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  1. Attachment Bonds and Baby Booms: A Cross‐Cultural Study of Reproductive Success

    Article • International Journal of Psychology, April 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  2. The influence of familial nudging on attitudes toward climate change and monetary contributions: An exploration of ease and difficulty with evidence from Japan, Canada, the USA, and Norway

    Article • Sustainable Futures, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  3. The point of nipple erection 5: Perception of female nipple erection by a Western European sample.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, May 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    David Widman, Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  4. If you leave, don't leave now: The role of gender, sociosexuality, and fear of being single on desire to engage in breakup sex

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  5. Possible influence of psychological distance to women’s intrasexual mating competition.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, December 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    David Widman, Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  6. The point of nipple erection 4: Male nipple erection engenders similar emotions as female nipple erection but triggers different altruistic reactions and sexual expectations.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, May 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    David Widman, Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  7. Sibling Conflict and Closeness: The Effects of Sex, Number of Siblings, Relatedness, Parental Resemblance and Investment

    Article • Evolutionary Psychological Science, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  8. Repercussions of Rejecting Unwanted Advances: Gender Differences in Experience and Concern

    Article • International Journal of Sexual Health, January 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  9. She's got legs: Longer legs in female comic book characters correspond to global preferences.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, December 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  10. Popular Culture

    Article • Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, December 2022, Raiya Academic International LLC

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  11. The point of nipple erection 3: Sexual and social expectations of women with nipple erection.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, September 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  12. The point of nipple erection 2: The effect of nipple erection on intended and expected altruism.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, April 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    David Widman, Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  13. On a pedestal: High heels and the perceived attractiveness and evolutionary fitness of women

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  14. Perceived Effectiveness of Flirtation Tactics: The Effects of sex, Mating Context and Individual Differences in US and Norwegian Samples

    Article • Evolutionary Psychology, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  15. The call of the final frontier?

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, January 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  16. Comic book bodies are supernormal stimuli: Comparison of DC, Marvel, and actual humans.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, November 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch, David Widman

  17. Toupee or Not Toupee?: Cranial Hair and Perceptions of Men’s Attractiveness, Personality, and Other Evolutionary Relevant Traits

    Article • Evolutionary Psychological Science, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  18. The reproductive priming effect revisited: Mate poaching, mate copying, or both?

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, July 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch, James Moran, T JOel Wade

  19. The point of nipple erection 1: The experience and projection of perceived emotional states while viewing women with and without erect nipples.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, July 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch, David Widman

  20. Popular Culture

    Article • Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, June 2021, Raiya Academic International LLC

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  21. More than just a pretty face: The overlooked contributions of women in evolutionary psychology textbooks.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, January 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  22. Evolutionary approaches: Integrating pornography preferences, short-term mating, and infidelity

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  23. The other man: Knowledge of sexual rivals and changes in sexual behavior.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, April 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  24. Captain Dorito and the bombshell: Supernormal stimuli in comics and film.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, April 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  25. The Rough Stuff: Understanding Aggressive Consensual Sex

    Article • Evolutionary Psychological Science, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  26. Abusive men are driven by paternal uncertainty.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, April 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  27. The Wedding as a Reproductive Ritual

    Article • Review of General Psychology, March 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  28. Semen displacement as a sperm competition strategy

    Article • Human Nature, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  29. Pregnancy as a Stimulus for Domestic Violence

    Article • Journal of Family Violence, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  30. The human penis as a semen displacement device

    Article • Evolution and Human Behavior, July 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  31. How much paternal resemblance is enough? Sex differences in hypothetical investment decisions but not in the detection of resemblance

    Article • Evolution and Human Behavior, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  32. Does Semen Have Antidepressant Properties?

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, June 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  33. Reactions to children's faces

    Article • Evolution and Human Behavior, May 2002, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  34. Sex differences in olfactory self-recognition

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, July 2001, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  35. THE REPRODUCTIVE PRIMING EFFECT

    Article • Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal, January 2001, Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch

  36. Perceptions of paternal resemblance predict family violence

    Article • Evolution and Human Behavior, November 2000, Elsevier

    Dr. Rebecca L. Burch