Peer-reviewed scientific papers
See Pure page for open access versions of manuscripts
In press
32. Watkins, C. D., Xiao, D. & Perrett, D. I. (in press). Social transmission of leadership preference: Knowledge of group membership and partisan media reporting moderates perceptions of leadership ability from facial cues to competence and dominance. Frontiers in Psychology.
31. Watkins, C. D. & Leitch, A. (in press). Using Sexual Selection Theories to Examine Contextual Variation in Heterosexual Women’s Orientation Toward High Heels. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
2019
30. Watkins, C. D., Leongomez, J. D., Bovet, J., Zelazniewicz, A., Korbmacher, M., Correa Varella, M. A., Fernandez, A. M., Wagstaff, D. & Bolgan, S. (2019). National income inequality predicts cultural variation in mouth to mouth kissing. Scientific Reports, 9:6698. [OPEN ACCESS]
2018
29. James, E., Jenkins, S. & Watkins, C. D. (2018). Negative effects of makeup use on perceptions of leadership ability across two ethnicities. Perception, 47, 540-549. [Open Access: Link] MEDIA: The Telegraph Times of India
2017
28. Watkins, C. D. (2017). Own attractiveness and dissatisfaction with physical appearance independently predict the salience of facial cues to size when women judge other women's attractiveness. Perception, 46, 1321-1328.
27. Watkins, C. D. (2017). Creativity compensates for low physical attractiveness when individuals assess the attractiveness of social and romantic partners. Royal Society Open Science, 4: 160955 [Open Access: LINK] MEDIA: Daily Mail South China Morning Post The Atlantic
26. Watkins, C. D., Nicholls, M. J., Batres, C., Xiao, D., Talamas, S. & Perrett, D. I. (2017). Own attractiveness and perceived relationship quality shape sensitivity in women's memory for other men on the attractiveness dimension. Cognition, 163, 146-154.
2016
25. Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2016). Competition-related factors directly influence preferences for facial cues of dominance in allies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, 2071-2079. [Open Access: Link] MEDIA: APS Observer
24. Cowan, M. L., Watkins, C. D., Fraccaro, P. J., Feinberg, D. R. & Little, A. C. (2016). It's the way he tells them (and who is listening): Men's dominance is positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by dominant-sounding men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 37, 97-104. MEDIA: Science
2015
23. Fruhen, L. S., Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2015). Perceptions of facial attractiveness, dominance and trustworthiness predict managerial pay awards in experimental tasks. Leadership Quarterly, 26, 1005-1016. MEDIA: Nature Business Insider
2013
22. Jones, B. C., Feinberg, D. R., Watkins, C. D., Fincher, C. L., Little, A. C. & DeBruine, L. M. (2013). Pathogen disgust predicts women’s preferences for masculinity in men’s voices, faces, and bodies. Behavioral Ecology, 24(2): 373-379. [LINK]
21. Jones, B. C., Fincher, C. L., Welling, L. L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R., Watkins, C. D., Al-Dujaili, E. A. S., & DeBruine, L. M. (2013). Salivary cortisol and pathogen disgust predict men’s preferences for feminine shape cues in women’s faces. Biological Psychology, 92(2): 233-240.
20. Tinlin, R., Watkins, C. D., Welling, L. L. M., DeBruine, L. M., Al-Dujaili, E. A. S. & Jones, B. C. (2013). Perceived facial adiposity conveys information about women’s health. British Journal of Psychology, 104(2): 235-248. [LINK]
19. Watkins, C. D. (2013). Cues derived from facial appearance in security-related contexts: A biological and socio-cognitive framework. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 204. [LINK]
18. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C. (2013). A sex difference in the context-sensitivity of dominance perceptions. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(5): 366-372. [LINK]
2012
17. Quist, M., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., Little, A. C., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Sociosexuality predicts women's preferences for symmetry in men's faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(6): 1415-1421. [LINK]
16. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Priming concerns about pathogen threat versus resource scarcity: Dissociable effects on women’s perceptions of men’s attractiveness and dominance. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66(12): 1549-1556. [LINK]
15. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Social support influences preferences for feminine facial cues in potential social partners. Experimental Psychology, 59(6): 340-347. [LINK]
14. Watkins, C. D. (2012). Reproductive ambition predicts partnered, but not unpartnered, women’s preferences for masculine men. British Journal of Psychology, 103(3): 317-329.
13. Watkins, C. D., Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., DeBruine, L. M. & Feinberg, D. R. (2012). Cues to the sex ratio of the local population influence women’s preferences for facial symmetry. Animal Behaviour, 83(2): 545-553. [LINK] [SEE ALSO THIS BOOK]
12. Watkins, C. D., Quist, M., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Individual differences in women’s perceptions of other women’s dominance. European Journal of Personality, 26(1): 79-86. [LINK] MEDIA: APS Observer
11. Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Priming men with different contest outcomes modulates their dominance perceptions. Behavioral Ecology, 23(3): 539-543. [LINK]
2011
10. DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Watkins, C. D., Roberts, S. C., Little, A. C., Smith, F. G. & Quist, M. (2011). Opposite-sex siblings decrease attraction, but not prosocial attributions, to self resembling opposite-sex faces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(28): 11710-11714. [LINK]
9. Fraccaro, P. J., Jones, B. C., Vukovic, J., Smith, F. G., Watkins, C. D., Feinberg, D. R., Little, A. C. & DeBruine, L. M. (2011). Experimental evidence that women speak in a higher voice pitch to men they find attractive. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9(1): 57-67. [LINK]
8. Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Watkins, C. D. & Feinberg, D. R. (2011). ‘Eavesdropping’ and perceived male dominance rank in humans. Animal Behaviour, 81(6): 1203-1208. [LINK]
7. Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., Watkins, C. D., Welling, L. L. M. & DeBruine, L. M. (2011). Reported sexual desire predicts men’s preferences for sexually dimorphic cues in women’s faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(6): 1281-1285. [LINK]
6. Quist, M., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2011). Facial masculinity is a cue to women’s dominance. Personality and Individual Differences, 50: 1089-1093. [LINK]
5. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Smith, F. G., Jones, B. C., Vukovic, J. & Fraccaro, P. J. (2011). Like father, like self: Emotional closeness to father predicts women's preferences for self resemblance in opposite-sex faces. Evolution and Human Behavior, 32(1): 70-75. [LINK]
4. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R., Fraccaro, P. J. & Jones, B. C. (2011). Perceptions of partner femininity predict individual differences in men's sensitivity to facial cues of male dominance. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9(1): 69-82.
2010
3. Fraccaro, P. J., Feinberg, D. R., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2010). Correlated male preferences for femininity in female faces and voices. Evolutionary Psychology, 8(3): 447-461. [LINK]
2. Watkins, C. D., Jones, B. C. & DeBruine, L. M. (2010). Individual differences in dominance perception: Dominant men are less sensitive to facial cues of male dominance. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(8): 967-971. [LINK]
1. Watkins, C. D., Fraccaro, P. J., Smith, F. G., Vukovic, J., Feinberg, D. R., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2010). Taller men are less sensitive to cues of dominance in other men. Behavioral Ecology, 21(5): 943-947. [LINK]
Book Chapters
5. Watkins, C. D. (2019). Kissing. In Shackelford, T.K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
4. Watkins, C. D. (2018). Formidability and alliance politics in humans and nonhuman species. In Senior, C. (Ed.) Facial Displays of Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 27-49. AVAILABLE HERE.
3. Watkins, C. D. (2018). Personality, Gender and Culture. In Shackelford, T.K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
2. Watkins, C. D. & Pisanski, K. (2018). Vocal indicators of dominance. In Shackelford, T.K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
1. DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Roberts, S. C., Little, A. C. & Watkins, C. D. (2013). Beauty in the eye of the beholder: Potentially adaptive individual differences in human mate preferences. In Animal Behaviour, 3 vols., K. Yasukawa (Ed.), ABC Clio Press, Santa Barbara, CA.
Other publications
1. Watkins, C. D. (2011). Dominant themes. The Psychologist, 24(7): 550-551.
See Pure page for open access versions of manuscripts
In press
32. Watkins, C. D., Xiao, D. & Perrett, D. I. (in press). Social transmission of leadership preference: Knowledge of group membership and partisan media reporting moderates perceptions of leadership ability from facial cues to competence and dominance. Frontiers in Psychology.
31. Watkins, C. D. & Leitch, A. (in press). Using Sexual Selection Theories to Examine Contextual Variation in Heterosexual Women’s Orientation Toward High Heels. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
2019
30. Watkins, C. D., Leongomez, J. D., Bovet, J., Zelazniewicz, A., Korbmacher, M., Correa Varella, M. A., Fernandez, A. M., Wagstaff, D. & Bolgan, S. (2019). National income inequality predicts cultural variation in mouth to mouth kissing. Scientific Reports, 9:6698. [OPEN ACCESS]
2018
29. James, E., Jenkins, S. & Watkins, C. D. (2018). Negative effects of makeup use on perceptions of leadership ability across two ethnicities. Perception, 47, 540-549. [Open Access: Link] MEDIA: The Telegraph Times of India
2017
28. Watkins, C. D. (2017). Own attractiveness and dissatisfaction with physical appearance independently predict the salience of facial cues to size when women judge other women's attractiveness. Perception, 46, 1321-1328.
27. Watkins, C. D. (2017). Creativity compensates for low physical attractiveness when individuals assess the attractiveness of social and romantic partners. Royal Society Open Science, 4: 160955 [Open Access: LINK] MEDIA: Daily Mail South China Morning Post The Atlantic
26. Watkins, C. D., Nicholls, M. J., Batres, C., Xiao, D., Talamas, S. & Perrett, D. I. (2017). Own attractiveness and perceived relationship quality shape sensitivity in women's memory for other men on the attractiveness dimension. Cognition, 163, 146-154.
2016
25. Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2016). Competition-related factors directly influence preferences for facial cues of dominance in allies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, 2071-2079. [Open Access: Link] MEDIA: APS Observer
24. Cowan, M. L., Watkins, C. D., Fraccaro, P. J., Feinberg, D. R. & Little, A. C. (2016). It's the way he tells them (and who is listening): Men's dominance is positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by dominant-sounding men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 37, 97-104. MEDIA: Science
2015
23. Fruhen, L. S., Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2015). Perceptions of facial attractiveness, dominance and trustworthiness predict managerial pay awards in experimental tasks. Leadership Quarterly, 26, 1005-1016. MEDIA: Nature Business Insider
2013
22. Jones, B. C., Feinberg, D. R., Watkins, C. D., Fincher, C. L., Little, A. C. & DeBruine, L. M. (2013). Pathogen disgust predicts women’s preferences for masculinity in men’s voices, faces, and bodies. Behavioral Ecology, 24(2): 373-379. [LINK]
21. Jones, B. C., Fincher, C. L., Welling, L. L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R., Watkins, C. D., Al-Dujaili, E. A. S., & DeBruine, L. M. (2013). Salivary cortisol and pathogen disgust predict men’s preferences for feminine shape cues in women’s faces. Biological Psychology, 92(2): 233-240.
20. Tinlin, R., Watkins, C. D., Welling, L. L. M., DeBruine, L. M., Al-Dujaili, E. A. S. & Jones, B. C. (2013). Perceived facial adiposity conveys information about women’s health. British Journal of Psychology, 104(2): 235-248. [LINK]
19. Watkins, C. D. (2013). Cues derived from facial appearance in security-related contexts: A biological and socio-cognitive framework. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 204. [LINK]
18. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C. (2013). A sex difference in the context-sensitivity of dominance perceptions. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(5): 366-372. [LINK]
2012
17. Quist, M., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., Little, A. C., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Sociosexuality predicts women's preferences for symmetry in men's faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(6): 1415-1421. [LINK]
16. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Priming concerns about pathogen threat versus resource scarcity: Dissociable effects on women’s perceptions of men’s attractiveness and dominance. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66(12): 1549-1556. [LINK]
15. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Social support influences preferences for feminine facial cues in potential social partners. Experimental Psychology, 59(6): 340-347. [LINK]
14. Watkins, C. D. (2012). Reproductive ambition predicts partnered, but not unpartnered, women’s preferences for masculine men. British Journal of Psychology, 103(3): 317-329.
13. Watkins, C. D., Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., DeBruine, L. M. & Feinberg, D. R. (2012). Cues to the sex ratio of the local population influence women’s preferences for facial symmetry. Animal Behaviour, 83(2): 545-553. [LINK] [SEE ALSO THIS BOOK]
12. Watkins, C. D., Quist, M., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Individual differences in women’s perceptions of other women’s dominance. European Journal of Personality, 26(1): 79-86. [LINK] MEDIA: APS Observer
11. Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2012). Priming men with different contest outcomes modulates their dominance perceptions. Behavioral Ecology, 23(3): 539-543. [LINK]
2011
10. DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Watkins, C. D., Roberts, S. C., Little, A. C., Smith, F. G. & Quist, M. (2011). Opposite-sex siblings decrease attraction, but not prosocial attributions, to self resembling opposite-sex faces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(28): 11710-11714. [LINK]
9. Fraccaro, P. J., Jones, B. C., Vukovic, J., Smith, F. G., Watkins, C. D., Feinberg, D. R., Little, A. C. & DeBruine, L. M. (2011). Experimental evidence that women speak in a higher voice pitch to men they find attractive. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9(1): 57-67. [LINK]
8. Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Watkins, C. D. & Feinberg, D. R. (2011). ‘Eavesdropping’ and perceived male dominance rank in humans. Animal Behaviour, 81(6): 1203-1208. [LINK]
7. Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., Watkins, C. D., Welling, L. L. M. & DeBruine, L. M. (2011). Reported sexual desire predicts men’s preferences for sexually dimorphic cues in women’s faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(6): 1281-1285. [LINK]
6. Quist, M., Watkins, C. D., Smith, F. G., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2011). Facial masculinity is a cue to women’s dominance. Personality and Individual Differences, 50: 1089-1093. [LINK]
5. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Smith, F. G., Jones, B. C., Vukovic, J. & Fraccaro, P. J. (2011). Like father, like self: Emotional closeness to father predicts women's preferences for self resemblance in opposite-sex faces. Evolution and Human Behavior, 32(1): 70-75. [LINK]
4. Watkins, C. D., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Feinberg, D. R., Fraccaro, P. J. & Jones, B. C. (2011). Perceptions of partner femininity predict individual differences in men's sensitivity to facial cues of male dominance. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9(1): 69-82.
2010
3. Fraccaro, P. J., Feinberg, D. R., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Watkins, C. D. & Jones, B. C. (2010). Correlated male preferences for femininity in female faces and voices. Evolutionary Psychology, 8(3): 447-461. [LINK]
2. Watkins, C. D., Jones, B. C. & DeBruine, L. M. (2010). Individual differences in dominance perception: Dominant men are less sensitive to facial cues of male dominance. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(8): 967-971. [LINK]
1. Watkins, C. D., Fraccaro, P. J., Smith, F. G., Vukovic, J., Feinberg, D. R., DeBruine, L. M. & Jones, B. C. (2010). Taller men are less sensitive to cues of dominance in other men. Behavioral Ecology, 21(5): 943-947. [LINK]
Book Chapters
5. Watkins, C. D. (2019). Kissing. In Shackelford, T.K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
4. Watkins, C. D. (2018). Formidability and alliance politics in humans and nonhuman species. In Senior, C. (Ed.) Facial Displays of Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 27-49. AVAILABLE HERE.
3. Watkins, C. D. (2018). Personality, Gender and Culture. In Shackelford, T.K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
2. Watkins, C. D. & Pisanski, K. (2018). Vocal indicators of dominance. In Shackelford, T.K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
1. DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Roberts, S. C., Little, A. C. & Watkins, C. D. (2013). Beauty in the eye of the beholder: Potentially adaptive individual differences in human mate preferences. In Animal Behaviour, 3 vols., K. Yasukawa (Ed.), ABC Clio Press, Santa Barbara, CA.
Other publications
1. Watkins, C. D. (2011). Dominant themes. The Psychologist, 24(7): 550-551.