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When Nothing Bad Happens but You’re Still Unhappy: Boredom in Romantic Relationships

... words included variations of: No love, no fun, lack of sex , lack of caring, growing apart, stale relationship, not talking to each ... / more

Love at First Sight

... individual subjects had preferred members of the opposite sex with face-shapes similar to their own ( Penton-Voak, Perrett, & Pierce, ... but also the faces of their own parents of the opposite sex , especially when it comes to hair color and eye color ( Bereczkei, ... / more

The Naked Power: Understanding Nonverbal Communications of Power

... D. D., & Barrios, M. (1983).  Face-ism: Five studies of sex differences in facial prominence.  Journal of Personality and Social ... / more

The Media: Carriers of Contagious Information

... more prevalent among people who are similar in age and sex to the victim in the previously publicized suicide story. For instance, ... / more

‘Forever and a Day’ or ‘Just One Night’? On Adaptive Functions of Long-Term and Short-Term Romantic Relationships

... is cross-cultural – infidelity, poaching, cuckoldry, sex -specific jealousy, premarital sex are prevalent (Buunk, Angleitner, Oubaid, & Buss, 1996). Besides, like ... / more

A funny thing happened on the way to romance: How humor influences romantic relationship initiation

... one most effective tactic for appealing to the opposite sex (Buss, 1988).  Given its pervasive desirability, have you ever wondered ... dissing rivals: Effects of status, personality, and sex on the short-term and long-term attractiveness of self-deprecating and ... / more

Everyone is biased

... what being liberal meant—for example, I supported same- sex   marriage before I knew that this was a “liberal” as opposed to a ... / more

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

... more favorable after viewing an attractive same- sex target than after viewing an unattractive same- sex target- this is due to the virtue of perceived similarity to the target ... / more

Are voters rational?

... of whether addressing material well-being, same- sex marriage, or any number of other issues. Importantly, people – ... / more

Fifty Shades of arousal misattribution and cognitive associations: How Christian Grey is making us believe that women find BDSM “hot”

... to feel pain as a “submissive” during foreplay and sex . This logic is problematic and dangerous, and fails to take into account ... a new medium for women, erotica (explicit descriptions of sex ) is intriguing, surprising and arousing. Surprise, like violence, ... / more