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Benedict C. Jones

Professor of Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of …
Verified email at strath.ac.uk
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Facial attractiveness: evolutionary based research

AC Little, BC Jones… - … Transactions of the …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Face preferences affect a diverse range of critical social outcomes, from mate choices and
decisions about platonic relationships to hiring decisions and decisions about social …

Partnership status and the temporal context of relationships influence human female preferences for sexual dimorphism in male face shape

AC Little, BC Jones, IS Penton-Voak… - … of the Royal …, 2002 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Secondary sexual characteristics may indicate quality of the immune system and therefore a
preference for masculinity may confer genetic benefits to offspring; however, high …

Facial appearance affects voting decisions

AC Little, RP Burriss, BC Jones, SC Roberts - Evolution and Human …, 2007 - Elsevier
Human groups are unusual among primates in that our leaders are often democratically
selected. Faces affect hiring decisions and could influence voting behavior. Here, we show that …

Manipulations of fundamental and formant frequencies influence the attractiveness of human male voices

DR Feinberg, BC Jones, AC Little, DM Burt, DI Perrett - Animal behaviour, 2005 - Elsevier
In human voices, low fundamental frequency is thought to be a cue to masculinity and
reproductive capability and large vocal tracts are associated with large body size of the speaker. …

Symmetry, sexual dimorphism in facial proportions and male facial attractiveness

IS Penton-Voak, BC Jones, AC Little… - … of the Royal …, 2001 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Facial symmetry has been proposed as a marker of developmental stability that may be
important in human mate choice. Several studies have demonstrated positive relationships …

Facial symmetry and judgements of apparent health: Support for a “good genes” explanation of the attractiveness–symmetry relationship

BC Jones, AC Little, IS Penton-Voak… - Evolution and human …, 2001 - Elsevier
The “good genes” explanation of attractiveness posits that mate preferences favour healthy
individuals due to direct and indirect benefits associated with the selection of a healthy mate. …

Female facial attractiveness increases during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle

…, M Hruskova, AC Little, BC Jones… - … of the Royal …, 2004 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The lack of obvious visible manifestations of ovulation in human females, compared with the
prominent sexual swellings of many primates, has led to the idea that human ovulation is …

Menstrual cycle, trait estrogen level, and masculinity preferences in the human voice

DR Feinberg, BC Jones, MJL Smith, FR Moore… - Hormones and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Men with low testosterone (feminine men) invest in relationships and offspring more than
men with high testosterone (masculine men). Women's attraction to testosterone dependent …

The health of a nation predicts their mate preferences: cross-cultural variation in women's preferences for masculinized male faces

LM DeBruine, BC Jones… - … of the Royal …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent formulations of sexual selection theory emphasize how mate choice can be affected
by environmental factors, such as predation risk and resource quality. Women vary greatly in …

Correlated preferences for facial masculinity and ideal or actual partner's masculinity

LM DeBruine, BC Jones, AC Little… - … of the Royal …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Studies of women's preferences for male faces have variously reported preferences for
masculine faces, preferences for feminine faces and no effect of masculinity–femininity on male …