Why are Things Creepy?

VMH Rats and Hunger

Here's the original article (bits got stolen from this for the booklet) Go here to find out what else the Hypothalamus does... some of this will come in useful... Quite a bit here about Hunger and Eating

Dating Ad sites

Just to get you started... remember, you should have a pre-identified sample and (probably) a predetermined amount of Ms and Fs to study... I'd say about 30 of each is about right...

Here's some links:

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The Alpha Male Myth

Interesting article about the myth of the alpha male in Evolutionary Psychology. Might be good for evaluation of attraction...

Waist To Hip Ratio Reconsidered

Here's an article that might be useful for some evaluation points when talking about the evolutionary theory and the WHR...

Thatcher Illusion

With partial explanation here:

Are We Really Attracted To Our Relatives?

Freud thought we may be unconsciously attracted to our relatives - especially our siblings, our parents, even grandparents.

Here's a recent study that suggests he might be right.

Evolutionary Psychology

This may be useful for people doing the phobias or the symmetry and attractiveness studies.

Also this on phobias and this, though it is much more complicated and in-depth. And here is a research paper on emotions and evol. psych that may be useful - but don't copy it!