Christopher Watkins

Research output

Research output per year 2010 2021

• 583 Citations
• 15 h-Index
• 34 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

• 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

  • Testosterone
  • Cues
  • Placebos
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Gels
• 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

  Open Access

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  • Mental Competency
  • Cues
  • Aptitude
  • Intelligence
  • Politics
  154 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
  • Heel
  • Heterosexuality
  • Contextual
  • Shoes
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  104 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

  Open Access

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  • paradigm change
  • human being
  • social attraction
  • evidence
  68 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
  • income
  • mouth
  • attachment behavior
  • poverty
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  224 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

  Open Access

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  • Personality
  • Politics
  • Temperament
  38 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
  • evolutionary biology
  • recommendation
  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
  • life-span
  • symbol
  • sexuality
  • appeal

• 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

  Open Access

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  • Cosmetics
  • Aptitude
  • Social Dominance
  • Color
  • Social Perception
  1021 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
  • beauty
  • social attraction
  • creativity
  • experiment
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  115 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

  Open Access

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  • Body Physical Appearance
  • Cues
  • Health
  • Body Size
  • Costs
  268 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., 1 Jun 2017, In: Cognition. 163, p. 146–154 9 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • social attraction
  • Attractiveness
  • Romantic Relationships
  • Memory
  • Relationship Maintenance
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  101 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
  • Psychometrics

• 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
  • woman
  • loss
  • sexual selection
  • gender differences
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  102 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

  Open Access

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  • mate choice
  • social partnerships
  • Wit and Humor
  • liner
  • Jokes
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  143 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
  • humor
  • social partnership
  • friendship
  • group cohesion

• 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

  Open Access

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  • Trustworthiness
  • Attractiveness
  • Managers
  • Shopfloor
  • Senior Managers
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  969 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
  • sex ratio
  • paradigm
  • interaction

• 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
  • threat
  • resources
  • scarcity of resources
  • specialization
• 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

  Open Access

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  • Context Sensitivity
  • Sex Differences
  • dominance (genetics)
  • gender differences
  • woman
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  218 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

  Open Access

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  • Cues
  • Fraud
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Social Behavior
  • Organizations
  109 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
  • pathogen
  • pathogens
  • mate choice
  • mating behavior
  34 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
  • Adiposity
  • Young Adult
  • Health
  • Sex Characteristics
  35 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
  • Femininity
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Cues
  • Individuality
  19 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
  • woman
  • symmetry
  • gender
  • sexual selection
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  137 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., 2012, In: European Journal of Personality. 26, 1, p. 79–86 8 p.

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

  • Individuality
  • Social Dominance
  • Conflict (Psychology)
  15 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

  Open Access

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  • resource scarcity
  • woman
  • pathogen
  • pathogens
  • effect
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  171 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

  Open Access

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  • cost
  • resource
  • effect
  • gender
  • experiment
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  102 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

• 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
  • Cues
  • Masculinity
  • Individuality
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  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

  Open Access

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  • Social Support
  • Cues
  • Priming
  • Mating Factor
  • Femininity
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  191 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
  • Mate
  • Attraction
  • Physical
  • Cues
  24 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)

• 'Eavesdropping' and perceived male dominance rank in humans

  Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Watkins, C. D. & Feinberg, D. R., Jun 2011, In: Animal Behaviour. 81, 6, p. 1203-1208 6 p.

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

  • learning
  • sexual selection
  • intersexual interaction
  • mating behavior
  • mate choice
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental evidence that women speak in a higher voice pitch to men they find attractive

  Fraccaro, P. J., Jones, B. C., Vukovic, J., Smith, F. G., Watkins, C. D., Feinberg, D. R., Little, A. C. & DeBruine, L. M., Mar 2011, In: Journal of Evolutionary Psychology. 9, 1, p. 57-67 11 p.

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

  • evidence
  • speaking
  42 Citations (Scopus)