2008 - Volume 6

Issue 1
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Smith, D.L. (2008). A selection of Darwinian delicacies. A review of David P. Barash, Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars and other Realities of Evolution. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 1-2.
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van der Dennen, J.M.G. (2008). Ambivalent war-lovers? A review of David Livingstone Smith, The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 3-12.
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Benenson, J.F., Saelen, C., Markovits, H., and McCabe, S. (2008). Sex differences in the value of parents versus same-sex peers. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 13-28.
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Pawlowski, B., Atwal, R., and Dunbar, R.I.M. (2008). Sex differences in everyday risk-taking behavior in humans. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 29-42.
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Hagen, L.K. (2008). The bilingual brain: Human evolution and second language acquisition. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 43-63.
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Anderson, J.R. (2008). Asking baboons what they think. A review of Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth, Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 64-66.
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Heath, C.J., and Berman, J.S. (2008). Evolutionary lifestyle and mental health. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 67-76.
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Kaighobadi, F., and Shackelford, T.K. (2008). Investigating the mystery of individuality. A review of Judith Rich Harris, No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 77-79.
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Boyd, B. (2008). Literature and science: Doomed reductionism or evolutionary literary pluralism? A review of Jon Adams, Interference Patterns: Literary Study, Scientific Knowledge, and Disciplinary Autonomy. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 80-84.
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Demarest, J. (2008). We are family, all my kin and me. A review of Catherine A. Salmon and Todd K. Shackelford (Eds.), Family Relationships: An Evolutionary Perspective. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 85-89.
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Greengross, G. (2008). Survival of the funniest. A review of Rod Martin, Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 90-95.
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Salmon, C., Crawford, C.B., and Walters, S. (2008). Anorexic behavior, female competition and stress: Developing the female competition stress test. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 96-112.
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Schulte-Hostedde, A.I., Eys, M.A., and Johnson, K. (2008). Female mate choice is influenced by male sport participation. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 113-124.
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Vogel, J.H. (2008). A better metaphor. A review of Gad Saad, The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 125-128.
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Confer, J.C. (2008). Ultimate answers for common questions. A review of Alan S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa, Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 129-133.
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Buss, D.M. and Shackelford, T.K. (2008). Attractive women want it all: Good genes, economic investment, parenting proclivities, and emotional commitment. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 134-146.
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Grant, V.J. (2008). Sex-of-offspring differences between mothers. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 147-160.
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Bates, V.M. and Shackelford, T.K. (2008). The molecular genetic footprints of evolution. A review of Sean B. Carroll, The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 161-163.
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Perilloux, C. and Buss, D.M. (2008). Breaking up romantic relationships: Costs experienced and coping strategies deployed. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 164-181.
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Hirschfeld, L.A. (2008). The bilingual brain revisited: A comment on Hagen (2008). Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 182-185.
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Hagen, L.K. (2008). Hagen replies to Hirschfeld (2008). Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 186-189.
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Perilloux, C. and Webster, G.D. (2008). Strange bedfellows or assortative mates? A review of Mark Schaller, Jeffry A. Simpson, and Douglas T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 190-203.
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Kruger, D.J. (2008). Young adults attempt exchanges in reproductively relevant currencies. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1): 204-212.
Issue 2
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Hoff, E. (2008). Evolingo, or evolutionary psychology meets linguisitics. A review of Christine Kenneally, The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 213-216.
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Perilloux, C., Fleischman, D.S., and Buss, D.M. (2008). The daughter-guarding hypothesis: Parental influence on, and emotional reactions to, offspring’s mating behavior. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 217-233.
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Barber, N. (2008). Cross-national variation in the motivation for uncommitted sex: The role of disease and social risks. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 234-245.
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Schmitt, D.P., and Shackelford, T.K. (2008). Big Five traits related to short-term mating: From personality to promiscuity across 46 nations. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 246-282.
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Miner, E.J., and Shackelford, T.K. (2008). All thorns, no rose: A well-intentioned but misguided book about smell. A review of Rachel Herz, The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 283-288.
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Kruger, D.J., and Fisher, M.L. (2008). Women’s life history attributes are associated with preferences in mating relationships. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 289-302.
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Apostolou, M. (2008). Parent-offspring conflict over mating: The case of beauty. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 303-315.
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Harrison, M.A., Hughes, S.M., Burch, R.L., and Gallup Jr., G.G. (2008). The impact of prior heterosexual experiences on homosexuality in women. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 316-327.
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DeWall, C.N., and Maner, J.K. (2008). High status men (but not women) capture the eye of the beholder. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 328-341.
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Sanders, G., Madden, A., and Thorpe, G. (2008). Task selection is critical for the demonstration of reciprocal patterns of sex differences in hand/arm motor control and ear/far visual processing. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 342-364.
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King, R. (2008). Fishing into our past. A review of Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 365-368.
Issue 3
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Genovese, J.E.C. (2008). Physique correlates with reproductive success in an archival sample of delinquent youth. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 369-385.
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Iredale, W., Van Vugt, M., and Dunbar, R. (2008). Showing off in humans: Male generosity as a mating signal. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 386-392.
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Greengross, G. and Miller, G.F. (2008). Dissing oneself versus dissing rivals: Effects of status, personality, and sex on the short-term and long-term attractiveness of self-deprecating and other-deprecating humor. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 393-408.
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Hubbeling, D. (2008). Evolutionary basis of depression? A review of Paul Keedwell, How Sadness Survived: The Evolutionary Basis of Depression. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 409-412.
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Miller, S.L. and Maner, J.K. (2008). Coping with romantic betrayal: Sex differences in responses to partner infidelity. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 413-426.
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Picciuto, E. and Carruthers, P. (2008). Creativity Explained? A review of Robert Arp, Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 427-431.
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Fox, R. (2008). Demonic Males and Missing Daughters. A review of Jonathan Gottschall, The Rape of Troy: Evolution, Violence and the World of Homer. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 432-435.
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Fisher, M., Voracek, M., Rekkas, P.V., and Cox, A. (2008). Sex differences in feelings of guilt arising from infidelity. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 436-446.
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Stone, E.A., Shackelford, T.K., and Buss, D.M. (2008). Socioeconomic development and shifts in mate preferences. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 447-455.
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Apostolou, M. (2008). Parent-offspring conflict over mating: The case of family background. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 456-468.
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Shoup, M.L., and Gallup Jr., G.G. (2008). Men’s faces convey information about their bodies and their behavior: What you see is what you get. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 469-479.
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Gintis, H. (2008). Mathematical sociobiology: A problem-centered textbook. A review of Richard McElreath and Robert Boyd, Mathematical Models of Social Evolution: Guide for the Perplexed. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 480-481.
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Kaighobadi, F., and Shackelford, T.K. (2008). Can ideology save the angry caveman? A review of Martha McCaughey, The Caveman Mystique: Pop-Darwinism and the Debates over Sex, Violence, and Science. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 482-486.
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Piazza, J., and Bering, J.M. (2008). The effects of perceived anonymity on altruistic punishment. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 487-501.
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Winkelman, M.A. (2008). Whence poetic justice? A review of William Flesch, Comeuppance: Costly Signaling, Altruistic Punishment, and Other Biological Components of Fiction. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 502-505.
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Vigil, J.M. (2008). Sex differences in affect behaviors, desired social responses, and accuracy at understanding the social desires of other people. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 506-522.
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Farrelly, D., and Turnbull, N. (2008). The role of reasoning domain on face recognition: Detecting violations of social contract and hazard management rules. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 523-537.
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Rosenberg, J., and Tunney, R.J. (2008). Human vocabulary use as display. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 538-549.
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Craton, L.G. (2008). What is music for? Perhaps to give evolutionary psychologists work. A review of Daniel J. Levitin, The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 550-554.
Issue 4
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Editorial Staff (2008). Acknowledgement of reviewers. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 555-556.
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Stone, L. (2008). Kinship back on track: Primatology unravels the origin and evolution of human kinship. A review of Bernard Chapais, Primeval Kinship: How Pair Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 557-562.
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Clark, A.P. (2008). Attracting interest: Dynamic displays of proceptivity increase the attractiveness of men and women. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 563-574.
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Gustavsson, L., Johnsson, J.I., and Uller, T. (2008). Mixed support for sexual selection theories of mate preferences in the Swedish population. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 575-585.
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Thoma, R.J., Gangestad, S.W., Euler, M.J., Lysne, P.A., Monning, M., and Yeo, R.A. (2008). Developmental instability and markers of schizotypy in university students. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 586-594.
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Dijkstra, P., and Barelds, D.P.H. (2008). Do people know what they want: A similar or complementary partner? Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 595-602.
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Kruger, D.J. (2008). Male financial consumption is associated with higher mating intentions and mating success. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 603-612.
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Euler, M., Thoma, R.J., Parks, L., Gangestad, S.W., and Yeo, R.A. (2008). Fluctuating asymmetry and individual variation in regional gray and white matter volumes: A voxel-based morphometry study. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 613-627.
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Purzycki, B.G., Swartwout, P., and Sosis, R. (2008). Searching for Darwin: Metaphor, collusion, and natural selection. A review of Lyle B. Steadman and Craig T. Palmer, The Supernatural and Natural Selection: Religion and Evolutionary Success. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 628-636.
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Jonason, P.K., Webster, G.D., and Lindsey, A.E. (2008). Solutions to the problem of diminished social interaction. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 637-651.
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Howrigan, D.P., and MacDonald, K.B. (2008). Humor as a mental fitness indicator. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 652-666.
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Lishner, D.A., Nguyen, S., Stocks, E.L., and Zillmer, E.J. (2008). Are sexual and emotional infidelity equally upsetting to men and women? Making sense of forced-choice responses. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 667-675.
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Read, D.W. (2008). Working memory: A cognitive limit to non-human primate recursive thinking prior to hominid evolution. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 676-714.
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Johnson, J.A., Carroll, J., Gottschall, J., and Kruger, D. (2008). Hierarchy in the library: Egalitarian dynamics in Victorian novels. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 715-738.
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