Mating Intelligence: Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive SystemGlenn Geher, Geoffrey Miller Human intelligence is sexually attractive, and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships, but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and mating. This is the first serious scholarly effort to explore that interface, by examining both universal and individual differences in human mating intelligenc |
Contents
Part II Mate Search and Mating Intelligence
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Part III Strategic Flexibility in Mating Intelligence
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Part IV Mental Fitness Indicators and Mating Intelligence
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Part V Mating Intelligence and Other Individual Differences
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Part VI The Ecological Context of Mating Intelligence
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Part VII Conclusions
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