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Evolutionary Psychology

Co-Editors: Todd K. Shackelford, Ph.D., and Steven M. Platek, Ph.D.

Evolutionary Psychology is an open-access peer-reviewed journal that aims to foster communication between experimental and theoretical work on the one hand and historical, conceptual and interdisciplinary writings across the whole range of the biological and human sciences on the other.

Evolutionary Psychology is indexed by PsycINFO, EBSCOhost, Scopus, Socolar, Google Scholar, PubMed, MEDLINE, MEDLARS, and the following Thomson Reuters databases: Web of Science, Social Sciences Citation Index ( SSCI), and Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Evolutionary Psychology receives around 500 000 page views annually and currently has an impact factor of 1.278.

 

Latest articles

PDF icon 10 Jan 2012: Correction by
PDF icon 17 Dec 2011: More men run relatively fast in U.S. road races, 1981-2006: A stable sex difference in non-elite runners by Deaner, R. O., and Mitchell, D.
PDF icon 16 Dec 2011: The effect of individual differences and manipulated life expectancies on the willingness to engage in sexual coercion by Dunkel, C. S., and Mathes, E.
PDF icon 15 Dec 2011: Human sexual conflict from molecules to culture by Gorelik, G., and Shackelford, T. K.
PDF icon 8 Dec 2011: Friends with benefits: The evolved psychology of same- and opposite-sex friendship by Lewis, D.M.G., Conroy-Beam, D., Al-Shawaf, L., Raja, A., DeKay, T., and Buss, D.M.
PDF icon 15 Nov 2011: Acute stress eliminates female advantage in detection of ambiguous negative affect by DeDora, D.J., Carlson, J.M., and Mujica-Parodi, L.R.
PDF icon 9 Nov 2011: All the better to fool you with, my dear: A review of Robert Trivers, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Deception by Barash, D. P.
PDF icon 31 Oct 2011: The evidence for evolution in 100 pages: A review of Alan R. Rogers, The Evidence for Evolution by McCoy, M. G., and Shackelford, T. K.
PDF icon 12 Oct 2011: Competitive disadvantage makes attitudes towards rape less negative by Nunes, K. L., and Pettersen, C.
PDF icon 10 Oct 2011: Prenatal influences on sexual orientation: Digit ratio (2D:4D) and number of older siblings by Kangassalo, K., Pölkki, M., and Rantala, M. J.
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Evolutionary Psychology
in the news

Current Press Releases: Song lyrics contain reproductive messages

Tears are a better signal of distress in adults, but crying infants still get more comforting responses

Huffington Post, December 2011
The faux rage about a false war on Christmas

Washington Post, October 2011
Is religion good for society?

Cosmopolitan, October 2011
Study: Americans love songs about disco sticks and other sexual topics

Time, October 2011
Study: Almost all of America's favorite songs are about sex

New York Times, October 2011
Study shows songs about sex are hot sellers

Atlantic Wire, October 2011
92% of top ten Billboard songs are about sex

Science News, September 2011
Evolutionary hit parade.

Huffington Post, September 2011
Cheating study claims men resent sexual infidelity, women jealous of shared love

Washington Post, September 2011
The key ingredient for a hit pop song? Reproductive messages.

Scientific American, August 2011
Listen carefully: The evolutionary secret to making a hit record

Irish Times, August 2011
Why do we cry tears when we are emotional?

Times Education Supplement, August 2011
Two Norwegian academics are trying to persuade teachers that risky games should never be shown the red card

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Evolutionary Psychology - An open access peer-reviewed journal - ISSN 1474-7049
© Ian Pitchford and Robert M. Young; individual articles © the author(s)