Christopher Watkins

Research output

Research output per year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2018 2022

• 37 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., 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 39, 7, p. 2134-2153 20 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Emotions 100%
  • Attachment Style 36%
  • Men 36%
  • Sex 27%
  • Romantic Relationship 18%
  60 Downloads (Pure)

• The great porn experiment V2.0: sexual arousal reduces the salience of familiar women when heterosexual men judge their attractiveness

  Sculley, J. & Watkins, C. D., 1 Aug 2022, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 51, 6, p. 3071-3082 12 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Man 100%
  • Woman 87%
  • Women 75%
  • Preference 75%
  • Men 62%
  7 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

  Open Access

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  • Dominance 100%
  • Man 90%
  • Testosterone 70%
  • Male 30%
  • Placebo 30%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  60 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

  Open Access

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  • Experiments 100%
  • Face 100%
  • Familiarity 60%
  • Novels 60%
  • Sex Differences 60%
  24 Downloads (Pure)
• 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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  • Preference 100%
  • Knowledge 60%
  • Dominance 60%
  • Competence 30%
  • Group Membership 30%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  92 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

  Open Access

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  • Woman 100%
  • Heel 75%
  • Preference 25%
  • Women 25%
  • Priming 25%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  106 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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  • Novels 100%
  • Men 75%
  • Sexual Motivation 75%
  • Coolidge 75%
  • Online Dating 75%
  79 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

  • Reference Materials 100%
  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

  Open Access

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  • Inequality 100%
  • Health 37%
  • Poverty 37%
  • Income 37%
  • Romantic Relationship 25%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  101 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%
  • Personality Trait 100%
  • Politics 50%
  • Lawyer 50%
  • Measure 50%
  43 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

  • Alliances 100%
  • Politics 66%
  • Research 66%
  • Legal Decision 66%
  • Species 66%
  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

  • Woman 100%
  • Heel 54%
  • Women 40%
  • Preference 18%
  • Priming 18%

• 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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  • Ethnic Groups 100%
  • Ethnicity 100%
  • Woman 100%
  • Perception 83%
  • Leadership 83%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  1268 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

  Open Access

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  • Physical Attractiveness 100%
  • Knowledge 100%
  • Face 100%
  • Groups 25%
  • Benefits 25%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  90 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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  • Woman 100%
  • Association 80%
  • Women 60%
  • Size 50%
  • Preference 40%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  203 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

  • Quality 100%
  • Woman 100%
  • Memory 83%
  • Women 83%
  • Men 66%

• 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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  • Face 100%
  • Woman 88%
  • Romantic Relationship 88%
  • Quality 77%
  • Memory 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  160 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

  Open Access

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  • Preference 100%
  • Competition 33%
  • Support 22%
  • Experience 22%
  • Alliances 22%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  81 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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  • Men 100%
  • Dominance 100%
  • Preference 80%
  • Social Partnership 40%
  • Friendships 40%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  107 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

  • Dominance 100%
  • Friendships 40%
  • Preference 40%
  • Judgement 40%
  • Friendship Choice 40%

• 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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  • Managers 100%
  • Attractiveness 57%
  • Trustworthiness 42%
  • Senior Manager 42%
  • Dominance 42%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

  1077 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

  • Dominance 100%
  • Perception 66%
  • Men 66%
  • Competition 66%
  • Women 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

  • Resource Scarcity 100%
  • Priming 50%
  • Men 41%
  • Dominance 33%
  • Perception 25%
• 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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  • Dominance 100%
  • Perception 75%
  • Competition 75%
  • Men 37%
  • Women 25%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  156 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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  • Explanation 100%
  • Social Behavior 100%
  • Resources 100%
  • Process Security 66%
  • Information 66%
  60 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

  • Preference 100%
  • Disgust 100%
  • Individual Differences 83%
  • Women 75%
  • Woman 75%
  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

  • Obesity 100%
  • Health 100%
  • Information 60%
  • Young Adult 40%
  • Woman 40%
  40 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

  • Preference 100%
  • Individual Differences 60%
  • Disgust 40%
  • Femininity 30%
  • Salivary Cortisol 20%
  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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  • Preference 100%
  • Association 42%
  • Sex Ratio 35%
  • Sex 35%
  • Woman 21%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  152 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

  • Individual Differences 100%
  • Dominance 75%
  • Women 37%
  • Perception 31%
  • Measure 18%
  18 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 100%
  • Priming 50%
  • Men 41%
  • Dominance 33%
  • Perception 25%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  242 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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  • Dominance 100%
  • Men 77%
  • Priming 66%
  • Perception 55%
  • Competition 44%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  81 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

  • Preference 100%
  • Woman 47%
  • Individual Differences 19%
  • Women 14%
  • Man 14%
  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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  • Preference 100%
  • Social Support 76%
  • Individual Differences 19%
  • Priming 19%
  • Women 19%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  193 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

  • Preference 100%
  • Women 42%
  • Men 23%
  • Individual Differences 14%
  • Face 14%
  28 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