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1/3 Self-objectification is often framed as a "women’s issue" but our new paper shows it’s actually gender-agnostic. We found that while career success reduces it, achieving status through appearance backfires, increasing self-objectification. Status concerns may be the driver.

Full text: doi.org/10.1037/amp000…

A very recent publication with an eye-catching title: Evolutionary Psychology Hypotheses Are Testable and Falsifiable Full text available in the comment. Authored by @CostelloWilliam and Colleagues

You may be interested in attending this conference organized by like-minded Association!

Are you interested in romantic relationships? If so, you might find this Special Issue in Telematics and Informatics (IF: 8.3), edited by one of the PTNCE members (@Marta7Kowal), particularly interesting! sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

Paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1007/s12110…

Is family size related to love intensity? Four PTNCE members set out to find out using data from 25 countries. Link to the study in the comment below!

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We’re happy to share some great news! PTNCE’s new President for the 4th term (2025 - 2029) is @urszulammarcin1, with @A_Szymkow and Piotr Sorokowski serving as Vice Presidents.

PTNCE is now officially moving to Bluesky! 🌐🦋 Twitter/X no longer aligns with our goals for a science-focused profile. As of today, we will share all updates, news, and events there. Join us at ptnce.bsky.social to stay connected!

1/3 Is romantic love a universal force fostering long-term commitment or does its importance vary across cultures and life circumstances? In our latest study, we explored this question with data from 86,310 individuals across 90 countries. Here's what we found:

1/3 Is it true that "love matches start hot and grow cold, while arranged marriages start cold and grow hot"? We tested this in five non-Western societies: Bhotiya (Himalayas), Igbo (Nigeria), Kimeru (Kenya), Meru (Tanzania), and Tsimane’ (Bolivia). Here's what we found:

🚨A thread about our latest study; hot off the pre-print press🚨(1/16) "How does "body count" affect attractiveness - Evidence from 11 countries across 5 continents" Pre-print here: osf.io/preprints/psya…

A recent paper of our PTNCE members - Michał Mikołaj Stefańczyk, @Marta7Kowal and Agnieszka Sorokowska. Spoiler alert - it's a bit disgusting!

Sad to hear of Dr. Philip Zimbardo's passing. I can’t think of a single social psychology course I’ve taught without spending much time discussing the Prison Experiment. I met Dr. Zimbardo in 2019 and I learned he wasn’t just a brilliant scholar, but also a truly kind human being

A new study sheds light on universal and culturally specific motives for beauty-enhancing behaviors, highlighting gender differences and influences like mate competition, social norms, and religion. dlvr.it/TFC3mq

Podcast alert! If you want to learn more about beautification practices from an evolutionary perspective, check out the new episode of Species, with amazing host @MackenMurphy and his guest @Marta7Kowal

We had a great time at this year’s @ptnce 💙🐸

We had a great time at @ptnce conference in Katowice. It was a very inspiring meeting for us and it was great to meet all our friends. See you next year in Wrocław!!!

Good bye, Katowice! The #PTNCE2024 Closing Ceremony begins at 12:30. 🎊 See you there to wrap up the conference and get all hyped up for next year in Wrocław! 🎉 #PTNCE #PTNCE2025