Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Longitudinal evidence that fatherhood decreases testosterone in human males

Lee T. Gettler, Thomas W. McDade, Alan B. Feranil, Christopher W. Kuzawa

Postpartum depression can affect fathers too. Research summarized in this article says about 10% of men experience clinical paternal postpartum depression, often during pregnancy or in the first year after birth (with the highest risk in the first 3–6 months). The article lists common symptoms, risk factors like a partner’s…

Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Reproductive Health and Technologies

So far away from one’s partner, yet so close to romantic alternatives: Avoidant attachment, interest in alternatives, and infidelity.

C. Nathan DeWall, Nathaniel M. Lambert, Erica B. Slotter, Richard S. Pond, Timothy Deckman, Eli J. Finkel, et al.

Researchers ran eight studies to test whether people with an avoidant attachment style (people who feel uncomfortable with closeness) are more likely to be interested in other romantic partners and to be unfaithful. Across the studies, people high in avoidant attachment had more permissive attitudes about infidelity, paid more attention…

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Marriage and Sexual Relationships
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