Christopher Watkins – Research Output

2019

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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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Aptitude

Motivation

Kissing

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

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

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., 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

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

sexuality

appeal

symbol

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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

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Aptitude

Cosmetics

Social Dominance

Color

Social Perception

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

5 Citations (Scopus)

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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. 11 p., 160955.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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beauty

social attraction

creativity

experiment

union and employers' representatives

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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

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Cues

Health

Body Size

Costs

Body Physical Appearance

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

Psychometrics

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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., Jun 2017, In : Cognition. 163, p. 146–154 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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social attraction

trend

Cues

Attractiveness

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

2 Citations (Scopus)

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

Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C., 5 Oct 2016, In : Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70, 12, p. 2071-2079 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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gender differences

sexual selection

social conflict

prediction

resource

3 Citations (Scopus)

39 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

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social partnerships

mate choice

Wit and Humor

liner

cohesion

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

Wit and Humor

Surgical Instruments

Cues

Research

12 Citations (Scopus)

204 Downloads (Pure)

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

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

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Attractiveness

Trustworthiness

Managers

Senior managers

Shopfloor

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

Sex Characteristics

Cues

Smiling

Sex Ratio

Interpersonal Relations

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, 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

social attraction

threat

resources

scarcity of resources

specialization

2013

8 Citations (Scopus)

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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

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gender differences

Sex Characteristics

dominance (genetics)

safety

Cues

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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

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Cues

Fraud

Costs and Cost Analysis

Social Behavior

Organizations

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

26 Citations (Scopus)

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

pathogen

pathogens

mate choice

mating behavior

woman

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

Adiposity

Women's Health

Young Adult

Health

Sex Characteristics

15 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

Femininity

Cues

Hydrocortisone

Individuality

Sex Characteristics

2012

22 Citations (Scopus)

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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

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sex ratio

symmetry

gender

sexual selection

population growth

15 Citations (Scopus)

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

Individuality

Social Dominance

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

14 Citations (Scopus)

33 Downloads (Pure)

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

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resource scarcity

pathogen

pathogens

violence

effect

15 Citations (Scopus)

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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

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cost

resource

gender

experiment

effect

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

4 Citations (Scopus)

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

Men's Health

Cues

Masculine

Ambition

Masculinity

4 Citations (Scopus)

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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

Open Access

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Social Support

Cues

Mating Factor

Femininity

Menstrual Cycle

19 Citations (Scopus)

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

Cues

Men's Health

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Symmetry

Heterosexuality

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

3 Citations (Scopus)

Dominant themes

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

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

9 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

learning

sexual selection

mating behavior

intersexual interaction

mate choice

31 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

18 Citations (Scopus)

Facial masculinity is a cue to women’s dominance

Quist, M. C., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C., May 2011, In : Personality and Individual Differences. 50, 7, p. 1089-1093 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Masculinity

Cues

Color

Facial masculinity is a cue to women’s dominance

Quist, M. C., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C., 3 Jul 2011, p. 170. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

Facial masculinity is a cue to women’s dominance

Quist, M. C., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C., 26 Mar 2011, p. 105. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

17 Citations (Scopus)

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Like father, like self: emotional closeness to father predicts women's preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex faces

Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Smith, F. G., Jones, B. C., Vukovic, J. & Fraccaro, P. J., Jan 2011, In : Evolution and Human Behavior. 32, 1, p. 70-75 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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fathers

imprinting

Fathers

phenotype

gender

Like father, like self: emotional closeness to father, but not mother, predicts women’s preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex, but not same-sex, faces

Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Smith, F. G., Jones, B. C., Vukovic, J. & Fraccaro, P. J., 26 Mar 2011, p. 101. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

24 Citations (Scopus)

13 Downloads (Pure)

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., 12 Jul 2011, In : PNAS. 108, 28, p. 11710–11714. 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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Siblings

Cues

Inbreeding

Social Behavior

Avoidance Learning