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- August 30, 2016
- 05:48 PM
- 179 views
How to Live a Life with More Positive Than Negative Feelings?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Decision-making is the cognitive process of choosing a preferred option from among a set of options (Wilson and Keil 2001). Decision-making is present through every aspect of life, and making good decisions for every important occasion during lifetime is a human being’s constant endeavor (Garnham 2016). Historically, religion and philosophy have been the only domains […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F., & Arantes, J. (2016) How to Live a Life with More Positive Than Negative Feelings? A Review of Menelaos Apostolou, Feeling Good: An Evolutionary Perspective on Life Choices. Evolutionary Psychological Science. DOI: 10.1007/s40806-016-0069-1
- May 24, 2016
- 06:22 PM
- 331 views
Does ecology affect human behavior? Book Review
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
In their book The Parasite-Stress Theory of Values and Sociality, Randy Thornhill, Distinguished Professor at The University of New Mexico, and Corey L. Fincher, Assistant Professor at University of Warwick, present a new interpretation of human values and cultural behaviors, on the basis of ecological variations in parasite-stress prevalence across and within nations. Before delineating […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F. (2016) The Parasite-Stress Theory of Values and Sociality, Infectious Disease, History and Human Values Worldwide (Book Review). Canadian Studies in Population, 43(1-2), 155-157. info:/
- May 6, 2016
- 10:04 AM
- 291 views
Book Review: Curating Biocultural Collections
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Curating Biocultural Collections: A Handbook is edited by Margaret Jan Salick, Katie Konchar, and Mark Nesbitt, and the volume’s contributors are practicing researchers and experts in biocultural curating. The editors of this volume argue that many specimen and biocultural collections—which are repositories for plants and animals used by people, products made from them, and the […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi. (2016) Curating Biocultural Collections: A Handbook (Salick, Konchar and Nesbitt, eds.). Museum Anthropology Review, 10(2). info:/
- April 29, 2016
- 11:32 AM
- 428 views
Cuckoldary is rare in humans!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Human behavioral scientists argue that extra-pair copulation is adaptive in human females, as through extra-pair copulation, women can acquire good genes from other potential mates. This is suggested because it is found that women experience greater sexual attraction to particular extra-pair men, but not their own partners, during their highest peak of fertility (Gangestad & […]... Read more »
Gangestad, S., & Thornhill, R. (2008) Human oestrus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1638), 991-1000. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1425
Greeff, J., & Erasmus, J. (2015) Three hundred years of low non-paternity in a human population. Heredity, 115(5), 396-404. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2015.36
Larmuseau MH, Matthijs K, & Wenseleers T. (2016) Cuckolded Fathers Rare in Human Populations. Trends in ecology , 31(5), 327-9. PMID: 27107336
- April 24, 2016
- 11:47 AM
- 434 views
Mate Retention Tactics Decline with Age of Men
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Physical attractiveness influences mate selection across cultures, and youthfulness of women is associated with their future reproductive value and fertility. Men attribute importance to youthful features in females such as large eyes, small nose, higher pitched voice, and full lips and perceive these neotenous features as attractive. More feminine women report more frequently being guarded […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F., Jahromi, A., & Doyle, J. (2016) Mate Retention Tactics Decline with Age of Iranian Men. Evolutionary Psychological Science. DOI: 10.1007/s40806-016-0046-8
- February 12, 2015
- 04:28 AM
- 100 views
Book Review: The Family: A World History
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Mary Jo Maynes, Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, and Ann Waltner, Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, briefly explore the notion of family across the ages in their concise book, The Family: A World History. Rather than tell the rise and fall of empires, […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi. (2015) Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner. 2012. The Family: A World History. World History Connected , 12(1). info:/
- February 12, 2015
- 04:16 AM
- 759 views
How the brain got language: The mirror system hypothesis
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Language is a unique feature of human beings. In addition to having the ability to use language, humans can conjecture about language consciously and even create realistic constructed languages from scratch. In How the brain got language, Michael A. Arbib, whose work has been influential in shaping the field of computational neuroscience, addresses the title […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi. (2014) How the brain got language: The mirror system hypothesis (review). The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique , 59(3). info:/
- October 5, 2014
- 01:18 AM
- 536 views
Book Review: Listen, Here is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
When you look in the news for the Central African Republic you encounter stories about rebels, terror, civil war, murder, and bloodshed. But what are the other aspects of life in the region that no news agency covers? A journey to the center of the African rainforest reveals what happens and has been happening for […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi. (2014) Book Review: Listen, Here is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin. African Studies Quarterly, 14(4), 97-98. info:/
- October 5, 2014
- 12:50 AM
- 420 views
Book Review: Secret Chambers: The Insider Story of Cells and Complex Life
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
If Martin Brasier didn’t want to pick science as his occupation, certainly he should have chosen to be a novelist, instead! Professor Martin Brasier who is a palaeobiologist at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, in his book Secret Chambers: The Inside Story of Cells and Complex Life, takes us on a journey […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F. (2014) Secret Chambers: The Insider Story of Cells and Complex Life. Ethnobiology Letters, 91. DOI: 10.14237/ebl.5.2014.237
- July 18, 2014
- 03:06 AM
- 405 views
Book Review: Visual Experience: Sensation, Cognition and Constancy
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Mankind has always been interested in the way people perceive the world and this has become one of its main concerns reflected in the fact that early explanations for visual perception date back to ancient Greece. Studies of visual perception were pursued merely in the field of philosophy until the 20th century, when psychologists, and […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F. (2014) Visual Experience: Sensation, Cognition and Constancy. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 10(1), 204-207. DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v10i1.731
- July 18, 2014
- 02:51 AM
- 945 views
Cross-cultural variation in men’s preference for sexual dimorphism in women’s faces
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Both attractiveness judgements and mate preferences vary considerably cross-culturally. We investigated whether men’s preference for femininity in women’s faces varies between 28 countries with diverse health conditions by analysing responses of 1972 heterosexual participants. Although men in all countries preferred feminized over masculinized female faces, we found substantial differences between countries in the magnitude of […]... Read more »
Marcinkowska UM, Kozlov MV, Cai H, Contreras-Garduño J, Dixson BJ, Oana GA, Kaminski G, Li NP, Lyons MT, Onyishi IE.... (2014) Cross-cultural variation in men's preference for sexual dimorphism in women's faces. Biology letters, 10(4), 20130850. PMID: 24789138
- July 22, 2013
- 04:21 AM
- 655 views
Book Review: Language and Sexism
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
“Another book written by a woman!” What does this sentence convey to you? What is the first thought that flashes into your mind? My intention is to present a brilliant book written by an expert in her field. Did you have the same feeling or did you get the opposite impression? If you found some […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, Farid. (2013) Book Review: Language and Sexism. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/0261927X13481344
- July 18, 2013
- 03:40 AM
- 781 views
Proximate mechanism of post ejaculatory refractory period after orgasm
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Proximate mechanism of post-ejaculatory refractory period after orgasm and male’s need for separation from post-coital connection The exact underlying mechanism regulating the human post-ejaculatory refractory period is not yet known. The main finding of previous research has been an occurrence of surge-like increases in plasma prolactin and oxytocin levels immediately after orgasm. However, recent advances […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi, & Mohammad Saied Salehi. (2013) Effect of gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) secretion on post-ejaculatory refractory period: A hypothesis. Hypothesis. DOI: 10.5779/hypothesis.v11i1.286
- October 5, 2012
- 04:58 AM
- 887 views
Why do we play? And why it is sexy?!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Question of the origin of play and playfulness has been one of concerns of Garry Chick, Professor at the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State University. From an evolutionary perspective, Professor Chick has developed a theory in which he explains adult play and playfulness. It is now known why children and offspring [...]... Read more »
Garry Chick, Careen Yarnal, and Andrew Purrington. (2012) Play and Mate Preference Testing the Signal Theory of Adult Playfulness. American Journal of Play, 4(4). info:/
- October 5, 2012
- 04:58 AM
- 336 views
Why do we play? And why it is attractive?!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Question of the origin of play and playfulness has been one concern of Garry Chick, Professor at the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State University. From an evolutionary perspective, Professor Chick has developed a theory in which he explains adult play and playfulness. It is now known why children and offspring play […]... Read more »
Garry Chick, Careen Yarnal, and Andrew Purrington. (2012) Play and Mate Preference Testing the Signal Theory of Adult Playfulness. American Journal of Play, 4(4). info:/
- October 3, 2012
- 10:02 AM
- 856 views
Prestigious clothing increases your height!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Do you want to seem taller? Our study shows that your prestigious clothing affects perception of height, at least for the children. Height is a biological factor that can affect how others perceive and behave toward an individual. Clothing, as a non-biological factor, can affect these perceptions of height. In this study we investigated the [...]... Read more »
Mahmoud Rashidi, Katayoun Keshtkaran, Sahar Zabihidan, Masoud Hosseinchari, and Farid Pazhoohi. (2012) Effect of Different Professions’ Clothing on Children’s Height Perception. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 15(3). info:/http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rev_SJOP.2012.v15.n3.39394
- October 3, 2012
- 05:43 AM
- 906 views
Does attractiveness predict reproductive success?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Thanks to the scientific investigations, now we know physical attractiveness would boost one’s social and sexual success. Attractive females would have more chances of being hired, and having attract/sustain men with more resources. It is hypothesized that female physical attractiveness is the signal for her fertility; i.e. men prefer attractive women because they are more [...]... Read more »
Lena S. Pflüger, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Stanislav Katina, Iris J. Holzleitner,, & Karl Grammer. (2012) Cues to fertility: perceived attractiveness and facial shape predict reproductive success. Evolution . DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.05.005
- June 5, 2012
- 01:58 AM
- 847 views
How does your body affect your feelings of efficacy and esteem?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Waist-to-chest (WCR) and waist-to-shoulder (WSR) ratios are good predictors of male physical attractiveness and women have been shown to prefer higher waist-to-hip ratios (WHR) in men. This study addresses relationships between men’s body shapes and their feelings about appearance, weight and how others perceive them. The experimental results reported here demonstrate relationships between Iranian men’s shoulder-to-hip ratio (SHR) and WHR on self-reported body esteem and self-efficacy. Incre........ Read more »
Pazhoohi, F., Hosseinchari, M., and Doyle J. F. (2012) Iranian men’s waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, body esteem and self-efficacy. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 10(2), 61-67. info:/10.1556/JEP.10.2012.2.2
- June 2, 2012
- 01:23 AM
- 881 views
Is that a male or a female?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
How accurate is our perception of body forms? How do we identify the gender of a body? Do we have any cue?
In our recent paper, we showed that men and women accurately identify the genders on the basis of the waist to hip ratio. It is shown that as the waist to hip ratio increased, the frequency of “male” identifications increased and as this ratio decreased, the frequency of “female” identifications increased.
For more discussion, check the paper out.
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Pazhoohi, F., . (2012) Identifying feminine and masculine ranges for Waist-to-Hip ratio. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 6(2), 227-232. info:/
- February 5, 2012
- 03:13 PM
- 1,068 views
I thought she was more attractive!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Walking down the street, while I was thinking, suddenly for a moment a beautiful face passed my sight. I turned my head to see that attractive face once again. But now I see that face was not as much attractive as I thought. I thought she was more beautiful!!!
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Rashidi, M., Pazhoohi, F., & Hosseinchari, M. (2012) Effect of facial stimuli exposure time on evaluation of facial attractiveness. Australian Journal of Psychology. DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-9530.2011.00050.x
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