Evolutionary psychology
Branch of psychology
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| 2024 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Sabuncuoglu reported 9 additional cases at the IACAPAP Congress in Rio de Janeiro, further developing the Prenatal Thyroid Model of Homosexuality.
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| October 2021 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Research paper reported genetic factors influencing same-sex sexual behavior, identifying two genetic loci (FMR1NB and ZNF536) associated with male sexual orientation in Han Chinese populations.
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| 2020 |
Sexual selection in humans
A research study was conducted exploring women's attraction preferences, finding that women tend to view a man as more attractive if his previous relationships ended mutually, and less attractive if he was dumped by previous partners.
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| August 2019 |
Biology and sexual orientation
A genome-wide association study of 493,001 individuals concluded that hundreds of genetic variants contribute to homosexual behavior, with 5 variants significantly associated and capturing 8-25% of variation in same-sex sexual behavior.
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| 2018 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Sabuncuoglu presented a second group of young children with the thyroid-related pattern at the IACAPAP Congress in Prague.
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| 2018 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Ganna et al. conducted a genome-wide association study on sexual orientation with data from 26,890 people, identifying four genetic variants on chromosomes 7, 11, 12, and 15 associated with same-sex experiences.
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| 2018 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Archives of Sexual Behavior published a study on Java, Indonesia, comparing avuncular tendencies between heterosexual and homosexual men.
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| 2018 | A research paper argued that Attachment theory represents a Western middle-class perspective, overlooking diverse caregiving practices in most of the world. |
| 2018 |
Media naturalness theory
DeClerck and Holtzman argue that experienced users can accurately convey messages through digital communication, challenging the need for visual and auditory cues.
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| 2018 | A comprehensive review was conducted that did not support the theory of women changing their type of male partner preference during different stages of their fertility cycle. |
| 2017 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Scientific Reports published a genome-wide association study identifying the SLITRK6 gene on chromosome 13 and variations in the thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) related to male sexual orientation.
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| 2017 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Evolutionary Psychological Science published a logistic regression analysis of World Values Survey data from 17,295 female subjects across 58 countries regarding attitudes toward homosexuality.
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| 2016 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Journal of Sex Research published a study across Italy, Spain, and Thailand examining kin altruism among homosexual and heterosexual subjects.
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| 2016 | A Psychological Bulletin article proposed that attachment could largely be due to heredity, calling for research focus on nonshared environmental effects using behavioral genetic designs. |
| 2016 |
Media naturalness theory
Lisiecka et al. publish research suggesting that computer-mediated communication has become as natural and intuitive as face-to-face contacts.
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| 2015 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Osman Sabuncuoglu first presented a report of 12 cases linking maternal thyroid diseases to same-sex attraction/gender dysphoria at the EPA Congress in Vienna, and published a corresponding article in the same year.
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| 2014 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Journal of Cognition and Culture published a study on Canadian homosexual men's altruistic tendencies toward kin and non-kin children.
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| 2014 | Two meta-analyses were published with opposing conclusions about the ovulatory shift hypothesis, examining whether women's mate preferences change across their fertility cycle. |
| 2013 | A study from Utah State suggested that individuals can have different attachment styles with different people and that parents' time away from their child is not a significant predictor of attachment. |
| 2012 |
Biology and sexual orientation
First large, comprehensive multi-center genetic linkage study of male sexual orientation reported at the American Society of Human Genetics, analyzing 409 pairs of gay brothers with over 300,000 genetic markers.
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| 2011 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Vasey and VanderLaan published research on homosexual Japanese men, finding no evidence of elevated avuncular tendencies.
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| 2011 |
Media naturalness theory
Kock and Garza conduct a study comparing online and in-person learning experiences, finding that online students perform statistically as well as in-person students.
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| 2010 |
Biology and sexual orientation
Vasey and VanderLaan published findings showing fa'afafine were significantly more willing to help kin but less interested in helping non-family children.
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| 2010 | A study in the Journal of Personality examined twins in Italy using the ACE Model, finding that shared environment was irrelevant in explaining adult attachment styles, with attachment-related anxiety and avoidance instead explained by genetics and unshared environmental factors. |
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