Christopher D. Watkins

Abertay University — United Kingdom

Psychology · Social Sciences

20h-index1.3kcitations92works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior(63), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification(24), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment(19), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation(12), Social and Intergroup Psychology(11)

Publications92 total

Proclivity for sexual fantasy accounts for differences in the perceived components of a ‘good kiss’
Sexual & Relationship Therapy·2025
Mate assessment based on physical characteristics: a review and reflection
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
A Systematic Examination of Actor and Trainee Interviewer Behaviour during Joint Investigative Interviewing Training
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
The Great Porn Experiment V2.0: Sexual Arousal Reduces the Salience of Familiar Women When Heterosexual Men Judge Their Attractiveness
Archives of Sexual Behavior·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Men say “I love you” before women do: Robust across several countries
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Having options alters the attractiveness of familiar versus novel faces: Sex differences and similarities
Computers in Human Behavior·2021· 4 cited
John Maynard Smith
2021
Personality, Gender, and Culture
2021
Kissing
2021
Vocal Indicators of Dominance
2021· 1 cited
Exogenous testosterone decreases men's sensitivity to vocal cues of male dominance
Hormones and Behavior·2020· 6 cited
Social Transmission of Leadership Preference: Knowledge of Group Membership and Partisan Media Reporting Moderates Perceptions of Leadership Ability From Facial Cues to Competence and Dominance
Frontiers in Psychology·2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Using Sexual Selection Theories to Examine Contextual Variation in Heterosexual Women’s Orientation Toward High Heels
Archives of Sexual Behavior·2019· 10 citedOpen Access
Social transmission of leadership preference: Examining effects of partisan media information on preferences for facial cues to dominance and competence in leaders
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)·2019
National income inequality predicts cultural variation in mouth to mouth kissing
Scientific Reports·2019· 20 citedOpen Access
Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women
2019
John Maynard Smith
2019
Kissing
2019
Do national health and wealth predict attitudes toward, and use of mouth-to-mouth kissing in romantic relationships?
2018
The coolidge effect and online dating: primed choice of both potential dates and resources directly reduces the attractiveness of familiar faces (SFA)
2018
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Frequent Co-authors

Benedict C. Jones(23), Lisa M. DeBruine(20), Anthony C. Little(14), David R. Feinberg(11), Finlay G. Smith(7), Paul J. Fraccaro(6), Michelle C. Quist(5), Stephen R. Marenka(4), Lisa L. M. Welling(3), Jovana Vukovic(2), Emad A. S. Al‐Dujaili(2), Corey L. Fincher(2), S. Craig Roberts(2), Juan David Leongómez(2), Jeanne Bovet(2), Agnieszka Żelaźniewicz(2), Marco Antônio Corrêa Varella(2), Ana María Fernández(2), Danielle Wagstaff(2), Dengke Xiao(2)