Browsing Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Informatik by Advisor "Penke, Lars Prof. Dr."
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An interdisciplinary perspective on personality
(2022-10-13)In this dissertation I approach the question of why individuals differ from in each other in their behavioural dispositions from an interdisciplinary perspective that builds upon previous work from the disciplines of ... -
Ovulatory cycle shifts in human mating psychology - Implications for the evolution of concealed ovulation and female oestrus
(2022-01-25)The existence of ovulatory cycle shifts in human mating psychology and their function for reproduction have been subject to a long-standing debate. Past research has provided initial evidence that women experience distinct ... -
Re-evaluating the Influence of Preferences on Attraction and Relationship Decisions
(2021-12-16)Several theories assume that humans possess partner preferences influencing their selection of a partner. It has been proposed that humans seek a partner meeting their preferences and that a match between their preferences ... -
The effects of ovulatory cycle shifts in steroid hormones on women's mate preferences and attraction
(2018-10-02)Do women’s mate preferences and attraction change across the ovulatory cycle? This is a central question in human evolutionary sciences. Psychological changes, especially shifting mate preferences, across the ovulatory ... -
Intra- and Intersexual Selection on Men: Their Relative Importance and Hormonal Underpinnings
(2018-01-26)Male competition is an important influence on the distribution of resources, such as mates, food or territory, and has been shown to be more strongly implicated, compared to female mate choice, in sexual selection on men. ... -
Secular changes in sexual and natural selection against deleterious genetic mutations in humans
(2017-12-20)All genetic variation once arose by mutation. Genetic variation is the substance on which natural selection can act, but mutations are random. Therefore, new variations usually have negative or no effects on an organism’s ...