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The necessities and luxuries of mate preferences: testing the tradeoffs.
- N. Li, J. M. Bailey, D. Kenrick, J. Linsenmeier
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 2002
Social exchange and evolutionary models of mate selection incorporate economic assumptions but have not considered a key distinction between necessities and luxuries. This distinction can clarify an… Expand
Sex similarities and differences in preferences for short-term mates: what, whether, and why.
- N. Li, D. Kenrick
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 March 2006
Are there sex differences in criteria for sexual relationships? The answer depends on what question a researcher asks. Data suggest that, whereas the sexes differ in whether they will enter… Expand
The dark triad: Facilitating a short‐term mating strategy in men
- P. Jonason, N. Li, G. Webster, D. Schmitt
- Psychology
- 1 February 2009
This survey (N = 224) found that characteristics collectively known as the Dark Triad (i.e. narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism) were correlated with various dimensions of short‐term mating… Expand
The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I
- V. Swami, D. Frederick, +58 authors I. Živčić-Bećirevic
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 23 February 2010
This study reports results from the first International Body Project (IBP-I), which surveyed 7,434 individuals in 10 major world regions about body weight ideals and body dissatisfaction.… Expand
Mate preferences do predict attraction and choices in the early stages of mate selection.
- N. Li, J. Yong, +5 authors Daniel Balliet
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 5 August 2013
Although mate preference research has firmly established that men value physical attractiveness more than women do and women value social status more than men do, recent speed-dating studies have… Expand
What do people desire in others? A sociofunctional perspective on the importance of different valued characteristics.
- C. A. Cottrell, S. L. Neuberg, N. Li
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 February 2007
Humans, as discriminately social creatures, make frequent judgments about others' suitability for interdependent social relations. Which characteristics of others guide these judgments and, thus,… Expand
Changes in Women's Choice of Dress Across the Ovulatory Cycle: Naturalistic and Laboratory Task-Based Evidence
- Kristina M. Durante, N. Li, M. Haselton
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 28 July 2008
The authors tested the prediction that women prefer clothing that is more revealing and sexy when fertility is highest within the ovulatory cycle. Eighty-eight women reported to the lab twice: once… Expand
Sex differences in cooperation: a meta-analytic review of social dilemmas.
- Daniel Balliet, N. Li, S. Macfarlan, Mark van Vugt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological bulletin
- 1 November 2011
Although it is commonly believed that women are kinder and more cooperative than men, there is conflicting evidence for this assertion. Current theories of sex differences in social behavior suggest… Expand
Ovulation, Female Competition, and Product Choice: Hormonal Influences on Consumer Behavior
- Kristina M. Durante, Vladas Griskevicius, Sarah E Hill, Carin Perilloux, N. Li
- Psychology
- 1 April 2011
Recent research shows that women experience nonconscious shifts across different phases of the monthly ovulatory cycle. For example, women at peak fertility (near ovulation) are attracted to… Expand
The “Booty Call”: A Compromise Between Men's and Women's Ideal Mating Strategies
- P. Jonason, N. Li, Margaret J. Cason
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of sex research
- 24 September 2009
Traditionally, research on romantic and sexual relationships has focused on one-night stands and monogamous pairs. However, as the result of men and women pursuing their ideal relationship types,… Expand