Christopher Watkins

Research output

Research output per year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2018 2022

• 669 Citations
• 16 h-Index
• 36 Article
• 16 Poster
• 4 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 3 Paper
• 6 More
  • 2 Chapter
  • 2 Abstract
  • 2 Other

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  Men say "I love you" before women do: robust across several countries

  Watkins, C. D., Bovet, J., Fernandez, A. M., Leongómez, J. D., Zelazniewicz, A., Correa Varella, M. A. & Wagstaff, D., 27 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  50 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Exogenous testosterone decreases men’s sensitivity to vocal cues of male dominance

  Han, C., Watkins, C. D., Nan, Y., Ou, J., Lei, X., Li, X. & Wu, Y., 1 Jan 2021, In: Hormones and Behavior. 127, 6 p., 104871.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Testosterone 100%
  • Cues 99%
  • Placebos 29%
  • Interpersonal Relations 15%
  • Gels 11%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Having options alters the attractiveness of familiar versus novel faces: sex differences and similarities

  Sculley, J. R., Ritchie, K. L. & Watkins, C. D., 1 Nov 2021, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 124, 10 p., 106937.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2020

  Social transmission of leadership preference: knowledge of group membership and partisan media reporting moderates perceptions of leadership ability from facial cues to competence and dominance

  Watkins, C. D., Xiao, D. & Perrett, D. I., 14 Jan 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 9 p., 2996.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mental Competency 100%
  • Cues 90%
  • Aptitude 69%
  • Intelligence 65%
  • Politics 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  77 Downloads (Pure)

• Using sexual selection theories to examine contextual variation in heterosexual women’s orientation toward high heels

  Watkins, C. & Leitch, A., 1 Apr 2020, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49, 3, p. 849-860 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Sexual Selection 100%
  • Heel 88%
  • Heterosexuality 86%
  • Contextual 65%
  • Shoes 51%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  85 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women

  Sculley, J., Watkins, C. D. & Ritchie, K. L., 9 Feb 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

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  • paradigm change 100%
  • human being 74%
  • social attraction 72%
  • evidence 59%
  75 Downloads (Pure)

• John Maynard Smith

  Watkins, C. D., 22 May 2019, Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. Shackelford, T. K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (eds.). Living edition ed. Cham: Springer, 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Kissing

  Watkins, C. D., 12 Feb 2019, Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. Shackelford, T. K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (eds.). Living edition ed. Cham: Springer, 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

• National income inequality predicts cultural variation in mouth to mouth kissing

  Watkins, C. D., Leongómez, J. D., Bovet, J., Zelazniewicz, A., Korbmacher, M., Correa Varella, M. A., Fernandez, A. M., Wagstaff, D. & Bolgan, S., 30 Apr 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 9 p., 6698.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • national income 100%
  • income 53%
  • mouth 46%
  • attachment behavior 27%
  • poverty 23%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  84 Downloads (Pure)

• Trait openness and agreeableness are related to a left-leaning political orientation but are negatively related to the endorsement of totalitarian ideals

  Hollick, D. W. & Watkins, C. D., 26 Sep 2019. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

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  • Personality 100%
  • Politics 67%
  • Temperament 66%
  40 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Do national health and wealth predict attitudes toward, and use of mouth-to-mouth kissing in romantic relationships?

  Watkins, C. D., Loengomez, J. D., Bovet, J., Zelazniewicz, A., Korbmacher, M., Correa Varella, M. A., Fernandez, A. M., Wagstaff, D. & Bolgan, S., 7 Sep 2018, p. 104. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

• Formidability and alliance politics in humans and nonhuman species

  Watkins, C. D., 26 Sep 2018, The facial displays of leaders. Senior, C. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 27-49 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • politics 100%
  • evolutionary biology 57%
  • recommendation 32%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• If the shoe fits? Using sexual selection theories to examine potential between-women and within- women variation in their responses to high heels

  Watkins, C. D. & Leitch, A., 2018, p. 88. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  Open Access

  • social attraction 100%
  • life-span 32%
  • symbol 29%
  • sexuality 26%
  • appeal 26%

• Negative effects of makeup use on perceptions of leadership ability across two ethnicities

  James, E. A., Jenkins, S. & Watkins, C. D., 1 May 2018, In: Perception. 47, 5, p. 540-549 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Cosmetics 100%
  • Aptitude 49%
  • Social Dominance 19%
  • Color 17%
  • Social Perception 17%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  1236 Downloads (Pure)

• Personality, gender, and culture

  Watkins, C. D., 15 Feb 2018, Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. Shackelford, T. K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (eds.). Living edition ed. Cham: Springer, 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

• The coolidge effect and online dating: primed choice of both potential dates and resources directly reduces the attractiveness of familiar faces (SFA)

  Sculley, J., Watkins, C. D. & Ritchie, K. L., 7 Sep 2018, p. 138. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• 2017

  Creating beauty: creativity compensates for low physical attractiveness when individuals assess the attractiveness of social and romantic partners

  Watkins, C. D., 19 Apr 2017, In: Royal Society Open Science. 4, 11 p., 160955.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • union and employers' representatives 100%
  • beauty 83%
  • social attraction 77%
  • creativity 60%
  • experiment 39%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  73 Downloads (Pure)

• Own attractiveness and dissatisfaction with physical appearance independently predict the salience of facial cues to size when women judge other women’s attractiveness

  Watkins, C. D., 1 Nov 2017, In: Perception. 46, 11, p. 1321-1328 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Body Physical Appearance 100%
  • Cues 62%
  • Health 52%
  • Body Size 20%
  • Costs 13%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  171 Downloads (Pure)

• Own attractiveness and perceived relationship quality shape sensitivity in women’s memory for other men on the attractiveness dimension

  Watkins, C. D., Nicholls, M. J., Batres, C., Xiao, D., Talamas, S. & Perrett, D. I., 3 Jun 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  • Memory 100%
  • Psychometrics 25%

• Own attractiveness and perceived relationship quality shape sensitivity in women’s memory for other men on the attractiveness dimension

  Watkins, C. D., Nicholls, M. J., Batres, C., Xiao, D., Talamas, S. & Perrett, D. I., 1 Jun 2017, In: Cognition. 163, p. 146–154 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • social attraction 100%
  • Attractiveness 90%
  • Romantic Relationships 76%
  • Memory 71%
  • Relationship Maintenance 28%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  115 Downloads (Pure)

• Selective memory and the sex ratio: attractive women have better memory for how men look when men outnumber women

  Watkins, C. D. & Perrett, D., 3 Jun 2017, p. 136. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• 2016

  Competition-related factors directly influence preferences for facial cues of dominance in allies

  Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C., 1 Dec 2016, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70, 12, p. 2071-2079 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • politics 100%
  • woman 89%
  • loss 74%
  • sexual selection 72%
  • gender differences 69%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  71 Downloads (Pure)

• It’s the way he tells them (and who is listening): men’s dominance is positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by dominant-sounding men

  Cowan, M. L., Watkins, C. D., Fraccaro, P. J., Feinberg, D. R. & Little, A. C., Mar 2016, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 37, 2, p. 97-104 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • mate choice 100%
  • social partnerships 82%
  • Wit and Humor 68%
  • liner 66%
  • Jokes 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  96 Downloads (Pure)

• Own attractiveness and perceived relationship quality shape sensitivity in women’s memory for other men on the attractiveness dimension

  Watkins, C. D., Nicholls, M. J., Batres, C., Xiao, D., Talamas, S. & Perrett, D. I., 5 Aug 2016, p. 101. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  Open Access

• Vocal indicators of dominance

  Watkins, C. D. & Pisanski, K., 16 Dec 2016, Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. Shackelford, T. K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 2015

  It's the way he tells them: men's dominance is well-correlated with their predictions for jokes told by dominant-sounding men

  Cowan, M. L., Watkins, C. D., Fraccaro, P. J., Feinberg, D. R. & Little, A. C., 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • joke 100%
  • humor 70%
  • social partnership 33%
  • friendship 21%
  • group cohesion 10%

• Perceptions of facial dominance, trustworthiness and attractiveness predict managerial pay awards in experimental tasks

  Fruhen, L. S., Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C., 1 Dec 2015, In: Leadership Quarterly. 26, 6, p. 1005-1016 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Trustworthiness 100%
  • Attractiveness 71%
  • Managers 57%
  • Shopfloor 51%
  • Senior Managers 46%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

  1046 Downloads (Pure)

• Social support influences preferences for feminine facial cues in potential social partners

  Watkins, C. D., Debruine, L. M., Little, A. C. & Jones, B. C., 1 Apr 2015, p. 109. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• 2014

  A sex difference in the context sensitivity of dominance perceptions

  Watkins, C. D., Debruine, L. M., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C., 2014, p. 76. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  Open Access

  • image of women 100%
  • sex ratio 84%
  • paradigm 46%
  • interaction 33%

• Beauty in the eye of the beholder: potentially adaptive individual differences in human mate preferences

  Debruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Roberts, S. C., Little, A. C. & Watkins, C. D., 31 Jan 2014, Animal behavior: how and why animals do the things they do. Yasukawa, K. & Tang-Martinez, Z. (eds.). Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, Vol. 3: Integration and application with case studies. p. 311-345 35 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Do romantic partners impose greater financial costs than other social partners?

  Cunningham, C. L., Tilley, E. B. & Watkins, C. D., 25 Oct 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

• Priming concerns about pathogen threat versus resource scarcity: dissociable effects on women’s perceptions of men’s attractiveness and dominance

  Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • social attraction 100%
  • threat 64%
  • resources 42%
  • scarcity of resources 17%
  • specialization 11%
• 2013

  A sex difference in the context-sensitivity of dominance perceptions

  Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C., Sep 2013, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 34, 5, p. 366–372 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Context Sensitivity 100%
  • Sex Differences 90%
  • dominance (genetics) 71%
  • gender differences 70%
  • woman 69%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  135 Downloads (Pure)

• Cues derived from facial appearance in security-related contexts: a biological and socio-cognitive framework

  Watkins, C. D., 16 May 2013, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7, 4 p., 204.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Cues 100%
  • Fraud 87%
  • Costs and Cost Analysis 71%
  • Social Behavior 66%
  • Organizations 48%
  47 Downloads (Pure)

• Experimental tests of mate preferences predict real-world mate choice

  Fincher, C., Debruine, L., Watkins, C. D., Little, A. & Jones, B., 27 Mar 2013. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  Open Access

• Pathogen disgust predicts women’s preferences for masculinity in men’s voices, faces, and bodies

  Jones, B. C., Feinberg, D. R., Watkins, C. D., Fincher, C. L., Little, A. C. & DeBruine, L. M., Mar 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology. 24, 2, p. 373-379 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • woman 100%
  • pathogen 98%
  • pathogens 62%
  • mate choice 43%
  • mating behavior 25%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Perceived facial adiposity conveys information about women's health

  Tinlin, R. M., Watkins, C. D., Welling, L. L. M., DeBruine, L. M., Al-Dujaili, E. A. S. & Jones, B. C., May 2013, In: British Journal of Psychology. 104, 2, p. 235-248 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Women's Health 100%
  • Adiposity 98%
  • Young Adult 38%
  • Health 34%
  • Sex Characteristics 22%
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Salivary cortisol and pathogen disgust predict men's preferences for feminine shape cues in women's faces

  Jones, B. C., Fincher, C. L., Welling, L. L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R., Watkins, C. D., Al-Dujaili, E. A. S. & DeBruine, L. M., Feb 2013, In: Biological Psychology. 92, 2, p. 233-240 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Disgust 100%
  • Femininity 83%
  • Hydrocortisone 65%
  • Cues 65%
  • Individuality 36%
  21 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Cues to the sex ratio of the local population influence women’s preferences for facial symmetry

  Watkins, C. D., Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., DeBruine, L. M. & Feinberg, D. R., Feb 2012, In: Animal Behaviour. 83, 2, p. 545-553 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • sex ratio 100%
  • woman 77%
  • symmetry 76%
  • gender 49%
  • sexual selection 33%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  138 Downloads (Pure)

• Individual differences in women's perceptions of other women's dominance

  Watkins, C. D., Quist, M. C., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C., 1 Jan 2012, In: European Journal of Personality. 26, 1, p. 79–86 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Individuality 100%
  • Social Dominance 13%
  • Conflict (Psychology) 8%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Opposite-sex siblings decrease attraction, but not prosocial attributions, to self-resembling opposite-sex faces

  DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Watkins, C. D., Roberts, S. C., Little, A. C., Smith, F. G. & Quist, M. C., 27 Mar 2012, p. 48. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

• Perceived facial adiposity conveys information about women’s health

  Tinlin, R. M., Watkins, C. D., Welling, L. L. M., DeBruine, L. M., Al-Dujaili, E. A. S. & Jones, B. C., 17 Jun 2012. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

• Priming concerns about pathogen threat versus resource scarcity: dissociable effects on women’s perceptions of men’s attractiveness and dominance

  Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C., Dec 2012, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 66, 12, p. 1549–1556 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • resource scarcity 100%
  • woman 65%
  • pathogen 63%
  • pathogens 40%
  • effect 16%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  219 Downloads (Pure)

• Priming men with different contest outcomes modulates their dominance perceptions

  Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C., 17 Jun 2012. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• Priming men with different contest outcomes modulates their dominance perceptions

  Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C., 2012, In: Behavioral Ecology. 23, 3, p. 539-543 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • cost 100%
  • resource 53%
  • effect 45%
  • gender 39%
  • experiment 37%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  69 Downloads (Pure)

• Reproductive ambition predicts partnered, but not unpartnered, women's preferences for masculine men

  Watkins, C. D., Aug 2012, In: British Journal of Psychology. 103, 3, p. 317–329 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Men's Health 100%
  • Cues 65%
  • Masculinity 52%
  • Individuality 36%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 32%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Social support influences preferences for feminine facial cues in potential social partners

  Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C. & Jones, B. C., 2012, In: Experimental Psychology. 59, 6, p. 340-347 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Social Support 100%
  • Cues 76%
  • Priming 30%
  • Mating Factor 20%
  • Femininity 18%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  171 Downloads (Pure)

• Sociosexuality predicts women’s preferences for symmetry in men’s faces

  Quist, M. C., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., Little, A. C., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C., Dec 2012, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 41, 6, p. 1415–1421 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Symmetry 100%
  • Mate 72%
  • Attraction 23%
  • Physical 22%
  • Cues 22%
  27 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Cues to the sex ratio of the local population influence women’s preferences for facial symmetry

  Watkins, C. D., Jones, B., Little, A., DeBruine, L. & Feinberg, D., 1 Jul 2011.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• Dominant themes

  Watkins, C. D., Jul 2011, In: The Psychologist. 24, 7, p. 550-551 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  3 Citations (Scopus)