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POTENTIAL TOPICS/PAPERS: Unconscious motivation: Buller, D. J. (1999). DeFreuding Evolutionary Psychology: Adaptation and Human Motivation. In Where Biology Meets Psychology: Philosophical Essays (pp. 99-114), Ed. V. G. Hardcastle. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books. Race: Kurzban, R., Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. (2001) Can race be erased? Coalitional computation and social categorization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 15387-15392. Cognitive modules: Gigerenzer, G., & Hug, K. (1992). Domain-specific reasoning: Social contracts, cheating and perspective change. Cognition, 43, 127-171; Sperber, D. & Girotto, V. (2002). Use or misuse of the selection task? Rejoinder to Fiddick, Cosmides, and Tooby, Cognition, 85, 277-290. Food Selection and Preparation: Sherman, P. W. & Hash, G. A. (2001). Why vegetable recipes are not very spicy. Evolution and Human Behavior, 22, 147-163. Suicide: de Catazano, D. (1995). Reproductive Status, Family Interactions, and Suicidal Ideation: Surveys of the General Public and High-Risk Groups. Evolution and Human Behavior, 16, 385-394. Rape: Thornhill, R. & Thornhill, N. W. (1983). Human rape: An evolutionary analysis. Ethology and Sociobiology, 4, 137-173; Jones, O. D. (1999). Sex, culture and the biology of rape: Toward explanation and prevention. California Law Review, 87, 827-942. Thornhill, R. T. & Palmer, C. T. (2000). A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion . MIT Press. [new preface to] Travis, C. B. (ed.) (2003). Evolution, Gender, and Rape. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Palmer, C. T., and Thornhill, R. (2003). A posse of good citizens brings outlaw evolutionists to justice. A response to Evolution, Gender, and Rape. Edited by Cheryl Brown Travis. (2003). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Evolutionary Psychology, 1, 10-27. Post-partum depression: Hagen, E. H. (2002). Depression as bargaining: The case postpartum. Evolution and Human Behavior, 23, 323-336. Risk-Taking: Wilson, M. & Daly, M. (1985). Competitiveness, risk taking, and violence: the young male syndrome, Ethology and Sociobiology, 6, 59-73. Chuansheng, C., Burton, M., Greenberger, E., & Dmitrieva, J. (1999). Population migration and the variation of dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) allele frequencies around the globe, Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 309-324. Sociopathy: Mealey, L. (1995). The sociobiology of sociopathy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18, 523-599. Autism: Frith et al (1991). The cognitive basis of a biological disorder. Trends in Neurosciences, 14, 433-438. Battle of the sexes: Menopause: Hill & Hurtado (1991). The evolution of premature reproductive senescence and menopause in human females. Human Nature, 2, 313-350; Peccei, J. S. (1995). The origin and evolution of menopause: The altriciality-lifespan hypothesis, Evolution and Human Behavior, 16, 425-449; Hawkes et al (1998). Grandmothering, menopause and the evolution of human life histories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95, 1336-1339. Attachment: Chisholm, J. S. (1998). The evolutionary ecology of attachment organization. Human Nature, 7, 1-38. Violence/aggression: Incest: Haig, D. (1999). Asymmetric Relations: Internal Conflicts and the Horror of Incest, Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 83-98. Bevec, I. & Silverman, I. (2000). Early separation and sibling incest: A test of the revised Westermarck theory. Evolution and Human Behavior, 21, 151-161. Lieberman, D., Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. (2003). Does morality have a biological basis? An empirical test of the factors governing moral sentiments relating to incest. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 270, 819-826. Kin recognition: Jealousy: Daly, M., Wilson, M. & Weghorst, S. J. (1982). Male sexual jealousy. Ethology and Sociobiology, 3, 11-27; Geary, D. C. (1995). Sexual jealousy as a facultative trait: Evidence from the pattern of sex differences in adults from China and the United States, Ethology and Sociobiology, 16, 355-383. DeSteno, D, Bartlett, M. Y., Braverman, J. & Salovey, P. (2002). Sex Differences in Jealousy: Evolutionary Mechanism or Artifact of Measurement? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1103-1116. Individual differences: Buss & Greiling (1999). Adaptive individual differences. Journal of Personality. Language: Pinker, S. & Bloom, P. (1992). Natural language and natural selection. In Barkow, J. H., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (Eds.), The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture, Oxford University Press, pp 451-494. Fernald, A. (1992). Human maternal vocalizations to infants as biologically relevant signals: An evolutionary perspective. In Barkow, J. H., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (Eds.), The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture, Oxford University Press, pp 391-428. Dominance and status: Cummins, D. D. (1999). Cheater detection is modified by social rank: The impact of dominance on the evolution of cognitive functions, Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 229-248; Mealey, L. et al (1996). Enhanced memory for the faces of cheaters. Ethology and Sociobiology, 17, 119-128. Self deception: Lockard, J. L. & Paulhus, D. L. (1988). Self-deception: An adaptive mechanism? Prentice Hall: NJ. Fears and phobias: Anxiety: Marks, I. M. & Nesse, R. M. (1994). Fear and fitness: An evolutionary analysis. Ethology and Sociobiology, 15, 247-261. Reciprocity: Physical attractiveness: Gangestad, S. et al (1994). Facial attractiveness, developmental stability and fluctuating asymmetry. Ethology and Sociobiology, 15, 73-85. Morning sickness: Flaxman, S. M. & Sherman, P. W. (2002). Is morning sickness maladaptive? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17, 359. Concealed ovulation: Benshoof, L. & Thornhill, R. (1979). Evolution of monogamy and concealed ovulation in humans. Journal of Social Biology and Structure, 2, 95-106. Strassman, B. I. (1981). Sexual selection, parental care and concealed ovulation in humans. Ethology and Sociobiology, 2, 31-40. Homosexuality: R. C. Kirkpatrick et al. (2000). The Evolution of human homosexual behavior. Current Anthropology, 41, 385-413; Bailey, J. M. et al (2000). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sexual Orientation and Its Correlates in an Australian Twin Sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 524-536. Paternal confidence: Gaulin, S. J. C. & Schlegel, A. (1980). Paternity confidence and paternal investment: a cross-cultural test of a sociobiological hypothesis. Ethology and Sociobiology, 1, 301-309. Mate choice: Emotional Expression: Brown, W. M., Palameta, B. and Moore, C. (2003). Are there nonverbal cues to commitment? An exploratory study using the zero-acquaintance video presentation paradigm. Evolutionary Psychology, 1, 42-69. Homicide: Daly, M. & Wilson, M. (1989). Homicide and cultural evolution. Ethology and Sociobiology, 10, 99-110.