Publications
This page lists the academic publications associated with the lab.
* denotes student dissertation projects.
2024
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Ostrega, J., Shiramizu, V. K. M., Lee, A. J., Jones, B. C., &
Feinberg, D. R. (2024) No evidence that averaging voices influences
attractiveness. Scientific Reports, 14, 10488.
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Dong, J., Leger, K., Lee, A. J., Rafiee, Y., Jones, B. C., &
Shiramizu, V. K. M. (2024) Re-evaluating the role of partnership-related
perceptions in women’s preferences for men with masculine face shapes.
Evolutionary Psychology, 22(2), .
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Wainwright, H., Zhao, A., Sidari, M. J., Lee, A. J., Roberts, N.,
Makras, T., & Zietsch, B. P. (2024) Laughter and ratings of
funniness in speed-dating do not support the fitness indicator
hypothesis of humour Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(1), 75-81.
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2023
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Lee, A. J., Jones, B. C., Zietsch, B. P., Jern, P., Connolly, H.,
& Marcinkowska, U. (2023) No evidence that sociosexual orientation
moderates effects of conception probability on women’s preferences for
male facial masculinity. Scientific Reports, 13, 10245.
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De La Mare, J. K., & Lee, A. J. (2023) Assortative
preferences for personality and online dating apps: Individuals prefer
profiles similar to themselves on agreeableness, openness, and
extraversion Personality and Individual Differences, 208, 112185.
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Lee, A. J., & McGuire, N. K. J. (2023) Women’s preferences
for masculinity in male faces are predicted by material scarcity, but
not time or psychological scarcity. Evolutionary Psychology,
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Bartlome, R. I., & Lee, A. J. (2023) Facial attractiveness,
but not facial masculinity, is used as a cue to paternal involvement in
fathers. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 9, 182-197.
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Dong, J., Leger, K., Shiramizu, K. M., Marcinkowska, U. M., Lee, A.
J., and Jones, B. C. (2023) The importance of face-shape masculinity
for perceptions of male dominance depends on study design. Scientific
Reports, 13, 12620.
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Zhao, A., Harrison, K., Holland, A., Wainwright, H., Ceccato, J.,
Sidari, M. J., Lee, A. J., & Zietsch, B. P. (2023)
Objectively measured facial traits predict in-person evaluations of
facial attractiveness and prosociality in speed-dating partners.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 44(4), 315-323.
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2022
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Shiramizu, V. K. M., Lee, A. J., Altenburg, D., Feinberg, D. R.,
& Jones, B. C. (2022) The role of valence, dominance, and pitch in
social perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) conversational agents
voices. Scientific Reports, 12, 22479.
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Tybur, J. M., Jones, B. C., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Fan,
L., & DeBruine, L. M. (2022) Re-evaluating the relationship between
pathogen avoidance and preferences for facial symmetry and sexual
dimorphism: A registered report. Evolution and Human Behavior,
43(3), 212-223.
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Harper, K. T., Stanley, F., Sidari, M. J., Lee, A. J., &
Zietch, B. P. (2022) The role of accurate self-assessment in optimising
mate choice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin..46E+15.
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Holzleitner, I. J., Driebe, J. C., Arslan, R. C., Hahn, A. C., Lee,
A. J., O’Shea, K. J., Gerlach, T. M., Penke, L., Jones, B. C., &
DeBruine, L. M. (2022) No increased inbreeding avoidance during the
ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle. Evolutionary Human Sciences,
4, E47.
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2021
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Lee, A. J., De La Mare, J. K., Moore, H. A., & Umeh,
P. C. (2021) Preference for facial symmetry depends on study design.
Symmetry, 13(9), 1637.
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Sidari, M., Lee, A. J., Murphy, S., Sherlock, J., Dixson, B.,
& Zietsch, B. (2021) Preferences for sexually dimorphic body
characteristics revealed in a large sample of speed daters. Social
Psychology and Personality Science, 12(2), 225-236.
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Marcinkowska, U. M., Jones, B. C., & Lee, A. J. (2021)
Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic
facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample. Scientific
Reports, 11, 10905.
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McCollam, R., Mullaney, A., & Lee, A. J. (2021) Is the link
between endorsement and engagement in sexual coercion associated with
life history strategy? Personality and Individual Differences,
180, 110999.
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Satchell, L. P., Mayes, H. S., Lee, A. J., O’Reilly, L.,
Akehurst, L., & Morris, P. (2021) Is threat in the way they move?
Influences of static and gait information on threat judgments of unknown
people. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7(1), 61-69.
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Alharbi, S. A. H., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Saribay, A.,
& Jones, B. C. (2021) Facial masculinity increases perceptions of
men’s age, but not perceptions of their health: Data from an Arab sample
Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7(2), 184-188.
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van Eijk, L., Zhu, D., Couvy-Duschesne, B., Strike, L. T., Lee, A.
J., Hansell, N. K., Thompson, P. M., de Zubicaray, G. I., McMahon,
K. L., Wright, M. J. & Zietsch, B. P. (2021) Are sex differences in
human brain structure associated with sex differences in behaviour?
Psychological Science, 32(8), 1183-1197.
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Zietsch, B. P., Sidari, M. M., Murphy, S. C., Sherlock, J. M., &
Lee, A. J. (2021) For the good of evolutionary psychology, let’s
reunite proximate and ultimate explanations. Evolution and Human
Behavior, 42(1), 76-78.
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Alharbi, S. A. H., Holzleitner, I. J., Jones, B. C., Saribay, A., &
Lee, A. J. (2021) Does self-rated attractiveness predict women’s
preferences for facial masculinity? Data from an Arab sample.
Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 7(2), 105-113.
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Marcinkowska, U. M., Jones, B. C., Cai, H., Contreras-Garduno, J.,
Onyishi, I. E., Prasai, K., Pazhoohi, F., Taniguchi, H., & Lee,
A. J. (2021) An exploratory, cross_cultural study on perception of
putative cyclical changes in facial fertility cues. Scientific
Reports, 11, 16911.
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2020
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Lee, A. J., Sidari, M. J., Murphy, S. C., Sherlock, J. M. &
Zietsch, B. P. (2020) Sex differences in misperceptions of sexual
interest can be explained by sociosexual orientation and men projecting
their own interest onto women. Psychological Science, 31(2),
184-192.
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Stower, R. E., Lee, A. J., McIntosh, T. L., Sidari, M. J.,
Sherlock, J. M., & Dixson, B. J. W. (2020) Mating strategies and the
masculinity paradox: How relationship context, relationship status and
sociosexuality shape women’s preferences for facial masculinity and
beardedness. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49(3), 809-820.
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Docherty, C., Lee, A. J., Hahn, A. C., & Jones, B. C. (2020)
Do more attractive women show stronger preferences for male facial
masculinity? Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(4), 312-317.
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Thai, M., Lee, A. J., Axt, J. R., Hornsey, M. J., & Barlow,
F. K. (2020) Discrepancies in Asian Americans’ perceived actual and
ideal phenotypic facial features. Asian American Journal of
Psychology, 11(3), 117-125.
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Craig, B. M., & Lee, A. J. (2020) Stereotypes and structure
in the interaction between facial emotional expression and sex
characteristics. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6,
212-235.
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Dixson, B. J. W, & Lee, A. J. (2020) Cross-cultural variation
in men’s beardedness. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6,
490-500.
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Torrance, J. S., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., DeBruine, L. M.
& Jones, B .C. (2020) Evidence head tilt has dissociable effects on
dominance and trustworthiness judgments, but does have not
category-contingent effects on hypothetical leadership judgments.
Perception, 49(2), 119-209.
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Alharbi, S. A. H., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Saribay, A.,
& Jones, B. C. (2020) Women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in
faces: Data from a sample of Arab women. Evolutionary Psychological
Science, 6, 328-334.
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Hansen, F., DeBruine, L. M., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J.,
O’Shea, K. J., & Fasolt, V. (2020) Kin recognition and perceived
facial similarity Journal of Vision, 20(6), 18.
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Alharbi, S. A. H., Button, K., Zhang, L., O’Shea, K. J., Fasolt, V.,
Lee, A. J., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2020) Are
affective factors related to individual differences in facial expression
recognition? Royal Society Open Science, 7, 190699.
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Clarkson, T. R., Sidari, M. J., Sains, R., Alexander, M., Harrison, M.,
Mefodeva, V., Pearson, S., Lee, A. J. & Dixson, B. J. W.
(2020) A multivariate analysis of women’s mating strategies and sexual
selection on men’s facial morphology. Royal Society Open Science,
7(1), 191209.
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Mefodeva, V., Sidari, M. J., Chau, H., Fitzsimmons, B., Antoine G.,
Clarkson, T. R., Pearson, S. Lee, A. J., & Dixson, B. J. W.
(2020) Multivariate intra-sexual selection on men’s preceptions of male
facial morphology. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6,
143-169.
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2019
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Lee, A. J., Jones, B. C. & DeBruine, L. M. (2019)
Investigating the association between mating-relevant self-concepts and
mate preferences through a data-driven analysis of online personal
descriptions. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40(3), 325-335.
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Armstrong, M. M., Lee, A. J., & Feinberg, D. R. (2019) A
house of cards: Bias in perception of body size mediates the
relationship between voice pitch and perceptions of dominance. Animal
Behaviour, 147, 43-51.
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Zhang, L., Lee, A. J., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2019)
Are sex differences in preferences for physical attractiveness and good
earning capacity in potential mates smaller in countries with greater
gender equality? Evolutionary Psychology, 17(2), .
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Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Hahn, A. C., Kandrik, M., Bovet,
J., Renoult, J., Simmons, D., Garrod, O., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones,
B. C. (2019) Comparing theory-driven and data-driven attractiveness
models using images of real women’s faces. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(12), 1589-1595.
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Marcinkowska, U. M., Rantala, M., Lee, A. J., Kozlov, M., Aavik,
M. V., Cai, H., Contreras-Garduno, J., Oana, D., Kaminski, G., Li, N.
P., Onyishi, I. E., Prasai, K., Pazhoohi, F., Prokop, P., Rosales
Cardozo, S. L., Sydney, N. Taniguchi, H., Krams, I. & Dixson, B. J.
W. (2019) Women’s preferences for men’s facial masculinity are strongest
under favorable ecological conditions. Scientific Reports, 9,
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Dixson, B. J. W., Kennedy-Costantini, S., Lee, A. J., &
Nelson, N. L. (2019) Mothers are sensitive to men’s beards as a cue to
paternal investment. Hormones and Behavior, 113, 55-66.
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Nelson, N. L., Kennedy-Costantini, S., Lee, A. J. & Dixson,
B. J. W. (2019) Children’s judgements of facial hair are influenced by
biological development and experience. Evolution and Human Behavior,
40(6), 551-556.
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Zhang, L., Wang, H., Lee, A. J., DeBruine L. M., & Jones, B.
C. (2019) Chinese and UK participants’ preferences for physical
attractiveness and social status in potential mates (Stage 2 Registered
Report). Royal Society Open Science, 6(11), 181243.
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Fasolt, V., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., O’Shea, K. J., &
DeBruine, L. M. (2019) Contribution of shape and surface reflectance
information to kinship detection in 3D images Journal of Vision,
19(12), 9.
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Zhang, L., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Wang, H., Han, C.,
DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2019) A data-driven test for
cross-cultural differences in face-shape preferences. Perception,
48(6), 487-499.
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Hahn, A. C., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Kandrik, M., O’Shea,
K. J., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2019) Facial masculinity is
only weakly correlated with handgrip strength in young adult women.
American Journal of Human Biology, 31(1), e23203.
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Fasolt, V., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., O’Shea, K. J. &
DeBruine, L. M. (2019) Birth order does not affect ability to detect
kin. Collabra, 5(1), 35.
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Cai, Z., Hahn, A. C., Zhang, W., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J.,
DeBruine, L. M., & Jones, B. C. (2019) No evidence that facial
attractiveness, femininity, averageness, or coloration are cues to
susceptibility to infectious illnesses in a university sample of young
adult women. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40(2), 156-159.
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2018
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Lee, A. J., DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C. (2018)
Individual-specific mortality is associated with how individuals
evaluate future discounting decisions. Proceedings of the Royal
Society B-Biological Sciences, 285, 20180304.
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Dixson, B. J. W., Lee, A. J., Blake, K. R., Jasienska, G., &
Marcinkowska, U. (2018) Women’s preferences for men’s beards show no
relation to their obarian cycle phase and sex hormone levels.
Hormones and Behavior, 97, 137-144.
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Torrance, J., Kandrik, M., Lee, A. J., DeBruine, L. M., &
Jones, B.C. (2018) Does adult sex ratio predict regional variation in
facial dominance perceptions? Evidence from an analysis of US states.
Evolutionary Psychology, 16(2), .
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Fasolt, V., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., O’Shea, K. J., &
DeBruine, L. M. (2018) Facial expressions influence kin recognition
accuracy. Human Ethology Bulletin, 33 (4), 19-27.
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Zhang, W., Hahn, A. C., Cai, Z., Lee, A. J., Holzleitner, I. J.,
DeBruine, L. M., & Jones, B. C. (2018) No evidence that facial
width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is associated with women’s sexual desire.
PLoS ONE, 13(1), e0200308.
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Jones, B. C., Hahn, A. C., Fisher, C. I., Wang, H., Kandrik, M., Lee,
A. J., Tybur, J. M., & DeBruine, L. M. (2018) Hormonal
correlates of pathogen disgust: Testing the Compensatory Prophylaxis
Hypothesis. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(2), 166-169.
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Jones, B. C., Hahn, A. C., Fisher, C. I., Wang, H., Kandrik, M., Lee,
A. J., Tybur, J. M., & DeBruine, L. M. (2018) Reply to
Fleischman and Fessler’s (2018) comment on “Hormonal correlates of
pathogen disgust: testing the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis”.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(4), 470-471.
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Jones, B. C., Hahn, A. C., Fisher, C. I., Wang, H., Kandrik, M., Lao,
J., Han, C., Lee, A. J., Holzleitner, I. J., & DeBruine, L.
M. (2018) No compelling evidence that more physically attractive young
adult women have higher estradiol or progesterone.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 98, 1-29.
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Han, C., Wang, H., Hahn, A. C., Fisher, C. I., Kandrik, M., Fasolt, V.,
Morrison, D. K., Lee, A. J., Holzleitner, I. J., DeBruine, L. M.,
& Jones, B. C. (2018) Cultural differences in preferences for facial
coloration. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(2), 154-159.
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Jones B. C., Hahn, A. C., Fisher, C. I., Wang, H., Kandrik, M. Han, C.,
Fasolt, V., Morrison, D., Lee, A. J., Holzleitner, I. J.,
Roberts, C., Little, A., & DeBruine, L. M. (2018) No compelling
evidence that preferences for facial masculinity track changes in
women’s hormonal status. Psychological Science, 29(6), 996-1005.
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2017
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Lee, A. J., Hibbs, C., Wright, M. J., Martin, N. G., Keller, M.
C. & Zietsch, B. P. (2017) Assessing the accuracy of perceptions of
intelligence based on heritable facial features. Intelligence,
64, 1-8.
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Lee, A. J., Wright, M. J., Martin, N. G., Keller, M. C., &
Zietsch, B. P. (2017) Facial trustworthiness is associated with
heritable facial attributes. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology,
3(4), 351-264.
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Dixson, B. J. W., Lee, A. J., Sherlock, J. M., & Talamas, S.
N. (2017) Beneath the beard: Do facial morphometrics influences the
strength judgments of men’s beardedness? Evolution and Human
Behavior, 38(2), 164-174.
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McIntosh, T., Lee, A. J., Sidari, M., Stower, R., Sherlock, J.
M., & Dixson, B. J. W. (2017) Microbes and masculinity: Does
exposure to pathogenic cues alter women’s preferences for male facial
masculinity and beardedness? PLoS ONE, 12(6), e 0178206.
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2016
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Lee, A. J., Mitchem, D. G., Wright, M. J., Martin, N. G., Keller,
M. C., & Zietsch, B. P. (2016) Facial averageness and genetic
quality: Testing heritability, genetic correlation with attractiveness,
and the paternal age effect. Evolution and Human Behavior, 37(1),
61-66.
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Louis, W. R., Bastian, B., McKimmie, B., & Lee, A. J. (2016)
Teaching psychology in Australia: Does class attendance matter for
performance? Australian Journal of Psychology, 68(1), 47-51.
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2015
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Lee, A. J., Brooks, R. C., Potter, K. J., & Zietsch, B. P.
(2015) Pathogen disgust sensitivity and resource scarcity are associated
with mate preference for different waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip
ratios, and body mass index. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(1),
480-488.
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Lee, A. J., & Zietsch, B. P. (2015) Women’s pathogen disgust
predicting preference for facial masculinity may be specific to age and
study design. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(4), 249-255.
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Zietsch, B. P., Lee, A. J., Sherlock, J. M., & Jern, P.
(2015) Variation in women’s preferences regarding male facial
masculinity is better explained by genetic differences than by
previously identified context-dependent effects. Psychological
Science, 26(9), 1440-1448.
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Haysom, H. J., Mitchem, D. G., Lee, A. J., Wright, M. J., Martin,
N. G., Keller, M. C., & Zietsch, B. P. (2015) A test of the
facultative calibration/reactive heritability model of extraversion.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(5), 414-419.
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2014
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Lee, A. J., Mitchem, D. G., Wright, M. J., Martin, N. G., Keller,
M. C., & Zietsch, B. P. (2014) Genetic factors increasing male
facial masculinity decrease facial attractiveness of female relatives.
Psychological Science, 25(2), 476-484.
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Lee, A. J., Dubbs, S. L., von Hippel, W., Brooks, R. C., &
Zietsch, B. P. (2014) A multivariate approach to human mate preference.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(3), 193-203.
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2013
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Lee, A. J., Dubbs, S. L., Kelly, A. J., von Hippel, W., Brooks,
R. C., & Zietsch, B. P. (2013) Human facial attributes, but not
perceived intelligence, are used as cues of health and resource
provision potential. Behavioral Ecology, 24(3), 779-787.
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2011
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Lee, A. J. & Zietsch, B. P. (2011) Experimental evidence that
women’s mate preferences are directly influenced by cues of pathogen
prevalence and resource scarcity. Biology Letters, 7(6), 892-895.
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