Testosterone's role in modulating human behaviors relevant to mating and parenting

FR Luberti, JM Carré - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2024 - Elsevier
Testosterone (T) is linked to human mating and parenting. Here, we comprehensively
reviewed evidence on whether, in men and women,(1) basal T levels are related to mating …

A meta-analysis of the association between male dimorphism and fitness outcomes in humans

LH Lidborg, CP Cross, LG Boothroyd - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Humans are sexually dimorphic: men and women differ in body build and composition,
craniofacial structure, and voice pitch, likely mediated in part by developmental testosterone …

Sexual orientation as a contextual frame for attractiveness judgments.

E Schwartzman, NO Rule - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite strong consensus about the basic features that make someone look objectively
attractive, contextual variation may modulate subjective assessments. Here, we investigate …

Evolutionary life history theory as an organising framework for cohort studies: insights from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey

CW Kuzawa, L Adair, SA Bechayda… - Annals of Human …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
By tracking a group of individuals through time, cohort studies provide fundamental insights
into the developmental time course and causes of health and disease. Evolutionary life …

Long-term mating orientation in men: The role of socioeconomic status, protection skills, and parenthood disposition

G Fajardo, P Polo, JA Muñoz-Reyes… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
From an evolutionary perspective, phenotypic, social, and environmental factors help to
shape the different costs and benefits of pursuing different reproductive strategies (or a …

Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men's salivary steroid hormones?

J Stern, K Karastoyanova, M Kandrik… - … human behavior and …, 2020 - Springer
Objective Although it is widely assumed that men's sexual desire and interest in casual sex
(ie, sociosexual orientation) are linked to steroid hormone levels, evidence for such …

Sociosexuality is associated with disease avoidance tendencies and can decrease during a real-life disease threat

B Sevi, NJ Shook - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Engaging in uncommitted sexual relationships increases the risk of pathogen transmission
through close contact with novel partners. As such, greater disease avoidance tendencies …

Variation in sociosexuality across natural menstrual cycles: Associations with ovarian hormones and cycle phase

UM Marcinkowska, M Mijas, K Koziara… - Evolution and Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
The psychological construct of sociosexuality—one's sexual openness or propensity to
engage in uncommitted sexual relationships—has been broadly examined within numerous …

How much do we really know about sociosexuality in Ghana?

F Koomson, E Teye-Kwadjo - Sexuality & Culture, 2021 - Springer
Sociosexuality describes a person's willingness and preparedness to engage in
uncommitted sexual activity with various sexual partners. Sociosexuality has important …

Associations between sexual desire and within-individual testosterone and cortisol in men and women

KA Rosenfield, H Self, T Shirazi, R Cardenes… - … Human Behavior and …, 2022 - Springer
Objective The dual-hormone hypothesis (DHH) posits that some effects of testosterone on
human behavior and psychology related to status-seeking are moderated by cortisol, such …