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James R. Roney is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, focusing primarily on psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Within these domains, they have contributed notably to subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, reproductive medicine, sensory systems, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their scholarly work frequently addresses topics related to evolutionary psychology and human behavior, hormonal and reproductive studies, olfactory and sensory function studies, stress responses and cortisol, sexual function and dysfunction studies, ovarian function and disorders, as well as animal behavior and reproduction.

James R. Roney's publications appear in several peer-reviewed venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These venues include:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Evolutionary Psychological Science
  • Physiology & Behavior

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on hormonal mechanisms, sensory signals, and behavioral outcomes. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Not within spitting distance: Salivary immunoassays of estradiol have subpar validity for predicting cycle phase," 2022, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Hormonal Underpinnings of the Variation in Sexual Desire, Arousal and Activity Throughout the Menstrual Cycle - A Multifaceted Approach," 2022, The Journal of Sex Research
  • "Social Taste Buds: Evidence of Evolved Same-Sex Friend Preferences from a Policy-Capturing Study," 2020, Evolutionary Psychological Science
  • "Does scent attractiveness reveal women's ovulatory timing? Evidence from signal detection analyses and endocrine predictors of odour attractiveness," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Day-to-day coordination of the stress and reproductive axes: A continuous-time analysis of within-person testosterone and cortisol relationships in athletic and healthy men," 2023, Physiology & Behavior

Collaborations have been a feature of James R. Roney's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Rachel L. Grillot (4 joint publications)
  • Adar B. Eisenbruch (3 joint publications)
  • Urszula M. Marcinkowska (2 joint publications)
  • Mei Mei (2 joint publications)
  • Melissa Emery Thompson (2 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Hormonal predictors of sexual motivation in natural menstrual cycles

    James R. Roney;Zachary L. Simmons

  • Reading men's faces: women's mate attractiveness judgments track men's testosterone and interest in infants

    James R. Roney;Katherine N. Hanson;Kristina M. Durante;Dario Maestripieri

  • Rapid endocrine responses of young men to social interactions with young women

    James R. Roney;Aaron W. Lukaszewski;Zachary L. Simmons

  • Behavioral and hormonal responses of men to brief interactions with women

    James R. Roney;Stephen V. Mahler;Dario Maestripieri

  • The role of physical formidability in human social status allocation

    Aaron W. Lukaszewski;Zachary L. Simmons;Cameron Anderson;James R. Roney

  • The Origins of Extraversion: Joint Effects of Facultative Calibration and Genetic Polymorphism

    Aaron W. Lukaszewski;James R. Roney

  • Women's estradiol predicts preference for facial cues of men's testosterone

    James R. Roney;Zachary L. Simmons

  • Effects of Visual Exposure to the Opposite Sex: Cognitive Aspects of Mate Attraction in Human Males

    James R. Roney

  • Father absence, menarche and interest in infants among adolescent girls

    Dario Maestripieri;James R. Roney;Nicole DeBias;Kristina M. Durante

  • Changes in estradiol predict within-women shifts in attraction to facial cues of men's testosterone

    James R. Roney;Zachary L. Simmons;Peter B. Gray

  • Theoretical frameworks for human behavioral endocrinology.

    James R. Roney

  • Androgen receptor gene sequence and basal cortisol concentrations predict men's hormonal responses to potential mates.

    James R. Roney;Zachary L. Simmons;Aaron W. Lukaszewski

  • Evidence of partner choice heuristics in a one-shot bargaining game

    Adar B. Eisenbruch;Rachel L. Grillot;Dario Maestripieri;James R. Roney

  • The role of testosterone in human romantic relationships

    James R Roney;Lee T Gettler

  • Estimated hormones predict women's mate preferences for dominant personality traits

    Aaron W. Lukaszewski;James R. Roney

  • Evolutionary developmental psychology: Contributions from comparative research with nonhuman primates.

    Dario Maestripieri;James R. Roney

  • Relative digit lengths and testosterone levels in Guinea baboons.

    James R Roney;Jessica C Whitham;Marco Leoni;Astrid Bellem

  • Within-cycle fluctuations in progesterone negatively predict changes in both in-pair and extra-pair desire among partnered women.

    James R. Roney;Zachary L. Simmons

  • Ovarian hormone fluctuations predict within-cycle shifts in women's food intake.

    James R. Roney;Zachary L. Simmons

  • Primate copulation calls and postcopulatory female choice

    Dario Maestripieri;James R. Roney

  • Kind toward whom? Mate preferences for personality traits are target specific

    Aaron W. Lukaszewski;James R. Roney

Frequent Co-Authors

Dario Maestripieri
Dario Maestripieri University of Chicago
Cameron Anderson
Cameron Anderson University of California, Berkeley
Lisa M. DeBruine
Lisa M. DeBruine University of Glasgow
Agnieszka Sorokowska
Agnieszka Sorokowska University of Wrocław
Katarzyna Pisanski
Katarzyna Pisanski French National Centre for Scientific Research
Marina Butovskaya
Marina Butovskaya Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
Benedict C. Jones
Benedict C. Jones University of Strathclyde
David A. Puts
David A. Puts Pennsylvania State University
Marisol Lila
Marisol Lila University of Valencia
Konstantinos Kafetsios
Konstantinos Kafetsios Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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