# Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/evolutionary-psychology-and-human-behavior/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the evolutionary psychology of human behavior and attraction, focusing on topics such as mate preferences, attractiveness, life history theory, facial perception, sexual selection, testosterone, adaptation, and social cognition. The research delves into understanding the biological and evolutionary underpinnings of human mating strategies, decision-making processes related to attractiveness and mate selection, and the role of hormones in shaping social behaviors. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Psychology |
| OpenAlex ID | t11118 |
| Works | 109 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 109.

- [The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-nimstim-set-of-facial-expressions-judgments-from-untrained-research/)
- [Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries](https://scholariq.org/papers/contrasting-computational-models-of-mate-preference-integration-across-45/)
- [Identification of Late-Onset Hypogonadism in Middle-Aged and Elderly Men](https://scholariq.org/papers/identification-of-late-onset-hypogonadism-in-middle-aged-and-elderly-men/)
- [Human cooperation](https://scholariq.org/papers/human-cooperation/)
- [Adolescent Onset of the Gender Difference in Lifetime Rates of Major Depression](https://scholariq.org/papers/adolescent-onset-of-the-gender-difference-in-lifetime-rates-of-major-depression/)
- [That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance.](https://scholariq.org/papers/that-swimsuit-becomes-you-sex-differences-in-self-objectification-restrained/)
- [Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Testicular Axis Disruptions in Older Men Are Differentially Linked to Age and Modifiable Risk Factors: The European Male Aging Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular-axis-disruptions-in-older-men-are/)
- [Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Older Men](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-testosterone-treatment-in-older-men/)
- [Oxytocin Increases Gaze to the Eye Region of Human Faces](https://scholariq.org/papers/oxytocin-increases-gaze-to-the-eye-region-of-human-faces/)
- [Sex Differences in Cortical Thickness Mapped in 176 Healthy Individuals between 7 and 87 Years of Age](https://scholariq.org/papers/sex-differences-in-cortical-thickness-mapped-in-176-healthy-individuals-between/)
- [Death, Hope, and Sex: Life-History Theory and the Development of Reproductive Strategies \[and Comments and Reply\]](https://scholariq.org/papers/death-hope-and-sex-life-history-theory-and-the-development-of-reproductive/)
- [DHEA in Elderly Women and DHEA or Testosterone in Elderly Men](https://scholariq.org/papers/dhea-in-elderly-women-and-dhea-or-testosterone-in-elderly-men/)
- [AI in marketing, consumer research and psychology: A systematic literature review and research agenda](https://scholariq.org/papers/ai-in-marketing-consumer-research-and-psychology-a-systematic-literature-review/)
- [Testosterone therapy and cardiovascular events among men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials](https://scholariq.org/papers/testosterone-therapy-and-cardiovascular-events-among-men-a-systematic-review-and/)
- [Energetics and reproductive effort](https://scholariq.org/papers/energetics-and-reproductive-effort/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 29.

- [Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries](https://scholariq.org/papers/contrasting-computational-models-of-mate-preference-integration-across-45/)
- [Adolescent Onset of the Gender Difference in Lifetime Rates of Major Depression](https://scholariq.org/papers/adolescent-onset-of-the-gender-difference-in-lifetime-rates-of-major-depression/)
- [Sex Differences in Cortical Thickness Mapped in 176 Healthy Individuals between 7 and 87 Years of Age](https://scholariq.org/papers/sex-differences-in-cortical-thickness-mapped-in-176-healthy-individuals-between/)
- [Energetics and reproductive effort](https://scholariq.org/papers/energetics-and-reproductive-effort/)
- [Functional projection: How fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception.](https://scholariq.org/papers/functional-projection-how-fundamental-social-motives-can-bias-interpersonal/)
- [Large breasts and narrow waists indicate high reproductive potential in women](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-breasts-and-narrow-waists-indicate-high-reproductive-potential-in-women/)
- [Marriage and fatherhood are associated with lower testosterone in males](https://scholariq.org/papers/marriage-and-fatherhood-are-associated-with-lower-testosterone-in-males/)
- [Dynamical evolutionary psychology: Individual decision rules and emergent social norms.](https://scholariq.org/papers/dynamical-evolutionary-psychology-individual-decision-rules-and-emergent-social/)
- [Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication](https://scholariq.org/papers/sex-differences-in-mate-preferences-across-45-countries-a-large-scale/)
- [Men in committed, romantic relationships have lower testosterone](https://scholariq.org/papers/men-in-committed-romantic-relationships-have-lower-testosterone/)
- [To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply?](https://scholariq.org/papers/to-which-world-regions-does-the-valence-dominance-model-of-social-perception/)
- [Human reproduction and health: an evolutionary perspective](https://scholariq.org/papers/human-reproduction-and-health-an-evolutionary-perspective/)
- [Paternal kin discrimination: the evidence and likely mechanisms](https://scholariq.org/papers/paternal-kin-discrimination-the-evidence-and-likely-mechanisms/)
- [Neural Coding of Reward-Prediction Error Signals During Classical Conditioning With Attractive Faces](https://scholariq.org/papers/neural-coding-of-reward-prediction-error-signals-during-classical-conditioning/)
- [Men and women show distinct brain activations during imagery of sexual and emotional infidelity](https://scholariq.org/papers/men-and-women-show-distinct-brain-activations-during-imagery-of-sexual-and/)

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