Decoding Love (31 page)
Authors: Andrew Trees
hand gestures
men’s oblivion to
oblique signals
smiles
synchrony
variety and frequency of signals
women’s cognizance of
body size
effect of fragrance on perception of
in polygamous species
preferences
brain
habituation to positive feelings
hugs and
Machiavellian intelligence theory
memory
monogamy and
reasoning
responses to infatuation
responses to neutral conversations
sexual differences in physical structure
sexual selection theory
space devoted to sex
See also
intelligence
intelligence
breasts
Brizendine, Louann
Buss, David
on human evolutionary purpose
infidelity rate estimate
on man’s valuation of attractiveness
on women’s valuation of sincerity
cheap sperm-precious egg distinction
cheating.
See
infidelity
See
infidelity
children
abuse by stepparents
couple’s relationship and
daughters, likelihood of having
monogamy and
pair-bonding and
parental investment theory
parents’ degree of kinship and
paternity
sons, likelihood of divorce and
sperm competition and
chimpanzees
duration of coitus
grooming
humans’ similarity to
multiple ejaculations
penis size
social order
testicle size
choice
analysis of preferences
immobilizing effect of
irrevocability of
life choices, potential dating pool and
poor choices
choosiness
attractiveness of
marriage and
men vs. women
parental investment theory
tolerance of annoying habits
Clark, Neil
commitment
feminism and
men’s lies about
perception of attractiveness and
similar sexual past and
value of
communication
conversation turnoffs
decline of
fighting
language and verbal skills
marital therapy techniques
negative emotional expression
overanalysis of
pickup lines
predictors of marital success
voice pitch
See also
body chemistry; body language
body chemistry; body language
competition
among women
female promiscuity and
in polygamous and monogamous societies
Red Queen situations
sperm competition
threat display
See also
sexual selection
sexual selection
consumerism
abundance of choices
bad choices
envy
irrevocable choices
satisficers and maximizers
See also
market theory
market theory
contraceptives
Coolidge effect
creativity
Cresswell, Clio
cryptic female choice
Darwin, Charles
dating.
See
barroom encounters
See
barroom encounters
dating pool
life choices and
for older women
dating sites.
See
Internet dating
See
Internet dating
deception
about sexual past
facial leaks
faked orgasms
in Internet dating
men’s proclivity for
prevalence of
punishment for
self-deception
smiles
social manipulation
women’s cognizance of
women’s vulnerability to
demographic shift in dating pool
Descent of Man
(Darwin)
(Darwin)
desire
following arousal
neurochemical effects
waning of
Devore, Irven
de Waal, Frans
divorce
arranged marriages and
birth of sons and
cohabitation and
dollar equivalent
predictors of
rate of
women’s economic success and
dollar auctions
dopamine
Dowd, Maureen
dowry problem
dress, attractiveness and
durability bias
Ebling, Rachel
economic theory.
See
consumerism; market theory
See
consumerism; market theory
education level preferences
egg/sperm distinction
eHarmony
Ekman, Paul
Ellis, Bruce
Ellis, Mark
emotion
in affairs
attachment after first sexual encounter
brain response
expression of
female orgasm and
in sexual fantasies
envy
erotica and pornography
evolutionary theory.
See
genetic fitness indicators; sexual selection;
specific issues
See
genetic fitness indicators; sexual selection;
specific issues
expectations
of marriage
power of
romantic story line
eye contact
face shape
face-to-face copulation
facial expressions
animation of
leaks revealing deception
similarity of, in married couples
smiles
women’s cognizance of
familiarity effect
fantasies
fat.
See
weight
See
weight
fear, arousal and
Female Brain, The
(Brizendine)
(Brizendine)
female orgasm
female proceptivity
feminism
economic success
education level
life-satisfaction gap
men’s attitudes about
sexual liberation
shrinkage of dating pool
fertility.
See
ovulation
See
ovulation
fidelity.
See
infidelity
See
infidelity
fighting
financial success.
See
wealth
See
wealth
first impressions
Fisher, Helen
fitness indicators.
See
genetic fitness indicators
See
genetic fitness indicators
flirting
framing of context
friends, attraction to
“From Pride and Prejudice to Persuasion” (Todd and Miller)
Game, The
(Strauss)
(Strauss)
game theory
bad behavior
chances of finding ideal mate
competition among women
self-deception
strategies and basic moves
unpredictability
women’s control of monogamous society
Geher, Glenn
General Theory of Love, A
(Lewis)
(Lewis)
genes
codominance
intelligence as heritable trait
MHC genes
promiscuity gene
X and Y chromosomes
See also
sexual selection
sexual selection
genetic fitness indicators
attractiveness
body odor
face shape
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