When social status gets in the way of reproduction in modern settings: An evolutionary mismatch perspective

JC Yong, AJ Lim, NP Li - Culture and Evolution, 2024 - akjournals.com
Low fertility is a growing concern in modern societies. While economic and structural
explanations of reproductive hindrances have been informative to some extent, they do not …

Partner evaluation and selection

NP Li, BKC Choy - The Oxford handbook of evolutionary …, 2023 - books.google.com
Not all mates are equally reproductively fit. As such, it makes sense that humans have
evolved mate preferences to guide the evaluation and selection of partners who offer more …

Tell me what you buy, and I will tell you how you are: Luxurious cars increase perceptions of status, social dominance, and attractiveness

JLG da Silva, TPP Costa, FN Castro - Personality and Individual …, 2024 - Elsevier
Luxury products impact the physical, emotional, and social well-being. This research
investigated the impact of premium products on mating value, social dominance, and social …

Income and Sex Moderate the Association Between Population Density and Reproduction: A Multilevel Analysis of Life History Strategies Across 23 Nations

JC Yong, CH Lim, PK Jonason, AG Thomas - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2024 - Springer
While previous studies guided by evolutionary life history theory have revealed several
important socioecological moderators of the influence of population density (PD) on …

Interactive Effects of Intrasexual Competitiveness, Same-Sex Competition, and Physical Attractiveness on Temporal Discounting

J Yong, A Indra Alam Syah, H Xiao, NP Li - Hualin and Li, Norman P … - papers.ssrn.com
Studies have shown that men discount the future and prefer immediate-but-smaller over
delayed-but-larger rewards when exposed to mating opportunities (eg, attractive opposite …