Publications

Refereed Publications

PDF Perilloux, C., & Cloud, J. M. (in press). Mate-by-numbers: Budget, mating context, and sex predict preferences for facial and bodily traits. Evolutionary Psychological Science.

PDF Cloud, J. M., & *Taylor, M. (2018). The effect of mate value discrepancy on hypothetical engagement ring purchases. Evolutionary Psychological Science.

PDF McMahan, E. A., Cloud, J. M., *Josh, P., & *Scott, M. (2016). Nature with a human touch: Human-induced alteration negatively impacts perceived naturalness and preferences for natural environments. Ecopsychology, 8, 54 – 63.

PDF Arnocky, S., Perilloux, C., Cloud, J. M., Bird, B. M., & *Thomas, K. (2016). Envy mediates the link between social comparison and appearance enhancement in women. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2, 71 – 83.

PDF Cloud, J. M., & Perilloux, C. (2015). “Drawing” conclusions about perceptions of ideal male and female body shapes. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 1, 163-171.

PDF Perilloux, C., Cloud, J. M., & Buss, D. M. (2013). Women’s physical attractiveness and short-term mating strategies. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 490-495.

PDF Confer, J. C., & Cloud, M. D.[1] (2011). Sex differences in response to imagining a partner’s heterosexual or homosexual affair. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 129-134.

PDF Confer J. C., Perilloux, C., & Buss, D. M. (2010). More than just a pretty face: Men’s priority shifts toward bodily attractiveness in short-term versus long-term mating contexts. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31, 348-353.

PDF Confer, J. C., Easton, J. A., Fleischman, D. S., Goetz, C., Lewis, D. L., Perilloux, C., & Buss, D. M. (2010). Evolutionary Psychology: Questions, prospects, and limitations. American Psychologist, 65, 110-126.

PDF Perilloux, C., Lewis, D. M. G., Goetz, C. D., Fleischman, D. S., Easton, J. A., Confer, J. C., & Buss, D. M. (2010). Trade-offs, individual differences, and misunderstandings about evolutionary psychology. American Psychologist, 65, 930-932.

PDF Easton, J. A., Confer, J. C., Goetz, C. D., & Buss, D. M. (2010). Reproduction expediting: Sexual motivations, fantasies, and the ticking biological clock. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 516-520.

Book Chapters and Reviews

*Alston, K. J., *Taylor, M. H., & Cloud, J. M. (2016). Derogation of attractiveness among women. In T. Shackelford and V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia for Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York, NY: Springer.

*Taylor, M. H., *Alston, K. J., & Cloud, J. M. (2016). Derogation of promiscuity among women. In T. Shackelford and V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia for Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York, NY: Springer.

Perilloux, C., & Cloud, J. M. (2016). Men’s preferences in long- vs. short-term mating. In T. Shackelford and V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia for Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York, NY: Springer.

PDF Cloud, J. M., & Perilloux, C. (2014). Bodily attractiveness as a window to women’s fertility and reproductive value. In V. A. Weekes-Shackelford and T. Shackelford (Eds.) Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior. New York, NY: Springer.

PDF Confer, J. C. (2008). Ultimate answers for common questions. A review of Alan S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa, Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters. Evolutionary Psychology, 6, 129-133.

* denotes an undergraduate student collaborator