This study examines factors (including gender, self-monitoring, the big five personality traits,
and demographic characteristics) that influence online dating service users' strategic …

A controversial hypothesis [Charlton (2009). Clever sillies: Why high-IQ people tend to be
deficient in common sense. Medical Hypotheses, 73, 867–870] has recently been proposed …

Psychologists often paint a picture of human mating as visceral, instinctual. But that's not the
whole story. In courtship and display, sexual competition and rivalry, we are also guided by …

Evolutionary psychology provides a comprehensive framework for conceptualizing the
cognitive and affective mechanisms that humans possess, one of which is self-esteem …

Mating intelligence can be defined as the set of cognitive abilities relevant to mating,
courtship, and mate choice (Geher, Miller, & Murphy, this volume). As mating is such a …

In the broadest terms, we see mating intelligence (MI) as the cognitive abilities that bear on
mating-relevant outcomes–in short: the mind's reproductive system (Geher, Miller, & Murphy …

Personality variation is increasingly thought to have an adaptive function. This is less clear
for personality disorders (PDs)—extreme variants of personality that cause harm in most …

The cognitive abilities necessary to successfully navigate mating interactions have been
termed “Mating Intelligence,” a theoretical construct that has only recently begun to receive …

Evolutionary theory is the central organizing principle in the life sciences. Like other
theoretical pillars in science, its value comes not only from its ability to explain existing …

Women are fertile approximately one-sixth of the month (Wilcox, Weinberg, & Baird, 1995).
Based on this fact, Thornhill and Gangestad (2008) suggest that women possess dual …