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| Saul L MillerSummaryAffiliation: Florida State University Country: USA Publications
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Ovulation as a male mating prime: subtle signs of women's fertility influence men's mating cognition and behaviorSaul L Miller
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 100:295-308. 2011..Implications for theories of goal pursuit, romantic attraction, and evolutionary psychology are discussed...
Self-protective biases in group categorization: threat cues shape the psychological boundary between "us" and "them"Saul L Miller
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 99:62-77. 2010..outgroup. Findings support a threat-based framework for intergroup psychology...
Scent of a woman: men's testosterone responses to olfactory ovulation cuesSaul L Miller
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
Psychol Sci 21:276-83. 2010..Hence, olfactory cues signaling women's levels of reproductive fertility were associated with specific endocrinological responses in men--responses that have been linked to sexual behavior and the initiation of romantic courtship...
The basis of shooter biases: beyond cultural stereotypesSaul L Miller
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 38:1358-66. 2012..Implications for the roles of both group membership and cultural stereotypes in shaping decisions to shoot are discussed...
The endocrinology of exclusion: rejection elicits motivationally tuned changes in progesteroneJon K Maner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
Psychol Sci 21:581-8. 2010..These findings provide new insight into the immediate biological changes precipitated by social exclusion--changes that could initiate a range of motivated social responses...
Motivated social categorization: fundamental motives enhance people's sensitivity to basic social categoriesJon K Maner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 103:70-83. 2012..Social categorization is guided by fundamental evolved motives designed to enhance adaptive social outcomes...
Overperceiving disease cues: the basic cognition of the behavioral immune systemSaul L Miller
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 102:1198-213. 2012..The present research provides insight into the basic cognitive mechanisms underlying the operation of the behavioral immune system...
Intrasexual vigilance: the implicit cognition of romantic rivalryJon K Maner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 97:74-87. 2009..At a broader conceptual level, this research illustrates the utility of integrating social cognitive and evolutionary approaches to psychological science...
Submitting to defeat: social anxiety, dominance threat, and decrements in testosteroneJon K Maner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
Psychol Sci 19:764-8. 2008..This research provides novel insight into the nature and consequences of social anxiety, and also illustrates the utility of integrating social psychological theory with endocrinological approaches to psychological science...
Can't take my eyes off you: Attentional adhesion to mates and rivalsJon K Maner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 93:389-401. 2007..Findings are consistent with a functionalist approach to motivation and social cognition and highlight the utility of integrating evolutionary and social cognitive perspectives...
Sick body, vigilant mind: the biological immune system activates the behavioral immune systemSaul L Miller
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
Psychol Sci 22:1467-71. 2011..These findings shed light on the interactive nature of biological and psychological mechanisms designed to help people overcome the threat of disease...
