Publications

Blake, K. R., Wu, A., McGovern, H., & Brooks, R. (2023). Number of close kin but not gendered fitness interests shapes sex role attitudes. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 9, 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-022-00207-6

Luberti, F., Blake, K. R., & Brooks, R. (2022). Changes in positive affect due to popularity in an experimental dating context influence some of men’s, but not women’s, socio-political attitudes. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 8, 202-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-022-00188-6

Luberti., F., Blake., K. R., & Brooks., R., (2022). Widespread promiscuity and cheap weddings: Can “low-value" sexual relationships make certain individuals more sexually conservative?. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 2791-2811. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02216-0

Blake, K. R., Anjum, G., & Brooks, R. (2021). Family and gendered fitness interests effects on female stereotyping, attitudes toward female autonomy, and status-seeking in Pakistan. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 7, 382-402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-021-00174-4

Kerry, N., Blake, K. R., Murray, D., & Brooks, R. (2021). Male descendant kin promote conservative views on gender issues and conformity. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 3, e34. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2021.29

Brooks, R., & Blake, K. R. (2021). Gendered Fitness Interests: A proposal explaining how relatives affect socio-political attitudes and behaviours. Evolution & Human Behavior, 42(4), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.12.002

Luberti., F., Blake., K. R., & Brooks., R., (2020). Does the quality of mating competitors affect socio-political attitudes? An experimental test. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6, 501-531. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00151-3

Luberti, F., Blake, K. R., & Brooks, R. (2019). The effects of the mating market, sex, age, and income on socio-political orientation: Insights from Evolutionary Theory and Sexual Economics Theory. Human Nature, 31, 88-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-019-09361-5

Blake, K.R., Fourati, M., & Brooks., R. (2018). Who suppresses female sexuality? An examination of support for Islamic veiling in a secular Muslim democracy as a function of sex and offspring sex. Evolution & Human Behavior, 39(6), 632-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.06.006

Weaving, M., Alshaabi, T., Arnold, M. V., Blake, K. R., Danforth, C. M., Dodds, P. S., Haslam, N., Fine, C. (2023). Misogyny as backlash: The trajectory of Twitter misogyny during Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election campaign. Scientific Reports, 13, 5266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31620-w

Blake, K. R. & Brooks, R. (2023). Societies should not ignore their incel problem. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.11.007

Brooks, R., Russo-Batterham, D. & Blake, K. R. (2022). Incel activity on social media linked to local mating ecology. Psychological Science, 33(2), 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211036065

Blake, K. R., O’Dean, S., Lian, J., & Denson, T. (2021). Misogynistic tweets correlate with and prospectively predict domestic violence incidents over time. Psychological Science, 32(3), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620968529

Blake, K. R., & Brooks, R. (2018). High mate value men become more accepting of intimate partner abuse when primed with gender equality. Frontiers in Sociology, 3:28. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00028

Blake, K. R., Bastian, B., & Denson, T. (2017). Heightened male aggression toward sexualized women following romantic rejection: The mediating role of sex goal activation. Aggressive Behavior, 44, 40–49. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21722

Blake, K. R., Hopkins, R., Sprunger, J., Eckhardt, C. I., & Denson, T. (2017). Relationship quality and cognitive reappraisal moderate the effect of negative urgency on intimate partner violence. Psychology of Violence. 8, 218–228. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000121

Blake, K. R. & Denson, T (2017). Contexts for men’s aggression against men. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_862-1

Murphy, M., Phillips, C., Blake, K. R. (2024). Why women cheat: Testing evolutionary hypotheses for female infidelity in a multinational sample. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(5), 106595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106595

Luberti, F., Blake, K. R., & Brooks, R. (2023). Evolutionary ecological insights into the suppression of female sexuality. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, 100167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100167

Blake, K. R. (2022). When fertile, women seek status via prestige but not dominance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(46), e2205451119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205451119

Brooks, R., & Blake, K. R. (2022). Sex-dependent selection, ageing, and implications for “staying alive” [commentary]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, e132. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2200053X

Blake, K. R. (2021). Attractiveness helps women secure mates, but also status and reproductively relevant resources. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-01949-2

Blake, K. R. & Brooks, R. (2019). Status anxiety mediates the positive relationship between income inequality and female sexualization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(50), 25029–25033. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909806116

Blake, K. R., Bastian, B., Denson, T., Grosjean, P., & Brooks, R. (2018). Income inequality not gender inequality positively covaries with female sexualization on social media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(35), 8722-8727. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717959115

Denson, T., O’Dean, S., Blake, K. R., & Beames, J. (2018). Aggression in women: Behavior, brain, and hormones. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12:81. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00081

Brooks, R., Blake, K. R., Fromhage, L. (2022). Effects of gender inequality and wealth inequality on within-sex mating competition under hypergyny. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(6), 501-509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.006

Wang, X., Chen, H., & Blake, K. R. (2024). Men (but not women) prefer not to live in economically unequal areas when it comes to mating: A 5 study investigation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(6), 106633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106633

Blake., K. R., & Brooks., R. (2019). Income inequality and its implications for gendered conflict. In J. Jetten & K. Peters (eds.), The social psychology of income inequality, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28856-3_11

Bonell, S., Klebl, C., Blake, K. R., & Griffiths, S. (2023). How intrasexual competitiveness shapes attitudes towards cosmetic surgery recipients. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 5, e30. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2023.26

Blake, K. R., Portingale, J., Giles, S., Griffiths, S., Krug, I. (2022). Dating app usage and motivations for dating app usage are associated with increased disordered eating. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1), 186–195. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00693-9

Griffith, S., Cowley-Court, T., Austen, E., Russo-Batterham, D., & Blake, K. R. (2022). "Spring is the best time to lose weight”: Evidence that dieting is seasonal and reaches peak intensity during Spring. Body Image, 41, 406-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.04.011

Kellie, D., Blake, K. R., & Brooks, R. (2021). Behind the makeup: The effects of cosmetics on women’s self-objectification, and their objectification by others. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51(4-5), 703-721. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2767

Griffith, S., Austen, E., Krug, I., & Blake, K. R. (2021). Beach body ready? Shredding for summer? A first look at “Seasonal Body Image”. Body Image, 37, 269-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.03.004

Krug, I., Selvarajaa, P, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Hughes, E, Slater, A., Griffiths, S., Yee, Z. W., Richardson, B., & Blake, K. R. (2020). The effects of Fitspiration images on body attributes, mood and eating behaviors: An experimental daily monitoring study in females. Body Image, 35, 279-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.09.011

Krug, I., Yee, Z., Griffiths, S., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Blake, K. R., & Richardson, S. (2020). The differential impact of viewing fitspiration and thinspiration images on male body image: An experimental ecological momentary assessment study. Body Image, 35, 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.08.008

Arthur, L., Brooks, R. & Blake, K. R. (2020). Female self-sexualization covaries with mate value but not mate availability. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6, 277-291. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00133-5

Blake, K. R., Brooks, R., Arthur, L., & Denson, T. (2020). In the context of romantic attraction, beautification can increase assertiveness in women. PLoS One. 15(3): e0229162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229162

Kellie, D., Blake, K. R., & Brooks, R. (2019). What drives female objectification? An investigation of appearance-based interpersonal perceptions and the objectification of women. PLoS One, 14(8), e0221388. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221388

Blake, K. R., Bastian, B., & Denson, T. (2016). Perceptions of low agency and high sexual openness mediate the relationship between sexualization and sexual aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 42, 483–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21644

Stern, J., Koval, P., & Blake, K. R. (2025). Patterns in affect and personality states across the menstrual cycle. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000538

Arthur, L., Bastian, B., & Blake, K. R. (2024). Hormonal contraceptive use, not menstrual cycle phase, is associated with reduced interest in competition. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45, 106616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106616

Casto, K., Arthur, L., Lynch-Wells, S., & Blake, K. R. (2023). Women in their mid-follicular phase outcompete hormonal contraceptive users, an effect partially explained by relatively greater progesterone and cortisol reactivity to competition. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 157, 106367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106367

Arslan, R., Blake. K. R., … Stern. J. (2023). Not within spitting distance: Salivary immunoassays of estradiol have subpar validity for cycle phase. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105994

Arthur, L., Casto, K., & Blake, K. R. (2022). Hormonal contraceptives as disruptors of competitive behavior: Theoretical framing and review. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 66, 101015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2022.101015

Blake, K. R., McCartney, M., & Arslan. R. (2022). Menstrual cycle and hormonal contraception effects on self-efficacy, assertiveness, regulatory focus, optimism, impulsiveness, and risk-taking. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 103, 104382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104382

Arthur, L., & Blake, K. R. (2022). Fertility predicts self-development-oriented competitiveness in naturally cycling women but not hormonal contraceptive users. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 8, 489-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-022-00198-4

Blake, K. R. (2018). Resolving speculations of methodological inadequacies in the standardized protocol for characterizing women’s fertility: Comment on Lobmaier and Bachofner (2018). Hormones and Behavior, 106, A4-A6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.05.022

Dixson B., Blake, K. R., Denson, T. F., Gouda-Vossos, A., Sulikowski, D., Rantala, M. J., & Brooks, R. C. (2018). The role of mating context and fecundability in women’s preferences for men’s facial masculinity and beardedness. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, 90–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.007

Dixson, B., Lee, A., Blake, K. R., Jasienska, G., & Marcinkowska, U. (2018). Women’s preferences for men’s beards do not change with their likelihood of conception. Hormones and Behavior, 97, 137–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.11.006

Blake, K. R., Dixson, B., O'Dean, S., & Denson, T. (2017). No compelling positive association between ovarian hormones and wearing red clothing when using multinomial analyses. Hormones and Behavior, 90, 129–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.03.005

Blake, K. R., Bastian, B., O'Dean, S., & Denson, T. (2016). High estradiol and low progesterone positively predict assertiveness in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 75, 91–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.10.008

Blake, K.R., Dixson, B., O'Dean, S., & Denson, T. (2016). Standardized protocols for characterizing women’s fertility: A data-driven approach. Hormones and Behavior, 81, 74–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.03.004