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| Karl GrammerSummaryAffiliation: University of Vienna Country: Austria Publications
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Dynamic systems and inferential information processing in human communicationKarl Grammer
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology, Vienna, Austria
Neuro Endocrinol Lett 23:15-22. 2002....- Darwinian aesthetics: sexual selection and the biology of beautyKarl Grammer
Ludwig-Boltzmann-lnstitute for Urban Ethology, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 78:385-407. 2003..These findings have implications for medical, social and biological sciences... - Patterns and universals of mate poaching across 53 nations: the effects of sex, culture, and personality on romantically attracting another person's partnerDavid P Schmitt
Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 86:560-84. 2004..The authors conclude that human mate-poaching experiences are universally linked to sex, culture, and the robust influence of personal dispositions... - Disco clothing, female sexual motivation, and relationship status: is she dressed to impress?Karl Grammer
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
J Sex Res 41:66-74. 2004..Significant differences were not found, however, for clothing choice across the partnership-status groups... - Human pheromones and sexual attractionKarl Grammer
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology, c o Institute of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 118:135-42. 2005..In this article we review the present evidence of the effect of human pheromones and discuss the role of olfactory cues in human sexual behaviour... - Physical attractiveness and health: comment on Weeden and Sabini (2005)Karl Grammer
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Psychol Bull 131:658-61. 2005..The authors suggest that future research in this field should seek conceptual and methodological constancy in trait selection and in the evaluation of attractiveness- and health-related traits... - The representation of self reported affect in body posture and body posture simulationKarl Grammer
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology, Vienna, Austria
Coll Antropol 28:159-73. 2004..50 different subjects rated the reconstructed postures from the positive and negative end of the regression. We found the ratings to be valid and accurate in respect to the five factors... 
Immune reactivity and attractivenessElisabeth Oberzaucher
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria elisabeth oberzaucher univie ac at
Gerontology 56:521-4. 2010..We argue that human preferences and mate choice criteria have evolved in coevolution with parasites, and that the current parasite load modulates our decision making...- Ageing, mate preferences and sexuality: a mini-reviewElisabeth Oberzaucher
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology, Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Gerontology 55:371-8. 2009..With increasing age, reproduction loses importance, while pair bonding functions remain relevant. Therefore, sexuality never ceases to be part of a relationship... - Laying eyes on headlights: eye movements suggest facial features in carsSonja Windhager
Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Coll Antropol 34:1075-80. 2010..This response to abstract configurations is interpreted as an adaptive bias of the respective inherent mechanism for face perception and is evolutionarily reasonable with regard to a "better safe than sorry" strategy... - Amygdala activation at 3T in response to human and avatar facial expressions of emotionsEwald Moser
MR Centre of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
J Neurosci Methods 161:126-33. 2007..However, the finding of differences between human and avatar faces in face-sensitive regions indicates the presence of mechanisms by which human brains can differentiate between them. This mechanism merits further investigation... - Monthly patterns of testosterone and behavior in prospective fathersKatharina Hirschenhauser
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Unidade de Investigação em Eco etologia, Lisbon, Portugal
Horm Behav 42:172-81. 2002.... 
Individual and gender fingerprints in human body odourDustin J Penn
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1160 Vienna, Austria
J R Soc Interface 4:331-40. 2007....- Application of dissimilarity indices, principal coordinates analysis, and rank tests to peak tables in metabolomics of the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of human sweatYun Xu
Centre for Chemometrics, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
Anal Chem 79:5633-41. 2007.... - Color homogeneity and visual perception of age, health, and attractiveness of female facial skinPaul J Matts
P and G Beauty, Egham, United Kingdom
J Am Acad Dermatol 57:977-84. 2007..Evolutionary psychology suggests that skin signals aspects of mate value, yet only limited empirical evidence exists for this assertion... - Visual attention to variation in female facial skin color distributionBernhard Fink
Department of Sociobiology Anthropology, Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
J Cosmet Dermatol 7:155-61. 2008..Recent research has shown that people are sensitive to variation in skin color distribution, and such variation affects visual perception of female facial attractiveness, healthiness, and age... - Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islandsDavid P Schmitt
Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 85:85-104. 2003..Among contemporary theories of human mating, pluralistic approaches that hypothesize sex differences in the evolved design of short-term mating provide the most compelling account of these robust empirical findings... - Second to fourth digit ratio and face shapeBernhard Fink
Department for Sociobiology Anthropology, Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Gottingen, Berliner Strasse 28, D 37073 Götingen, Germany
Proc Biol Sci 272:1995-2001. 2005....