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21430176

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Questions about origins of human warfare continue to generate interesting theories with little empirical evidence. One of the proposed explanations is sexual selection theory. Within and supportive of this theoretical framework, the authors demonstrate a mating-warring association among young heterosexual men in four experiments. Male, but not female, participants exposed to attractive, as compared to unattractive, opposite-sex photographs were significantly more likely to endorse war-supporting statements on a questionnaire. The same mating effect was not found in answering trade conflict questions. Male participants primed by attractive faces or legs of young women were significantly faster in responding to images or words of war than those primed by unattractive faces or national flags. The same mating effect was not found in responding to farming concepts or general aggression expressions. Results underscore the link between mating and war, supporting the view that sexual selection provides an ultimate explanation for the origins of human warfare.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1552-7433
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
976-84
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The face that launched a thousand ships: the mating-warring association in men.
pubmed:affiliation
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Educational Psychology, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. leichang@cuhk.edu.hk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial