set of questionnaires has recently been developed as measures of character strengths: the VIA Inventory of Strengths-Revised, two 96-item short forms of that instru…
View article: Goal Relevance and Desirability of Virtuous Behavior in Satisfying Affiliative and Pathogen Avoidance Needs
Goal Relevance and Desirability of Virtuous Behavior in Satisfying Affiliative and Pathogen Avoidance Needs Open
Recent findings suggest that behavioral repertoires frequently conceptualized as virtuous possess a fundamental nature that implicates virtues as highly desirable in facilitating group living through factors of caring, self-control, and in…
View article: Preliminary Evidence for Aversion to Atheists in Long-Term Mating Domains
Preliminary Evidence for Aversion to Atheists in Long-Term Mating Domains Open
The centrality of religiosity in selecting long-term mates suggests the espousal of atheism could be undesirable for that context. Given recent findings suggesting the presence of several positive stereotypes about atheists, a largely dist…