We refer to the theory that romantic love evolved by co-opting mother-infant binding, which is informed a lot by neurobiological evidence and by a couple of genetic studies, but we don't delve into it. I'm working on a genetics paper at the moment that will shed light on this...
Pleased to announce that my chapter with Phil Kavanagh @martakowal.bsky.social about how to apply evolutionary theory to study romantic love has been published in the International Handbook of Love (2nd ed). link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
Earlier this year a paper was published on the biology of love that had many shortcomings. My co-author,
@Marta7Kowal and I wrote an opinion piece outlining problems with this paper... www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
Amazing new study just published led by the amazing @martakowal.bsky.social using data collected by S Craig Roberts...
Couples who meet online love their partner less!
Nationally representative data from 50 countries!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A black-and-white sketch of a robust, bearded prehistoric human figure (Neanderthal), shown in profile facing left. The figure is holding a simple stone tool or club in its right hand, with heavy brows and a sloped forehead. Handwritten notes in cursive script surround the figure on the left and right sides. The sketch has a rough, expressive line style.
Today in 1864, Thomas Huxley doodled this “ancient ape-man of Gibraltar” while bored in a meeting. It was inspired by the Forbes Quarry skull—a fossil his friend was puzzling over that we’d later recognize as a Neanderthal. #OnThisDay 🏺
Great song... I can see this being on repeat for weeks at a time...
Five enjoyable years of sporadic effort... I just submitted my PhD thesis. Yay!
Here's a quick read I wrote for Chalk Magazine - everything you need to know about the science of romantic love in 7 minutes. www.chalk-magazine.com/articles/wha...
New paper out led by fabulous collaborators at the University of Wroclaw.
Love as a universal phenomenon: Data from nine non-WEIRD societies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
They are opening an Aldi 1 minute's drive from my apartment. My life score just increased .2...
Get YouTube premium instead. Changed my life.
I just sent mine on Sunday. I gave them a month to get back to me :)
Exact same thing is happening in Australia with our centre right party.
I had the pleasure of appearing on triple j's (Australia's public youth radio station) The Hookup talking about the science of romantic love. If you want to hear what I'm telling the youth about romantic love, have a listen: www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...
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Tangled Up in Blue is better by the Whitlams.
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New paper out with Phil Kavanagh.
Variation exists in the expression of romantic love: A cluster analytic study of young adults experiencing romantic love
When you are in love, are you a mild, moderate, intense, or libidinous lover?
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It's funny watching you Yanks versed in science seeing the world like it's black and white, right and wrong, good versus bad, instead of the more useful grey - made up of tradeoffs. It's also funny watching scientists become armchair international relations experts... Both sides are hilarious.
Sketch of a skinny, bearded man dressed in a suit facing a bearded monkey caricature who is seated on a desk atop a stack of books including origin of species. on the floor is the book descent of man.
Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1871. In it he wrote: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
New paper out with Severe Luoto and Phil Kavanagh.
Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective.
It fills a long neglected gap in the literature on sex differences and human mating...
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Just submitted another paper :)
Accidentally closed my browser. Amazing. Now I only have about 5 tabs open...
Got my first hate mail resulting from our recent SSRI study 😒
New research challenges fears that antidepressants dull passion. In a large international survey, young adults on these medications experienced the same intensity, obsession, and commitment of love as their unmedicated peers. #Antidepressants #MentalHealth #RomanticLove #LoveResearch #Psychology
No measure of sexual dysfunction, just frequency of sex.