Lars Penke

 

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Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

135. Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Shaman, N., Shagen, J., Lee, D., Members of the International Situations Project, & Funder, D. (in press). Personality and Religiosity in Context: Exploring Variations Across Countries and Religious Affiliations. Journal of Research in Personality.
134. Jaeger, B., Sleegers, W., Stern, J., Penke, L., & Jones, A. L. (in press). Testing perceivers' accuracy and accuracy awareness when forming personality impressions from faces. European Journal of Personality. DOI: 10.1177/08902070231225728 Download File
133. Kordsmeyer, T. L., Freund, D., Ueshima, A., Kuroda, K., Kameda, T., & Penke, L. (in press). Halo effect of faces and bodies: Cross-cultural similarities and differences between German and Japanese observers. Personality Science. Preprint on PsyArXiv.
132. Steinebach, P., Stein, M., Penke, L., & Schnell, K. (in press). Together in a digital world: Motivational states, affect, and relationship quality in couples’ messenger communication. Interpersona.
131. Aung, T., Hill, A., Hlay, J., Hess, C., Hess, M., Johnson, J., Doll, L., Carlson, S., Magdinec, C., Gonzalez-Santoyo, I., Walker, R., Bailey, D., Arnocky, S., Kamble, S., Vardy, T., Kyritsis, T., Atkinson, Q., Jones, B., Koster, J., Palomo-Vélez, G., Tybur, J., Muñoz-Reyes, J., Choy, B., Li, N., Klar, V., Batres, C., Bascheck, P., Schild, C., Penke, L., Pazhoohi, F., Kemirembe, K., Valentova, J., Varella, M., da Silva, C., Borras-Guevara, M., Hodges-Simeon, C., Ernst, M., Garr, C., Chen, B., & Puts, D. (2024). Effects of voice pitch on social perceptions vary with relational mobility and homicide rate. Psychological Science, 35, 250-262. Download File
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Botzet, L. J., Kordsmeyer, T. L., Ostermann, Ruß, J., & Penke, L. (2024). Behavioural endocrinology in the social sciences. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. DOI: 10.1007/s11577-024-00945-3

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129. Driebe, J. C., Stern, J., Penke, L., & Gerlach, T. M. (2024). Stability and change of individual differences in ideal partner preferences over 13 years. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50, 1263-1279. DOI: 10.1177/0146167223116475 Download File
128. Driebe, J. C., Stern, J., Penke, L., & Gerlach, T. M. (2024). Probing the predictive validity of ideal partner preferences for future partner traits and relationship outcomes across 13 years. European Journal of Personality, 38, 707-723. DOI: 10.1177/08902070231213797 Download File
127. Schleifenbaum, L., Stern, J., Driebe, J. C., Wieczorek, L. L., Gerlach, T. M., Arslan, R. C., & Penke, L. (2024). Ovulatory cycle shifts in human motivational prioritisation of sex and food. Hormones and Behavior, 162, 105542. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105542
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126. Stern, J., Ostermann, S., & Penke, L. (2024). Investigating cycle shifts in women’s clothing style and grooming. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63, 378-402. DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12681 Download File
125. Zetsche, M., Weiß, B., Kücklich, M., Stern, J., Birkemeyer, C., Widdig, A., & Penke, L. (2024). Combined perceptual and chemical analyses show no compelling evidence for ovulatory cycle shifts in women's axillary odour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 291, 20232712. Download File
124. Arslan, R. C., Blake, K., Botzet, L. J., Bürkner, P.-C., DeBruine, L., Fiers, T., Grebe, N., Hahn, A., Jones, B. C., Marcinkowska, U. M., Mumford, S. L., Penke, L., Roney, J., R., Schisterman, E. F., & Stern, J. (2023). Not within spitting distance: Salivary immunoassays of estradiol have subpar validity for cycle phase. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 149, 105994. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105994 Download File
123. Back, M. D., Branje, S., Eastwick, P. W., Human, L. J., Penke, L., Sadikaj, G., Slatcher, R. B., Thielmann, I., van Zalk, M. H. W., & Wrzus, C. (2023). Personality and social relationships: What do we know and where do we go? Personality Science, 4, e7505. Download File
122. Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Baranski, E., Members of the International Situations Project, & Funder, D. C. (2023). The economic well-being of nations is associated with positive daily situational experiences. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4, 100088. DOI: 10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100088 Download File
121. Rafiee, Y., Stern, J., Ostner, J., Penke, L., & Schacht, A. (2023). Does emotion recognition change across phases of the ovulatory cycle? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 148, 105977. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105977 Download File
120. Weidmann, R., Chopik, W. J., Ackerman, R. A., Allroggen, M., Bianchi, E. C., Brecheen, C., Campbell, W. K., Gerlach, T. M., Geukes, K., Grijalva, E., Grossmann, I., Hopwood, C. J., Hutteman, R., Konrath, S., Küfner, A. C. P., Leckelt, M., Miller, J. D., Penke, L., Pincus, A. L., Renner, K.-H., Richter, D., Roberts, B. W., Sibley, C.G., Simms, L. J., Wetzel, E., Wright, A. G. C., & Back, M. D. (2023). Age differences in narcissism: A comprehensive study across eight measures and over 250,000 participants. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 1277-1298. Preprint on PsyArXiv.
119. Holzleitner, I. J., Driebe, J. C., Arslan, R. C., Hahn, A. C., Lee, A. J., O'Shea, K. J., Gerlach, T. M., Penke, L., Jones, B. C., & DeBruine, L. M. (2022). No increased inbreeding avoidance during the ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4, e47. DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2022.41 Download File
118. Schleifenbaum, L., Stern, J., Driebe, J. C., Wieczorek, L. L., Gerlach, T. M., Arslan, R. C., & Penke, L. (2022). Men are not aware of and do not respond to their female partner’s fertility status: Evidence from a dyadic diary study of 384 couples. Hormones and Behavior, 143, 105202.DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105202
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117. Stern, J., Arslan, R. C., & Penke, L. (2022). Stability and validity of steroid hormones in hair and saliva across two ovulatory cycles. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 9, 100114. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100114 Download File
116. Arslan, R. C., Driebe, J. C., Stern, J., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2021). The evidence for good genes ovulatory shifts in Arslan et al. (2018) is mixed and uncertain. A reply to Gangestad & Dinh (2021). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121, 441-446. DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000390 Download File
115. Arslan, R. C., Reitz, A. K., Driebe, J. C., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2021). Routinely randomise the display and order of items to estimate and adjust for biases in subjective reports. Psychological Methods, 26, 175–185. DOI: 10.1037/met0000294

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114. Arslan, R. C., Schilling, K. M., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2021). Using 26 thousand diary entries to show ovulatory changes in sexual desire and behaviour. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121, 410-431. DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000208
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113. Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Members of the International Situations Project, & Funder, D. C. (2021).  Who in the world is trying to change their personality traits? Volitional personality change among college students in 56 countries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121, 1140–1156. DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000389 Download File
112. Baranski, E., Sweeny, K., Gardiner, G., Members of the International Situations Project, Funder, D. C. (2021). International optimism: Correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries. Journal of Personality, 89, 288–304. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12582 Download File
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Botzet, L. J., Gerlach, T. M., Driebe, J. C., Penke, L. & Arslan, R. C. (2021). Hormonal contraception and sexuality: Causal effects, unobserved selection, or reverse causality? Collabra: Psychology, 7, 29039.

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110. Driebe, J. C., Sidari, M., Dufner, M., von der Heiden, J. M., Bürkner, P.-C., Penke, L., Zietsch, B. P., & Arslan, R. C. (2021). Intelligence can be detected but is not found attractive in videos and live interactions. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42, 507-516. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.05.002
Julie Driebe and Morgan Sidari share the first authorship. Lars Penke, Brendan Zietsch and Ruben Arslan share the senior authorship.
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109. Schleifenbaum, L., Driebe, J. C., Gerlach, T. M., Penke, L., & Arslan, R. C. (2021). Women feel more attractive before ovulation: evidence from a large-scale online diary study. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 3, e47.
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108. Stern, J., Schild, C., Arslan, R. C., Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Hahn, A., Puts, D. A., Zettler, I., Kordsmeyer, T. L., Feinberg, D., Zamfir, D., & Penke, L. (2021). Do voices carry valid information about a speaker's personality? Journal of Research in Personality, 92. Preprint on Psyarxiv. DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/9a68c. Registered Report.
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107. Stern, J., Kordsmeyer, T. L. & Penke, L. (2021). A longitudinal evaluation of ovulatory cycle shifts in women's mate attraction and preferences. Hormones and Behavior, 128. Download File
106. Sundin, Z. W., Chopik, W. J., Welker, K. M., Ascigil, E., Brandes, C. M., Chin, K. A., Ketay, S., Knight, E. L., Kordsmeyer, T. L., McLarney-Vesotski, A. R., Prasad, S., Reese, Z. A., Roy, A. R. K., Sim, L., Stern, J., Carré, J. M., Edelstein, R. S., Mehta, P. H., Penke, L., Slatcher, R. B., & Tackett, J. L. (2021). Estimating the association between Big Five personality traits, testosterone, and cortisol. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 7, 307–340. DOI: 10.1007/s40750-020-00159-9. Registered Report. Download File
105. Ebenau, A., von Borell, C., Penke, L., Ostner, J., & Schülke, O. (2020). Integrative personality assessment in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 134, 27-41. DOI: 10.1037/com0000190 Download File
104. Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Baranski, E., Members of the International Situations Project, & Funder, D. C. (2020). Happiness around the world: A combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries. PLoS One, 15, e0242718. DOI: 10.1371/journal.
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103. Kordsmeyer, T. L., Thies, Y. T. K., Ekrami, O., Stern, J., Schild, C., Spoiala, C., Claes, P., Van Dongen, S., & Penke, L. (2020). No evidence for an association between facial fluctuating asymmetry and vocal attractiveness in men and women. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2, e35. DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2020.36 Download File
102. Lausen, A., Broering, C., Penke, L., & Schacht, A. (2020). Hormonal and modality specific effects on males’ emotion recognition ability. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 119, 104719. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104719 Download File
101. Lee, D. I., Gardiner, G., Baranski, E., Members of the International Situations Project, & Funder, D. C. (2020). Situational experience around the world: A replication and extension in 62 countries. Journal of Personality, 88, 1091-1110. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12558 Download File
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Schild, C., Aung, T., Kordsmeyer, T. L., Cardenas, R. A., Puts, D. A., & Penke, L. (2020). Linking human male vocal parameters to perceptions, body morphology, strength and hormonal profiles in contexts of sexual selection. Scientific Reports, 10, 21296.
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99. Schild, C., Stern, J., Penke, L., & Zettler, I. (2020). Voice pitch: A valid indicator of one’s unfaithfulness in committed relationships? Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. DOI: 10.1007/s40750-020-00154-0. Registered Report. Download File
98. Stern, J., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2020). Probing ovulatory cycle shifts in women’s preferences for men’s behaviors. Psychological Science, 31, 424-436. DOI: 10.1177/0956797619882022 Preprint on PsyArXiv.
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97. Wieczorek, L. L., Tata, C. S., Penke, L., & Gerlach, T. M. (2020). Online implementation of an event history calendar with formr: A tutorial. Personal Relationships, 27, 176-208. Download File
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Booth, T., Dykiert, D., Corley, J., Gow, A. J., Morris, Z., Muñoz Maniega, S., Royle, N. A., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Starr, J. M., Penke, L., Bastin, M. E., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2019). Reaction time variability and brain white matter integrity. Neuropsychology, 33, 642-657. DOI: 10.1037/neu0000483
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95. Ebenau, A., von Borell, C., Penke, L., Ostner, J., & Schülke, O. (2019). Personality homophily affects male social bonding in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Animal Behaviour, 155, 21-35. Download File
94. Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Stauner, N., Bae, J., Han, G., Moon, J., Bronin, I., Ivanova, C., Cheng, J. T., De Kock, F., Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., Halama, P., Hong, R., Izdebski, P., Kulich, C., Lorenzi-Cioldi, F., Penke, L., Szarota, P., Tracy, J., Yang, Y., & Funder, D. (2019). Assessing personality across 13 countries using the California Adult Q-set. International Journal of Personality Psychology, 5, 1-17. Download File
93. Gerlach, T. M., Arslan, R. C., Schultze, T., Reinhard, S.K., & Penke, L. (2019). Predictive validity and adjustment of ideal partner preferences across the transition into romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116 , 313-330. DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000170 Download File
92. Kordsmeyer, T., Freund, D., Rodrigues Pita, S., Jünger, J., & Penke, L. (2019). Further evidence that facial width-to-height ratio and global facial masculinity are not positively associated with testosterone levels. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5, 117–130. DOI: 10.1007/s40750-018-0105-4 Download File
91. Kordsmeyer, T. L., Freund, D., van Vugt, M., & Penke, L. (2019). Honest signals of status: Facial and bodily dominance are related to success in physical but not non-physical competition. Evolutionary Psychology, 17, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/1474704919863164 Download File
90. Kordsmeyer, T., Lohöfener, M., & Penke, L. (2019). Male facial attractiveness, dominance, and health and the interaction between cortisol and testosterone. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5, 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s40750-018-0098-z Download File
89. Kordsmeyer, T., & Penke, L. (2019). Effects of male testosterone and its interaction with cortisol on self- and observer-rated personality states in a competitive mating context. Journal of Research in Personality, 78 , 76-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2018.11.001 Download File
88. Kordsmeyer, T. L., Stern, J., & Penke, L. (2019). 3D anthropometric assessment and perception of male body morphology in relation to physical strength. American Journal of Human Biology, 31, e23276. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23276 Download File
87. Shirazi, T. N., Self, H., Dawood, K., Rosenfield, K. A., Penke, L., Carré, J. M., Ortiz, T., & Puts, D. A. (2019). Hormonal predictors of women's sexual motivation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40, 336-344. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.02.002 Download File
86. Stern, J., Arslan, R. C., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2019). No robust evidence for cycle shifts in preferences for men's bodies in a multiverse analysis: Commentary on Gangestad, Dinh, Grebe, Del Giudice, and Emery Thompson (2019). Evolution and Human Behavior, 40, 517-525. Preprint on PsyArXiv.

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85. von Borell, C., Kordsmeyer, T. L., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2019). An integrative study of facultative personality calibration. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40, 235-248. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.01.002 Download File
84. von Borell, C., Weiss, A., & Penke, L. (2019). Developing individual differences in primate behavior: The role of genes, environment and their interplay. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73, 20. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-019-2633-8 Download File
83. Arslan, R. C., Willführ, K. P., Frans, E. M., Verweij, K. J. H., Bürkner, P. C., Myrskylä, M., Voland, E., Almqvist, C., Zietsch, B. P., & Penke, L. (2018). Relaxed selection and mutation accumulation are best studied empirically: Reply to Woodley of Menie et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285, 20180092. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0092 Download File
82. Hill, W. D., Arslan, R. C., Xia, C., Luciano, M., Amador, C., Navarro, P., Hayward, C., Nagy, R., Porteous, D., McIntosh, A. M., Deary, I. J., Haley, C., & Penke, L. (2018). Genomic analysis of family data reveals additional genetic effects on intelligence and personality. Molecular Psychiatry, 23, 2347–2362. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-017-0005-1
David Hill, Ruben Arslan and Charley Xia share the first authorship.
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81. Jünger, J., Kordsmeyer, T., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2018). Fertile women evaluate male bodies as more attractive, regardless of masculinity. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39, 412-423. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.03.007 Download File
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Jünger, J., Motta-Mena, N. V., Cardenas, R., Bailey, D., Rosenfield, K. A., Schild, C., Penke, L., & Puts, D. A. (2018). Do women's preferences for masculine voices shift across the ovulatory cycle? Hormones and Behavior, 106, 122-134.
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79. Kordsmeyer, T., Hunt, J., Puts, D. A., Ostner, J., & Penke, L. (2018). The relative importance of intra- and intersexual selection on human male sexually dimorphic traits. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39, 424-436. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.03.008 Download File
78. Leckelt, M., Wetzel, E., Gerlach, T. M., Ackerman, R.A., Miller, J. D., Chopik, W. J., Penke, L., Geukes, K., Küfner, C.P., Hutteman, R., Richter, R., Renner, K. H., Allroggen, M., Brecheen, C., Campbell, W. K., Grossmann, I., & Back, M. D. (2018). Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire short scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples. Psychological Assessment, 30, 86-96. DOI: 10.1037/pas0000433 Download File
77. Mitjans, M., Seidel, J., Begemann, M., Bockhop, F., Moya-Higueras, J., Bansal, V., Wesolowski, J., Ibáñez, M., Kovacevic, F., Duvar, O., Fananas, L., Wolf, H.-U., Ortet-Fabregat, G., Zwanzger, P., Klein, V., Lange, I., Tänzer, A., Dudeck, M., Penke, L., Tebartz van Elst, L., Bittner, R., Schmidmeier, R., Freese, R., Müller-Isberner, R., Wiltfang, J., Bliesener, T., Bonn, S., Poustka, L., Mueller, J., Arias, B., & Ehrenreich, H. (2018). Violent aggression predicted by multiple pre-adult environmental hits. Molecular Psychiatry, 24, 1549–1564. DOI:
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76. Arslan, R. C., von Borell, C. J., Ostner, J., & Penke, L. (2017). Negative results are needed to show the specific value of a cultural explanation for g: A commentary on Burkart et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, e198. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16001588 Download File
75. Arslan R. C., Willführ K. P., Frans E. M., Verweij K. J. H., Bürkner P. C., Myrskylä M., Voland E., Almqvist C., Zietsch B. P., & Penke L. (2017). Older fathers’ children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284, 20171562. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1562 Download File
74. Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Aveyard, M., Bastian, B., Bronin, I., Ivanova, C., Cheng, J. T., De Kock, F.S., Denissen, J. J. A., Gallardo-Pujol, D., Halama, P., Han, G. Q., Bae, J., Moon, J., Hong, R. Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., Izdebski, P., Lundmann, L., Penke, L., Perugini, M., Costantini, G., Rauthmann, J., Ziegler, M., Realo, A., Elme L., Sato, T., Kawamoto, S., Szarota, P., Tracy, J. L., van Aken, M. A., Yang, Y., & Funder, D. C. (2017). Comparisons of daily behavior across 21 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 252-266. Download File
73. Kordsmeyer, T. L., & Penke, L. (2017). The association of three indicators of developmental instability with mating success in humans. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38, 704-713. Download File
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Schmitt, D. P., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Alves, I. C. B., Anderson, C.A., Angelini, A. L., ... Penke, L., ... Zupančič, A. (2017). Narcissism and the strategic pursuit of short-term mating: Universal links across 11 world regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2. Psychological Topics, 26, 89-137.

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Hill, W. D., Davies, G., Harris, S. E., Hagenaars, S. P., The neuroCHARGE Cognitive Working group, Liewald, D. C., Penke, L., Gale, C. R., & Deary, I. J. (2016). Molecular genetic aetiology of general cognitive function is enriched in evolutionarily conserved regions. Translational Psychiatry, 6, e980. DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.246

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70. Guillaume, E., Baranski, E., Todd, E., Bastian, B., Bronin, I., Ivanova, C., Cheng, J.T., de Kock, F.S., Denissen, J.J.A., Gallardo-Pujol, D., Halama, Pl, Han, G.Q., Bae, J., Moon, J., Hong, R.Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., Izdebski, P., Lundmann, L., Penke, L., Perugini, M., Costantini, G., Rauthmann, J., Ziegler, M., Realo, A., Elme, L., Sato, T., Kawamoto, S., Szarota, P., Tracy, J.L., van Aken, M.A.G., Yang, Y., & Funder, D.C. (2016). The world at 7: Comparing the experience of situations across 20 countries. Journal of Personality, 84, 493-509. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12176 Download File
69. Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., Spinath, F. M., Borkenau, P., & Penke, L. (2016). The nature of creativity: The roles of genetic factors, personality traits, cognitive abilities, and environmental sources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 230-249. DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000087 Download File
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Penke, L., & Jokela, M. (2016). The evolutionary genetics of personality revisited. Current Opinion in Psychology, 7, 104-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.08.021

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Schröder-Abé, M., Rentzsch, K., Asendorpf, J. B., & Penke, L. (2016). Good enough for an affair: Self-enhancement of attractiveness, interest in potential mates, and popularity as a mate. European Journal of Personality, 30, 12-18. DOI: 10.1002/per.2029

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66. Arslan, R. C., & Penke, L. (2015). Zeroing in on the genetics of intelligence. Journal of Intelligence, 3, 41-45. DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence3020041. Download File
65. Pietschnig, J., Penke, L., Wicherts, J. M., Zeiler, M., & Voracek, M. (2015). Meta-analysis of associations between human brain volume and intelligence differences: How strong are they and what do they mean? Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 57, 411-432. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.09.017 Download File
64. Aribisala, B. S., Royle, N. A., Muñoz Maniega, S., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Murray, C., Penke, L., Gow, A., Starr, J. M., Bastin, M. E., Deary, I. J., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2014). Quantitative multi-modal MRI of the hippocampus and cognitive ability in community-dwelling older subjects. Cortex, 53, 34-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.12.012 Download File
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Aribisala, B. S., Royle, N. A., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Murray, C., Penke, L., Gow, A., Muñoz Maniega, S., Starr, J. M., Bastin, M. E., Deary, I. J., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2014). Potential effect of skull thickening on the associations between cognition and brain atrophy in ageing. Age and Ageing, 43, 712-716. DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu070
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62. Arslan, R. C., Penke, L., Johnson, W., Iacono, W. G., & McGue, M. (2014). The effect of paternal age on offspring intelligence and personality when controlling for paternal trait level. PLoS One, 9, e90097. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090097 Download File
61. Booth, T, Mõttus, R., Corley, J., Gow, A. J., Henderson, R. D., Muñoz Maniega, S. M., Murray, C., Royle, N. A., Sprooten, E., Valdes Hernandez, M. C., Bastin, M. E., Penke, L., Starr, J. M., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2014). Personality, health and brain integrity: The Lothian Birth Cohort Study 1936. Health Psychology, 33, 1477-1486. DOI: 10.1037/hea0000012 Download File
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Karama, S., Bastin, M. E., Murray, C., Royle, N. A., Penke, L., Muñoz Maniega, S., Gow, A. J., Corley, J., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Lewis, J. D., Rousseau, M.-E., Lepage, C., Fonov, V., Louis Collins, D. L., Booth, T., Rioux, P., Sherif, T. Adalat, R., Starr, J. M., Evans, A. C., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2014). Childhood IQ explains associations between IQ and brain cortical thickness in old age. Molecular Psychiatry, 19, 555-559. DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.64

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Marioni, R. E., Penke, L., Davies, G., Huffman, J. E., Hayward, C., & Deary, I. J. (2014). The total burden of rare, non-synonymous exome genetic variants is not associated with childhood or late-life cognitive ability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 281, 20140117. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0117
Riccardo Marioni and Lars Penke contributed equally to this work and thus share the first authorship.
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Valentine, K. A., Li, N. P., Penke, L., & Perrett, D. I. (2014). Judging a man by the width of his face: The role of facial ratios and dominance in mate choice at speed-dating events. Psychological Science, 25, 806-811. DOI: 10.1177/0956797613511823

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57. Booth, T., Bastin, M. E., Penke, L., Muñoz Maniega, S., Murray, C., Royle, N. A., Gow, A. J., Corley, J., Henderson, R. D., Valdes Hernandez, M. C., Starr, J. M., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2013). Brain white matter tract integrity and cognitive abilities in community-dwelling older people: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Neuropsychology, 27, 595-607. DOI: 10.1037/a0033354. Download File
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Denissen, J. J. A., Wood, D., Penke, L., & van Aken, M. A. G. (2013). Self-regulation underlies temperament and personality: An integrative developmental framework. Child Development Perspectives, 7, 255-260. DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12050
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55. Hope, D., Bates, T. C., Penke, L., Gow, A. J., Starr, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2013). Symmetry of the face in old age reflects childhood social status. Economics and Human Biology, 11, 236-244. DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.06.006 Download File
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Hutteman, R., Bleidorn, W., Penke, L., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2013). It takes two: A longitudinal dyadic study on predictors of fertility outcomes. Journal of Personality, 81, 487-498. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12006
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53. Lefevre, C. E., Lewis, G. J., Perrett, D. I., & Penke, L. (2013). Telling facial metrics: Facial width is associated with testosterone levels in men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34, 273-279. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.03.005 Download File
52. Lehmann, R., Denissen, J. J. A., Allemand, M., & Penke, L. (2013). Age and gender differences in motivational manifestations of the Big Five from age 16 to 60. Developmental Psychology, 43, 365-383. DOI: 10.1037/a0028277 Download File
51. Lyall, D. M., Lopez, L. M., Bastin, M. E., Muñoz Maniega, S., Penke, L. , Valdés Hernández, M. C., Royle, N. A., Starr, J. M., Porteous, D. J., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2013). ADRB2, brain white matter integrity and cognitive ageing in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Behavior Genetics, 43, 13-23. DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9570-x
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50. Royle, N. A., Booth, T., Valdes Hernandez, M. C., Penke, L., Murray, C., Gow, A. J., Muñoz Maniega, S., Starr, J. M., Bastin, M. E., Deary, I. J, & Wardlaw, J. M. (2013). Estimated maximal and current brain volume predict cognitive ability in old age. Neurobiology of Aging, 34, 2726-2733. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.05.015 Download File
49. Valdes Hernandez, M., Booth, T., Murray, C., Gow, A. J., Penke, L., Morris, Z., Munoz Maniega, S., Royle, N., Aribisala, B., Starr, J. M., Deary, I. J., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2013). Brain white matter damage in aging and cognitive ability in youth and old age. Neurobiology of Aging, 34, 2740-2747. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.05.032 Download File
48. Bowers, R. I., Place, S. S., Todd, P. M., Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2012). Generalization in mate-choice copying in humans. Behavioral Ecology, 23, 112-124. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr164
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47. Denissen, J. J. A., Wood, D., & Penke, L. (2012). Passing to the functionalists instead of passing them by. A commentary on Cramer et al. European Journal of Personality, 26, 436-437. DOI: 10.1002/per.1870 Download File
46. Dykiert, D., Bates, T. C., Gow, A. J., Penke, L., Starr, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2012). Predicting mortality from human faces. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74, 560-566. DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318259c33f Download File
45. Lopez, L., Bastin, M. E., Muñoz Maniega, S., Penke, L., Davies, G., Christoforou, A., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Royal, N. A., Tenesa, A., Starr, J. M., Porteous, D. J., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2012). A genome-wide search for genetic influences and biological pathways related to the brain's white matter integrity. Neurobiology of Aging, 33, 1847.e1-1847.e14. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.02.003 Download File
44. Penke, L., Muñoz Maniega, S., Bastin, M. E., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Murray, C., Royle, N. A., Starr, J. M., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2012). Brain-wide white matter tract integrity is associated with information processing speed and general intelligence (Image). Molecular Psychiatry, 17, 955. doi:10.1038/mp.2012.127

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Penke, L., Muñoz Maniega, S., Bastin, M. E., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Murray, C., Royle, N. A., Starr, J. M., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2012). Brain white matter tract integrity as a neural foundation for general intelligence. Molecular Psychiatry, 17, 1026-1030. DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.66
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42. Penke, L., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Muñoz Maniega, S., Gow, A. J., Murray, C., Starr, J. M., Bastin, M. E., Deary, I. J., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2012). Brain iron deposits are associated with general cognitive ability and cognitive aging. Neurobiology of Aging, 33, 510-517. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.04.032
Lars Penke and Maria Valdés Hernández contributed equally to this work and thus share the first authorship. Ian Deary and Joanna Wardlaw share the last authorship.
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Place, S. S., Todd, P. M., Zhuang, J., Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2012). Judging romantic interest of others from thin slices is a cross-cultural ability. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33, 547-550. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.02.001

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40. Valdés Hernández, M. C., Royle, N. A., Jackson, M. R., Muñoz Maniega, S., Penke, L., Bastin, M. E., Deary, I. J., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2012). Color fusion of magnetic resonance images improves intracranial volume measurement in studies of aging. Open Journal of Radiology, 2, 1-9. DOI: 10.4236/ojrad.2011 Download File
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Verweij, K. J. H., Yang, J., Lahti, J, Veijola, J., Hintsanen, M., Pulkki-Råback, L., Heinonen, K., Pouta, A., Pesonen, A. K., Widen, E., Taanila, A., Isohanni, M., Miettunen, J., Palotie, A., Penke, L., Service, S. K., Heath, A. C., Montgomery, G.W., Raitakari, O., Kähönen, M., Viikari, J., Räikkönen, K., Eriksson, J. G., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., Lehtimäki, T., Martin, N.G., Järvelin, M. R., Visscher, P. M., Keller, M. C., & Zietsch, B. P. (2012). Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: Testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding. Evolution, 66, 3238-3251. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01679.x
Karin Verweij and Brendan Zietsch contributed equally to this work.
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38. Allerhand, M., Ooi, E. T., Starr, R. J., Alcorn, M., Penke, L., Drost, E., MacNee, W., Deary, I. J., Starr, J. M. (2011). Skin ageing and oxidative stress in a narrow-age cohort of older adults. European Geriatric Medicine, 2, 140-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2011.04.009 Download File
37. Asendorpf, J. B., Penke, L., & Back, M. D. (2011). From dating to mating and relating: Predictors of initial and long-term outcomes of speed-dating in a community sample. European Journal of Personality, 25, 16-30. DOI: 10.1002/per.768
Jens Asendorpf and Lars Penke contributed equally to this work and thus share the first authorship.
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36. Back, M. D., Baumert, A., Denissen, J. J. A., Hartung, F.-M., Penke, L., Schmukle, S. C., Schönbrodt, F., Schröder-Abé, M., Vollmann, M., Wagner, J., & Wrzus, C. (2011). PERSOC: A unified framework for understanding the dynamic interplay of personality and social relationships. European Journal of Personality, 25, 90-107. DOI: 10.1002/per.811 Download File
35. Back, M. D., Penke, L., Schmukle, S. C., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2011). Knowing your own mate value: Sex-specific personality effects on the accuracy of expected mate choices. Psychological Science, 22, 984–989. DOI: 10.1177/0956797611414725. Download File
34. Back, M. D., Penke, L., Schmukle, S. C., Sachse, K., Borkenau, P., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2011). Why mate choices are not as reciprocal as we assume: The role of personality, flirting, and physical attractiveness. European Journal of Personality, 25, 120-132. DOI: 10.1002/per.806 Download File
33. Hope, D., Bates, T., Penke, L., Gow, A. J., Starr, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2011). Fluctuating asymmetry and personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 49-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.020 Download File
32. Johnson, W., Penke, L., & Spinath, F. M. (2011). Heritability in the era of molecular genetics: Some thoughts for understanding genetic influences on behavioral traits (target article). European Journal of Personality, 25, 254-266. DOI: 10.1002/per.836 Download File
31. Johnson, W., Penke, L., & Spinath, F. M. (2011). More thoughts for understanding heritability: What it is and what it is not (authors' response). European Journal of Personality, 25, 287-294. DOI: 10.1002/per.835 Download File
30. Penke, L. (2011). Editorial: Personality and social relationships. European Journal of Personality, 25, 87-89. DOI: 10.1002/per.819 Download File
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Penke, L., Borsboom, D., Johnson, W., Kievit, R. A., Ploeger, A., & Wicherts, J. M. (2011). Evolutionary psychology and intelligence research cannot be integrated the way Kanazawa (2010) suggests. American Psychologist, 66, 916-917. DOI: 10.1037/a0024626
This commentary was originally also co-authored by Jens B. Asendorpf, Timothy C. Bates, David M. Buss, Daniel Cervone, Ian J. Deary, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Conor V. Dolan, Willem E. Frankenhuis, Wolfgang Gaissmaier, Steven W. Gangestad, David C. Geary, Vittorio Girotto, Samuel D. Gosling, Linda S. Gottfredson, Rex E. Jung, Matthew C. Keller, Michelle Luciano, Richard McElreath, Geoffrey F. Miller, Daniel Nettle, Aljoscha Neubauer, Steven Pinker, Richard D. Roberts, Frank M. Spinath, Marieke E. Timmerman, Francis Tuerlinckx, Han L. J. van der Maas, Oliver Wilhelm, and Alexander Weiss. We would like to thank them for their helpful comments and contributions. Their names had to be removed from the published version on demand of the editorial board of the American Psychologist, who made publication conditional on a greatly reduced number of authors and did not allow their acknowledgement in any form.

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28. Deary, I. J., Penke, L., & Johnson, W. (2010). The neuroscience of human intelligence differences. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11, 201-211. DOI: 10.1038/nrn2793
All three authors contributed equally to this work and thus share the first authorship.
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27. Johnson, W., & Penke, L. (2010). The network perspective will help, but is comorbidity the question? A commentary on Cramer et al.. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 162-163. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X10000634 Download File
26. Neberich, W., Penke, L., Lehnart, J., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2010). Family of origin, age at menarche, and reproductive strategies: A test of four evolutionary-developmental models. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7, 153–177. DOI: 10.1080/17405620801928029 Download File
25. Nettle, D., & Penke, L. (2010). Personality: Bridging the literatures from human psychology and behavioural ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 365, 4043-4050. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0061 Download File
24. Penke, L. & Deary, I. J. (2010). Some guidelines for structural equation modelling in cognitive neuroscience: The case of Charlton et al.'s study on white matter integrity and cognitive ageing. Neurobiology of Aging, 31, 1656–1660. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.10.019 Download File
23. Penke, L., Muñoz Maniega, S., Houlihan, L. M., Murray, C., Gow, A. J., Clayden, J. D., Bastin, M. E., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2010). White matter integrity in the splenium of the corpus callosum is related to successful cognitive aging and partly mediates the protective effect of an ancestral polymorphism in ADRB2. Behavior Genetics, 40, 146-156. DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9318-4 Download File
22. Penke, L., Muñoz Maniega, S., Murray, C., Gow, A. J., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Clayden, J. D., Starr, J. M., Wardlaw, J. M., Bastin, M. E., & Deary, I. J. (2010). A general factor of brain white matter integrity predicts information processing speed in healthy older people. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 7569-7574. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1553-10.2010 Download File
21. Place, S. S., Todd, P. M., Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2010). Humans show mate copying after observing real mate choices. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31, 320-325. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.02.001 Download File
20. Deary, I. J., Corley, J., Gow, A. J., Harris, S. E., Houlihan, L. M., Marioni, R. E., Penke, L., Rafnsson, S. B., & Starr, J. M. (2009). Age-associated cognitive decline. British Medical Bulletin, 92, 135-152. DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldp033 Download File
19. Penke, L. (2009). An ethological perspective on how to define and study behaviour. A commentary on Furr. European Journal of Personality, 23, 421-423. DOI: 10.1002/per.725 Download File
18. Penke, L. (2009). Adaptive developmental plasticity might not contribute much to the adaptiveness of reproductive strategies. A commentary on M. Del Giudice. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 38-39. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X0900020X Download File
17. Penke, L., Bates, T. C., Gow, A. J., Pattie, A., Starr, J. M., Jones, B. C., Perrett, D. I., & Deary, I. J. (2009). Symmetric faces are a sign of successful cognitive aging. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30, 429-437. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.06.001
This study received worldwide media coverage: Overview
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16. Place, S. S., Todd, P. M., Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2009). The ability to judge the romantic interest of others. Psychological Science, 20, 22-26. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02248.x Download File
15. Denissen, J. J. A., Butalid, L., Penke, L., & van Aken, M. A. G. (2008). The effects of weather on daily mood: A multilevel approach. Emotion, 8, 662-667. DOI: 10.1037/a0013497 Download File
14. Denissen, J. J. A., & Penke, L. (2008). Individual reaction norms underlying the Five Factor Model of personality: First steps towards a theory-based conceptual framework. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1285–1302. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.04.002
The items of the Five Individual Reaction Norms Inventory (FIRNI) and supplementary material can be found here.
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13. Denissen, J. J. A., & Penke, L. (2008). Neuroticism predicts reactions to cues of social inclusion. European Journal of Personality, 22, 497-517. DOI: 10.1002/per.682 Download File
12. Denissen, J. J. A., Penke, L., Schmitt, D. P., & van Aken, M. A. G. (2008). Self-esteem reactions to social interactions: Evidence for sociometer mechanisms across days, people, and nations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 181-196. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.1.181 Download File
11. Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008). Beyond global sociosexual orientations: A more differentiated look at sociosexuality and its effects on courtship and romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 1113-1135. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.5.1113
The items of the revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R) can be downloaded here.
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10. Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008). Evidence for conditional sex differences in emotional but not in sexual jealousy at the automatic level of cognitive processing. European Journal of Personality, 22, 3-30. DOI: 10.1002/per.654 Download File
9. Penke, L., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2008). Sex differences and lifestyle-dependent shifts in the attunement of self-esteem to self-perceived mate value: Hints to an adaptive mechanism? Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1123-1129. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.02.003 Download File
8. Swami, V., Miller, R., Furnham, A., Penke, L., & Tovée, M. J. (2008). The influence of men's sexual strategies on perceptions of women's bodily attractiveness, health and fertility. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 98-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.07.017 Download File
7. Miller, G. F., & Penke, L. (2007). The evolution of human intelligence and the coefficient of additive genetic variance in human brain size. Intelligence, 32, 97-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.08.008
Science reported about this study in 2006 (Vol. 312, p. 1867).
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6. Penke, L., Denissen, J. J. A., & Miller, G. F. (2007). The evolutionary genetics of personality (target article). European Journal of Personality, 21, 549-587. DOI: 10.1002/per.629
Most downloaded article of the European Journal of Personality via Wiley InterScience in 2007 (609 downloads), 2008 (593 downloads) and 2014 (1,551). Continuously among the Top 5 most downloaded articles in EJP since 2007.

Steven Pinker discussed this article in the New York Times on January 11, 2009.
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5. Penke, L., Denissen, J. J. A., & Miller, G. F. (2007). Evolution, genes, and inter-disciplinary personality research (authors' reply). European Journal of Personality, 21, 639-665. DOI: 10.1002/per.657 Download File
4. Todd, P. M., Penke, L., Fasolo, B., & Lenton, A. P. (2007). Different cognitive processes underlie human mate choices and mate preferences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 104, 15011-15016. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705290104
On rank 7 of the most-read articles on www.PNAS.org in September 2007.
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3. DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., Boothroyd, L. G., Perrett, D. I., Penton-Voak, I. S., Cooper, P. A., Penke, L., Feinberg, D. R., & Tiddeman, B. P. (2006). Correlated preferences for facial masculinity and ideal or actual partner's masculinity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 273, 1355-1360. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3445 Download File
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Penke, L., Eichstaedt, J., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2006). Single attribute implicit association tests (SA-IAT) for the assessment of unipolar constructs: The case of sociosexuality. Experimental Psychology, 53, 283-291. DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.53.4.283 Download File
1. Asendorpf, J. B., & Penke, L. (2005). A mature evolutionary psychology demands careful conclusions about sex differences. A commentary on D. P. Schmitt. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 275-276. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X05220058 Download File

 

Book chapters

16. Stern, J., & Penke, L. (2023). Ovulatory cycle effects and hormonal influences on women’s mating psychology. In D. M. Buss (Ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Human Mating. New York: Oxford University Press.
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15. Barbaro, N., & Penke, L. (2021). Behavior Genetics. In T. K. Shackleford (Ed.) SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (pp. 336-354). London: Sage.
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14. Gardiner, G., Sauerberger, K., Members of the International Situations Project, & Funder, D.C. (2019). Towards meaningful comparisons of personality in large-scale cross-cultural studies. In A. Realo (Ed.): In praise of an inquisitive mind: A Festschrift in honor of Jüri Allik on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Tartu: University of Estonia Press.
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13. Penke, L. (2019). Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory. In R. Milhausen, J. Sakaluk, C. M. Davis, W. L. Yarber & T. D. Fisher (Eds.): Handbook of sexuality-related measures (4th Ed.) (pp. 683-686). New York: Routledge.
12. Arslan, R. C. & Penke, L. (2015). Evolutionary genetics. In D. M. Buss (Ed.): Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Vol. 2: Integrations (2nd ed.) (pp. 1047-1066). New York: Wiley. Download File
11. Buss, D. M., & Penke, L. (2015). Evolutionary personality psychology. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, M. L. Cooper & R. J. Larsen (Eds.): APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 4: Personality Processes and Individual Differences (pp. 3-29). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. DOI: 10.1037/14343-001 Download File
10. Johnson, W., & Penke, L. (2014). Genetics of social behavior. In B. Gawronski & G. Bodenhausen (Eds.): Theory and Explanation in Social Psychology (pp. 205-223). New York: Guilford Press. Download File
9. Penke, L. (2014). SOI-R - Revidiertes soziosexuelles Orientierungsinventar. In D. Richter, E. Brähler & B. Strauß (Eds.): Diagnostische Verfahren in der Sexualwissenschaft (pp. 178-184). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
8. Lenton, A. P., Penke, L., Todd, P. M., & Fasolo, B. (2013). The heart has its reasons: Social rationality in mate choice . In R. Hertwig, U. Hoffrage, & the ABC Research Group (Eds.), Simple heuristics in a social world (pp. 433-459). New York: Oxford University Press. Download File
7. Penke, L. (2013). What we want. In L. Bormans (Ed.): The World Book of Love (pp. 94-95). Tielt: Lannoo Publishers. Download File
6. Penke, L. (2013). SOI-R - Revidiertes soziosexuelles Orientierungsinventar. In C. J. Kemper, E. Brähler & M. Zenger (Eds.): Psychologische und sozialwissenschaftliche Kurzskalen (pp. 283-291). Berlin: Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.
5. Penke, L. (2011). Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory. In T. D. Fisher, C. M. Davis, W. L. Yarber & S. L. Davis (Eds.): Handbook of sexuality-related measures (3rd Ed.) (pp. 622-625). New York: Routledge. Download File
4. Penke, L. (2010). Bridging the gap between modern evolutionary psychology and the study of individual differences. In D. M. Buss & P. H. Hawley (Eds.): The evolution of personality and individual differences (pp. 243-279). New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195372090.003.0009
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3. Penke, L., Denissen, J. J. A., & Miller, G. F. (2008). Die Evolutionsgenetik der Persönlichkeit [The evolutionary genetics of personality]. In F. J. Neyer & F. M. Spinath (Eds.), Anlage und Umwelt [Nature and nurture] (pp. 27-59). Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius. Download File
2. Penke, L., Todd, P. M., Lenton, A., & Fasolo, B. (2007). How self-assessments can guide human mating decisions. In G. Geher & G. F. Miller (Eds.), Mating intelligence: Sex, relationships, and the mind's reproductive system (pp. 37-75). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Download File
1. Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2006). Evolvierte implizite Repräsentationen von Soziosexualität [Evolved implicit representations of sociosexuality]. In E. Witte (Ed.), Evolutionäre Psychologie und automatische Prozesse [Evolutionary psychology and automatic processes] (pp. 114-131). Lengerich: Pabst. Download File

 

Other publications

Penke, L. (2013). Gibt es ein Gen für Intelligenz? [Is there a gene for intelligence?]. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 2/13, 62-70.

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Theses

Penke, L. (2011). Neuroscientific approaches to general intelligence and cognitive ageing. Habilitation thesis, Humboldt University of Berlin.
Penke, L. (2007). Approaches to an evolutionary personality psychology: The case of sociosexuality. Dissertation thesis, Humboldt University of Berlin.
Penke, L. (2003). Creativity: Theories, prediction, and etiology. Unpublished diploma thesis, University of Bielefeld.

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Lopez, L., Bastin, M. E., Muñoz Maniega, S., Penke, L., Davies, G., Christoforou, A., Valdés Hernández, M. C., Royal, N. A., Tenesa, A., Starr, J. M., Porteous, D. J., Wardlaw, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (vorläufig angenommen). A genome-wide search for genetic influences and biological pathways related to the brain's white matter integrity. Neurobiology of Aging.