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Publications
Gangestad, S. G., Haselton, M. G., & Buss, D. M. (in press). Toward an integrative understanding of evoked and transmitted culture: The importance of specialized psychological design. Psychological Inquiry.
Haselton, M. G. (in press). Error management theory. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M.G. & Ketelaar, T. (in press). Irrational emotions or emotional wisdom? The evolutionary psychology of emotions and behavior. In J. P. Forgas (Ed.), Hearts and minds: Affective influences on social cognition and behavior. New York: Psychology Press. [PDF Format]
von Hippel, W. & Haselton, M. G. (in press). Kin selection. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [PDF Format]
von Hippel, W., Haselton, M. G., Forgas, J. P. (in press). Evolutionary psychology and social thinking: History, issues, and prospects. In J. P. Forgas, M. G. Haselton, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Evolutionary psychology and social cognition. New York: Psychology Press. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G., Mortezaie, M., Pillsworth, E. G., Bleske-Recheck, A. E., & Frederick, D. A. (2007). Ovulation and human female ornamentation: Near ovulation, women dress to impress. Hormones and Behavior, 51, 40-45. [PDF Format]
Pillsworth, E. G. & Haselton, M. G. (2006). Women’s sexual strategies: The evolution of long-term bonds and extra-pair sex. Annual Review of Sex Research, 17, 59-100. [PDF Format]
Barrett, H. C., Frederick, D. A., Haselton, M. G., & Kurzban, R. (2006). Can manipulations of cognitive load be used to test evolutionary hypotheses? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91(3), 513-518. [PDF Format]
Gangestad, S. G., Haselton, M. G., & Buss, D. M. (2006). Evolutionary foundations of cultural variation: Evoked culture and mate preferences. Target Article: Psychological Inquiry, 17(2), 75-95. [PDF Format]
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Haselton, M. G. & Gangestad, S. W. (2006). Conditional expression of women’s desires and men’s mate guarding across the ovulatory cycle. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 509-518. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G. & Miller, G. F. (2006). Women’s fertility across the cycle increases the short-term attractiveness of creative intelligence compared to wealth. Human Nature, 17, 50-73. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G. & Nettle, D. (2006). The paranoid optimist: An integrative evolutionary model of cognitive biases. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10(1), 47-66. [PDF Format]
Kurzban, R. & Haselton, M. G. (2006). Making hay out of straw: Real and imagined debates in evolutionary psychology. In J. Barkow (Ed.), Missing the revolution: Evolutionary perspectives on culture and society. New York: Oxford University Press. [PDF Format]
Pillsworth, E. G. & Haselton, M. G. (2006). Male sexual attractiveness predicts differential ovulatory shifts in female extra-pair attraction and male mate retention. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27, 247-258. [PDF Format]
Buss, D. M. & Haselton, M. G. (2005). The evolution of jealousy: A response to Buller. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9(11). 506-507. [PDF Format]
Frederick, D. A., Fessler, D. M. T., & Haselton, M. G. (2005). Do representations of male muscularity differ in men's and women's magazines? Body Image, 2, 81-86. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G., Buss, D. M., Oubaid, V. & Angleitner, A. (2005). Sex, lies, and strategic interference: The psychology of deception between the sexes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 3-23. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G., Nettle, D. & Andrews, P.W. (2005). The evolution of cognitive bias. In D. M. Buss (Ed.), Handbook of evolutionary psychology (pp. 724-746). Hoboken: Wiley.
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Pillsworth, E. G. & Haselton, M. G. (2005). The evolution of coupling. Psychological Inquiry, 16, 98-104. [PDF Format]
Pillsworth, E. G., Haselton, M. G., & Buss, D. M. (2004). Ovulatory shifts in female sexual desire. The Journal of Sex Research, 41, 55-65. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G. (2003). The sexual overperception bias: Evidence of a systematic bias in men from a survey of naturally occurring events. Journal of Research in Personality, 37, 43-47. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G. & Buss, D. M. (2003). Biases in social judgment: Design flaws or design features? In J. Forgas, K. Williams, & B. von Hippel (Eds.), Responding to the social world: Implicit and explicit processes in social judgments and decisions. New York, NY: Cambridge. [PDF Format]
Haselton, M. G. & Buss, D. M. (2001). Emotional reactions following first-time sexual intercourse: The affective shift hypothesis. Personal Relationships, 8, 357-369. [PDF Format]
Haselton M. G. & Buss, D. M. (2000). Error management theory: A new perspective on biases in cross-sex mind reading. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 81-91. [PDF Format]
Buss, D. M., Haselton, M. G., Shackelford, T. K., Bleske, A. L. & Wakefield, J. (1999). Interactionism, flexibility, and inferences about the Past. American Psychologist, 54, 443-445.
Buss, D. M., Haselton, M. G., Shackelford, T. K., Bleske, A. L. & Wakefield, J. (1998). Adaptations, exaptations, & spandrels. American Psychologist, 53, 533-548.
Derks, P. L., Staley, R. E., & Haselton, M. G. (1998). "Sense" of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise? In Ruch, W. (Ed.), "Sense of humor": Explorations of a personality characteristic. Mouton de Gruyter, Germany.
Popular Press Articles, Reprinted Articles, Book Reviews, Commentaries, and Newsletter Articles
Haselton, M. G. (2006). How to pick a perfect mate. New Scientist, 190, 36-37.
- Reprinted as Haselton, M. G., (2006, May 28). Sexual attraction: the magic formula. The Sunday Times (London).
Reprinted as Haselton, M. G. (2006, June 1). Secrets of sexual attraction: Science finds the surprising truths about dating. New York Post
Haselton, M. G. (2004). The sexual overperception bias: Evidence of a systematic bias in men from a survey of naturally occurring events. In D. C. Funder & D. J. Ozer (Eds.), Pieces of the personality puzzle (pp. 183-191). New York: Norton. [Reprinted from Journal of Research in Personality, 37, 43-47].
Haselton M. G. & Buss, D. M. (2004). Error management theory: A new perspective on biases in cross-sex mind reading. In D. T. Kenrick, (Ed.) The functional mind: Readings in evolutionary psychology. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon [Reprinted from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 81-91.]
Buss, D. M., Haselton, M. G., Shackelford, T. K., Bleske, A. L., & Wakefield, J. C. (2003). Adaptations, exaptations, and spandrels. In D. Levitin (Ed.), Thinking about thinking. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press [Reprinted from American Psychologist, 53, 533-548].
DeKay, W.T., Haselton, M. G., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2000). Reversing figure and ground in the rationality debate. Commentary on Stanovich & West (2000) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 670-671.
Shackelford, T. K. & Haselton, M. G. (1997). Evolutionary psychiatry: A new beginning. Review of Evolutionary psychiatry by A. Stevens & J. Price. Politics and the Life Sciences, 2, 25-27.
Kirkpatrick, L. A. & Haselton, M. G. (1996). What is (and isn’t) evolutionary psychology? International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships Bulletin, 13, 4-8.
Forthcoming Book
Forgas, J. P., Haselton, M. G., & von Hippel, W. (Eds.) (in press). Evolutionary psychology and social cognition. New York: Psychology Press. List of contributors and abstracts.