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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ryan C. Anderson, Beatriz Escobar
Summary: Humans are a social species that shares a high degree of information. Choosing a mate is an important decision, so it is important to pay attention to mate-relevant information. This study examines the effects of being popular with the opposite sex. Men and women evaluated visual profiles of individuals and found that attractive men were seen as more creative and socially skilled, while women regarded men with attractive female friends as having higher mate value. Men considered profiles popular with the opposite sex to be more desirable, but women were not influenced by popularity.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Behavioral Sciences
Julia Stern, Tobias L. Kordsmeyer, Lars Penke
Summary: The study found a slight increase in women's general attraction to male bodies during ovulation, though this was not systematically related to changes in hormone levels. There was no compelling evidence for mate preference shifts across the ovulatory cycle, with only some weak evidence found in one out of many different tests.
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
(2021)
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Psychology, Social
Victor X. Luevano, Jenna N. Pablo, Michelle L. Velazquez, Baylee Chance, Brenda Ramirez
Summary: The study found that people generally prefer positive humor styles that enhance emotional closeness and relationship satisfaction over negative humor styles that diminish emotional closeness and relationship satisfaction. Avoidant attachment was associated with greater attraction to negative humor styles, while anxious attachment also showed a tendency towards negative humor styles.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Doris Schicker, Sonja Blankenagel, Claus Zimmer, Hans Hauner, Jessica Freiherr
Summary: In recent years, researchers have extensively explored the multisensory integration of visual and olfactory stimuli and identified the responsible brain areas. They have found that the processing of olfactory and visual stimuli remains intact across a wide age range, and the use of strong stimuli does not lead to a superadditive multisensory integration. However, removing a stimulus modality activates additional brain areas that are related to attention, memory, and the search of the missing stimulus. Therefore, it is important to carefully design multimodal sensory experiments and control for cognitive expectancy effects that could affect the results.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Inbal Ravreby, Kobi Snitz, Noam Sobel
Summary: Humans, like nonhuman terrestrial mammals, use smell to determine friend or foe. This study found that friends have more similar body odor and that more similar smells can predict positive social interactions. These results suggest the presence of chemistry in social chemistry.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rubab Fatima, Robert Briggs, William A. Dew
Summary: Fish can detect and respond to various cations in their environment, including copper. The response of fish to copper can vary, with some fish avoiding it and others showing attraction, depending on the concentration. This study found that an intact olfactory system is necessary for fish to sense copper.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xia Wei, Xin Huang, Yufeng Xie, Rungting Tu
Summary: Based on the theory of human reproductive motives, this study discusses the effects of erotic stimulation on male and female consumers, and finds that it has different impacts on product purchase intention and brand personality perception in different scenarios.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Veterinary Sciences
Chan Namgong, Jong Hyuk Kim, Myon Hee Lee, Daniel Midkiff
Summary: The study developed a non-invasive method for cancer detection in companion animals through the analysis of canine urine samples. It demonstrated high sensitivity and low false positive rate in multiple types of common canine cancers, enhancing the ability for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2022)
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Neurosciences
Guo Feng, Jiawei Lei
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effect of suprathreshold nonsocial odors on facial attractiveness judgment when the visual input is ambiguous. The results showed that faces presented with pleasant and neutral odors were judged as more attractive than those with unpleasant odors. Additionally, male faces were perceived as more attractive than female faces regardless of the odor conditions.
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Psychology, Social
Liesel L. Sharabi, Maximiliane Uhlich, Cassandra Alexopoulos, Elisabeth Timmermans
Summary: This study investigated digitally enabled mate poaching on Ashley Madison, finding that users' attitudes towards online infidelity predicted their likelihood of meeting someone in person, with mate poaching intentions mediating this effect. The results expand evolutionary theories of mate poaching to the digital dating environment, offering insights into relationship initiation practices on infidelity websites.
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
(2021)
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Biology
Estelle M. Moubarak, A. Sofia David Fernandes, Alan J. A. Stewart, Jeremy E. Niven
Summary: The negative effects of artificial lighting at night on insects, particularly on the reproductive behavior of glow-worms, have been studied. Research shows that brighter illumination reduces the proportion of males reaching the female-mimicking LED and increases the time taken. The presence of artificial light also causes males to spend more time in specific areas and avoid light. These findings suggest that the impacts of artificial lighting on insects extend beyond what has been observed in field experiments.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Samuel Cruz-Esteban, Edith Garay-Serrano, Julio C. Rojas
Summary: This study found that yellow and yellow + green color cardboards in attractant-baited traps captured the highest number of D. suzukii and Z. indianus in blackberry and blueberry crops, showing a significant influence of color on fly captures. Multihole traps without color cardboards caught very few flies, indicating the importance of color in trap designs.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ray Garza, Jennifer Byrd-Craven
Summary: The current study examined the ovulatory shift hypothesis that suggests women prefer more masculine traits when estradiol is high and progesterone is low (E/P ratio). Using an eye tracking paradigm, the study measured women's visual attention to facial masculinity throughout their menstrual cycle. Although there was no evidence of a relationship between E/P ratio and preferences for facial masculinity, hormones were found to be associated with visual attention to men in general. The findings support sexual strategies theory and highlight the importance of mating context and facial masculinity in mate choice, but did not find evidence of mate choice shifts across the menstrual cycle.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
E. Leslie Cameron, E. P. Koster, Per Moller
Summary: Memory for odors is believed to be longer-lasting than memory for visual stimuli, but performance in memory tasks is typically weaker in olfaction than vision. Using forced-choice methods in studies of odor memory may confound responses, suggesting the need for alternative research approaches.
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Psychology, Social
Dawei Wang, Shengqi Zhou, Xiangwei Kong, Dong Han, Yixin Liu, Lingchao Sun, Wenxu Mao, Phil Maguire, Yixin Hu
Summary: The study found that mate choice copying behavior was only present in females, and existed in both males and females under high-quality models, but not under low-quality models. There was no significant difference between making decisions for oneself and for close friends, but there was a significant difference between making decisions for oneself and for strangers.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2021)
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Behavioral Sciences
Emelia Myles-Gonzalez, Gary Burness, Stan Yavno, Anna Rooke, Michael G. Fox
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Fisheries
Grzegorz Zieba, Carl Smith, Michael G. Fox, Stan Yavno, Eva Zahorska, Miroslaw Przybylski, Gerard Masson, Julien Cucherousset, Hugo Verreycken, Hein H. van Kleef, Gordon H. Copp
ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH
(2018)
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Ecology
Stan Yavno, Michael G. Fox, Anna Vila-Gispert, Yakuta Bhagat
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES
(2013)
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Ecology
S. Yavno, M. G. Fox
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Fisheries
S. Yavno, L. D. Corkum
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2011)
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Environmental Sciences
Benjamin Meunier, Stan Yavno, Sameen Ahmed, Lynda D. Corkum
JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH
(2009)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stan Yavno, Anna C. Rooke, Michael G. Fox
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
(2014)
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Stan Yavno, Jenilee Gobin, Chris C. Wilson, Anna Vila-Gispert, Gordon H. Copp, Michael G. Fox